Town Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, spread March to April. One of 7 stocked waters on the Allegany 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 1 205 days ago

flow 105% of seasonal normal

best window 10:14 pm-12:14 am solunar major today

Water right now 1.97 ft gage height flow 15.8 cfs, about normal for Oct 23 USGS gauge 01609000 (TOWN CREEK NEAR OLDTOWN, MD) · read 8:15 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

1,280 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	640	stocked
Apr 1mo	Trout	catchable	640	stocked

When to fish Town Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:51-11:51 am and 10:14 pm-12:14 am	4:08-5:08 am and 4:24-5:24 pm
Tomorrow	10:37 am-12:37 pm	5:16-6:16 am and 4:49-5:49 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 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 2 times here in 2026, moving water)

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
Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches

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
North Branch Potomac River (Jennings Randolph Tailwaters) WV	2.4 mi	Oct 23
South Branch Potomac River VA	2.4 mi	May 12
Flintstone Creek	12 mi	Apr 1
Fort Ashby Reservoir WV	12 mi	May 15
Fort Ashby Lake WV	12 mi	Jun 24

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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.