Pine Creek

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout water, stocked through the fall 2026 program.

Ogle County · Illinois · see it on the national map

program fall 2026

best window 9:59-11:59 pm solunar major today

1 species

What swims here

Rainbow trout 2 allocations

Season program record

Illinois DNR publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations. The Illinois season shape statewide: spring and fall seasons.

Agency feed checked today.

Season	Species	Size	Fish
fall 2026	Rainbow trout	catchable
spring 2026	Rainbow trout	catchable

When to fish Pine Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:36-11:36 am and 9:59-11:59 pm	3:53-4:53 am and 4:07-5:07 pm
Tomorrow	10:22 am-12:22 pm and 10:47 pm-12:47 am	5:03-6:03 am and 4:30-5:30 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Central Time (CDT).

What the record actually says

Stocked through the fall 2026 program

Computed this evening, Oct 23

Gear for this water

For the trout (rainbow trout on the season program here, moving water)

Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge
Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches

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
Apple River	45 mi	fall 2026
Kiwanis Pond WI	57 mi	2026 season
Congdon Pond WI	65 mi	2026 season
Ceylon Lagoon WI	69 mi	2026 season
Lake Strini	72 mi	fall 2026

Records from Illinois DNR (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Illinois fishing regulations.