Friends Creek
Fishing and stocking
Stocked monthly March through May in 2026, heaviest in March: trout, 7 plants in all. One of 8 stocked waters on the Frederick County record.
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The year here
stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details
What swims here
Trout
Stocking record 2026
Agency feed checked today.
| Date | Species | Size | Fish | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1mo | Trout | catchable | 3,000 | stocked |
| Mar 16 | Trout | catchable | 1,000 | completed |
| Mar 24 | Trout | catchable | 2,000 | completed |
| Apr 1mo | Trout | catchable | 900 | stocked |
| Apr 21 | Trout | catchable | 900 | completed |
| May 1mo | Trout | catchable | 900 | stocked |
| May 11 | Trout | catchable | 900 | completed |
When to fish Friends Creek
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 9:46-11:46 am and 10:09 pm-12:09 am | 4:03-5:03 am and 4:19-5:19 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:32 am-12:32 pm and 10:57 pm-12:57 am | 5:11-6:11 am and 4:44-5:44 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 11
Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Maryland 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 (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Lake | 2.4 mi | Oct 16 |
| Marsh Creek PA | 7.8 mi | Apr 27 |
| Little Marsh Creek PA | 8.5 mi | Apr 27 |
| Cunningham Falls Lake | 8.6 mi | Oct 13 |
| Little Pipe Creek | 9.8 mi | Apr 17 |
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