Gunpowder Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Rainbow trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in October. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Boone County · Kentucky · see it on the national map

last stocked Oct 21 2 days ago

flow 32% of seasonal normal

best window 10:40 pm-12:40 am solunar major today

Water right now 0.98 ft gage height flow 2.05 cfs, 32% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 03277075 (GUNPOWDER CR AT CAMP ERNST RD NR UNION, KY) · read 9:00 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

400 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Oct 21	Rainbow trout	catchable	400	completed

When to fish Gunpowder Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:17 am-12:17 pm and 10:40 pm-12:40 am	4:34-5:34 am and 4:50-5:50 pm
Tomorrow	11:03 am-1:03 pm	5:41-6:41 am and 5:15-6:15 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 Eastern Time (EDT).

What the record actually says

Stocked 2 days ago (Oct 21)
Flow 32% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Kentucky fishing forecast

Gear for this water

Stocked within the last three weeks: fish are still bunched near the release points and keyed on familiar smells.

For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 1 time here in 2026, moving water)

Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches
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

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
Big Bone Creek	3.0 mi	Oct 21
Prisoners Lake	19 mi	Oct 21
Adams Lake OH	69 mi	Mar 13
West Hickman Creek	70 mi	Oct 20
Lake Mingo	71 mi	Oct 21

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