Tuckahoe Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water, stocked 4 times in 2026, spread February to March; 2,000 fish reported. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Caroline County · Maryland · see it on the national map

last stocked Mar 19 218 days ago

flow 79% of seasonal normal

best window 10:03 pm-12:03 am solunar major today

Water right now 0.61 ft gage height flow 25.2 cfs, 79% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01491500 (TUCKAHOE CREEK NEAR RUTHSBURG, MD) · read 8:45 pm this evening

4 stockings 2026

2,000 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
Feb 1mo	Trout	catchable	500	stocked
Feb 17	Trout	catchable	500	completed
Mar 1mo	Trout	catchable	500	stocked
Mar 19	Trout	catchable	500	completed

When to fish Tuckahoe Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:40-11:40 am and 10:03 pm-12:03 am	3:57-4:57 am and 4:13-5:13 pm
Tomorrow	10:26 am-12:26 pm and 10:50 pm-12:50 am	5:04-6:04 am and 4:39-5:39 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 Mar 19
Flow 79% 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 4 times here in 2026, moving water)

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
Inline spinners	1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams

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
Unicorn Branch	30 mi	Apr 1
Severn Run	43 mi	Apr 21
Patuxent River	44 mi	Apr 14
Little Patuxent River	45 mi	Apr 16
Schoolhouse Pond	46 mi	Mar 3

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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.