Little Falls
Fishing, stocking, and current conditions
Trout water, stocked 5 times in 2026, monthly March through May; 8,400 fish reported. 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.
Baltimore County · Maryland · see it on the national map
Water temp 52 °F at GUNPOWDER FALLS NEAR PARKTON, MD, 6 km away USGS site 01581920 · read 9:00 pm this evening
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 | 2,500 | stocked |
| Mar 19 | Trout | catchable | 2,500 | completed |
| Apr 1mo | Trout | catchable | 1,200 | stocked |
| Apr 8 | Trout | catchable | 1,200 | completed |
| May 4 | Trout | catchable | 1,000 | completed |
When to fish Little 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 May 4
- Water 52 °F at a gauge 6 km away, prime coldwater range
- Flow 69% 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 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| South Branch Muddy Creek PA | 16 mi | Apr 15 |
| North Branch Muddy Creek PA | 17 mi | May 1 |
| Morgan Run | 19 mi | Oct 19 |
| Little Gunpowder Falls | 19 mi | Apr 23 |
| Sheppard-Meyers Reservoir PA | 20 mi | 2025 season |
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