Fish Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Rainbow trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in April. One of 6 stocked waters on the Ionia County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Ionia County · Michigan · see it on the national map

last stocked Apr 28 178 days ago

flow 58% of seasonal normal

best window 10:40 pm-12:40 am solunar major today

Water right now 2.21 ft gage height flow 16.1 cfs, 58% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 04115265 (FISH CREEK NEAR CRYSTAL, MI) · read 8:00 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

5,300 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked Oct 14.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 28	Rainbow trout	adult	5,300	completed

When to fish Fish Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:17 am-12:17 pm and 10:40 pm-12:40 am	4:34-5:34 am and 4:48-5:48 pm
Tomorrow	11:03 am-1:03 pm	5:45-6:45 am and 5:10-6:10 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 28
Flow 58% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Michigan 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 (rainbow trout stocked 1 time 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
Prairie Creek	11 mi	May 6
Crystal Lake	15 mi	Apr 29
Bellamy Creek	16 mi	May 6
Sebewa Creek	17 mi	Apr 21
Lake Creek	21 mi	May 6

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Records from Michigan DNR (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Michigan fishing regulations.