White Clay Creek

Rainbow trout water; 7 stockings on the 2026 record.

Water right now 2.42 ft gage height water temp 75 °F USGS gauge 01480025 (WHITE CLAY CREEK AT STANTON, DE) · 2026-08-28 18:15

7 stockings 2026

Apr 30 last stocked

Oct 15 next announced

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Rainbow trout 7 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Date	Species	Size	Status
Apr 6	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 9	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 13	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 16	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 23	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 30	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Oct 15mo	Rainbow trout	catchable	scheduled

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural. The gauge reads 75 degrees: warm for trout. Fish first light, fight fish fast, and consider leaving them alone until it cools.

For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 7 times here in 2026, moving water)

Inline spinners	1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams
Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom
Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Red Clay Creek	1.5 mi	Apr 30
Pike Creek	3.7 mi	Apr 9
Wilson Run	7.3 mi	Apr 23
East Branch White Clay Creek PA	8.6 mi	May 4
Middle Branch White Clay Creek PA	10 mi	Apr 15

Records from Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Delaware fishing regulations.