Kearsley Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brown trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in April. One of 5 stocked waters on the Oakland County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Oakland County · Michigan · see it on the national map

last stocked Apr 30 176 days ago

flow 75% of seasonal normal

best window 10:35 pm-12:35 am solunar major today

Water right now 3.39 ft gage height flow 21.1 cfs, 75% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 04148140 (KEARSLEY CREEK NEAR DAVISON, MI) · read 8:00 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

1,400 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Brown trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked Oct 14.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 30	Brown trout	adult	1,400	completed

When to fish Kearsley Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:12 am-12:12 pm and 10:35 pm-12:35 am	4:29-5:29 am and 4:44-5:44 pm
Tomorrow	10:58 am-12:58 pm	5:40-6:40 am and 5:05-6:05 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 30
Flow 75% 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 (brown trout stocked 1 time here in 2026, moving water)

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
Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom

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
Cass River	27 mi	Jun 16
Maceday Lake	28 mi	Mar 26
Pontiac Lake	29 mi	Jul 9
Paint Creek	38 mi	Apr 30
Spring Mill Pond	39 mi	Mar 25

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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.