Gwynns Falls

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Stocked March to April in 2026: trout, 4 plants in all. One of 3 stocked waters on the Baltimore County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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last stocked Apr 14 192 days ago

flow 94% of seasonal normal

best window 10:06 pm-12:06 am solunar major today

Water right now 2.37 ft gage height flow 26.2 cfs, about normal for Oct 23 USGS gauge 01589352 (GWYNNS FALLS AT WASHINGTON BLVD AT BALTIMORE, MD) · read 8:20 pm this evening

4 stockings 2026

1,800 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 4 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Mar 1mo	Trout	catchable	500	stocked
Mar 17	Trout	catchable	500	completed
Apr 1mo	Trout	catchable	400	stocked
Apr 14	Trout	catchable	400	completed

When to fish Gwynns Falls

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:43-11:43 am and 10:06 pm-12:06 am	4:00-5:00 am and 4:16-5:16 pm
Tomorrow	10:29 am-12:29 pm and 10:53 pm-12:53 am	5:07-6:07 am and 4:41-5:41 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 Apr 14
Flow near normal for the season

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 4 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
Centennial Lake	12 mi	Mar 12
Lake Elkhorn	13 mi	Feb 24
Severn Run	13 mi	Apr 21
Middle Patuxent River	14 mi	Oct 19
Piney Run	16 mi	Apr 22

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