Black Stream

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brook trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, spread April to May. One of 15 stocked waters on the Piscataquis County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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last stocked May 13 163 days ago

flow 19% of seasonal normal

best window 9:36-11:36 pm solunar major today

Water right now 2.50 ft gage height flow 4 cfs, 19% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01031510 (Black Stream near Dover-Foxcroft, Maine) · read 8:30 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

500 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Brook trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked yesterday.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 28	Brook trout	adult	250	completed
May 13	Brook trout	adult	250	completed

When to fish Black Stream

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:13-11:13 am and 9:36-11:36 pm	3:28-4:28 am and 3:45-4:45 pm
Tomorrow	9:59-11:59 am and 10:23 pm-12:23 am	4:41-5:41 am and 4:04-5:04 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

Last stocked May 13
Flow 19% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Maine fishing forecast

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.

For the trout (brook trout stocked 2 times here in 2026, moving water)

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
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge

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
Dunham Brook	3.4 mi	Oct 2
Alder Stream	16 mi	May 12
Sebec River	17 mi	Oct 7
Pleasant River	19 mi	May 4
Great Moose Lake	20 mi	Oct 6

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