Cooks Brook

Fishing and stocking

Brook trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, spread April to May. One of 29 stocked waters on the York County record.

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last stocked May 12 164 days ago

best window 9:41-11:41 pm solunar major today

2 stockings 2026

400 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 29	Brook trout	adult	200	completed
May 12	Brook trout	adult	200	completed

When to fish Cooks Brook

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:18-11:18 am and 9:41-11:41 pm	3:34-4:34 am and 3:50-4:50 pm
Tomorrow	10:04 am-12:04 pm and 10:28 pm-12:28 am	4:45-5:45 am and 4:12-5:12 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 12

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)

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
Inline spinners	1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams

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
Swan Pond Brook	6.4 mi	May 12
Thacher Brook	7.7 mi	Apr 10
Brown Brook	11 mi	May 6
Nonesuch River	12 mi	Apr 28
Ward Brook	12 mi	Apr 29

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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.