Unicorn Branch

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water, stocked 6 times in 2026, monthly February through April, heaviest in March; 1,500 fish reported. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Queen Anne's County · Maryland · see it on the national map

last stocked Apr 1 205 days ago

flow 65% of seasonal normal

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

Water right now 1.74 ft gage height flow 6.43 cfs, 65% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01493000 (UNICORN BRANCH NEAR MILLINGTON, MD) · read 9:00 pm this evening

6 stockings 2026

1,500 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 6 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Feb 1mo	Trout	catchable	300	stocked
Feb 17	Trout	catchable	300	completed
Mar 1mo	Trout	catchable	300	stocked
Mar 19	Trout	catchable	150	completed
Mar 26	Trout	catchable	150	completed
Apr 1mo	Trout	catchable	300	stocked

When to fish Unicorn Branch

	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 4:38-5:38 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 65% 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 6 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
Principio Creek	23 mi	Apr 1
Big Elk Creek	23 mi	May 6
Little Gunpowder Falls	28 mi	Apr 23
Deer Creek	29 mi	Oct 20
Tuckahoe Creek	30 mi	Mar 19

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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.