Licking Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Stocked March to April in 2026: trout, 2 plants in all. One of 7 stocked waters on the Washington County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Washington County · Maryland · see it on the national map

last stocked Apr 1 205 days ago

flow 128% of seasonal normal

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

Water right now 1.81 ft gage height flow 47.5 cfs, 128% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01613525 (LICKING CREEK AT PECTONVILLE, MD) · read 9:00 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

1,700 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Mar 1mo	Trout	catchable	1,200	stocked
Apr 1mo	Trout	catchable	500	stocked

When to fish Licking Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:49-11:49 am and 10:12 pm-12:12 am	4:06-5:06 am and 4:22-5:22 pm
Tomorrow	10:35 am-12:35 pm and 10:59 pm-12:59 am	5:14-6:14 am and 4:47-5:47 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 1
Flow 128% of the seasonal median

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 2 times 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
Indian Springs Pond	4.7 mi	Apr 13
Little Cove Creek PA	4.9 mi	May 12
Tilhance Creek WV	5.3 mi	May 23
Blairs Valley Lake	6.7 mi	Oct 8
Little Tonoloway Creek	7.7 mi	Apr 13

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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.