Portage Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brown trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, all in May. One of 3 stocked waters on the Kalamazoo County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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last stocked May 20 156 days ago

flow 67% of seasonal normal

best window 10:43 pm-12:43 am solunar major today

Water right now 2.21 ft gage height flow 34.8 cfs, 67% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 04106500 (PORTAGE CREEK AT KALAMAZOO, MI) · read 8:00 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

1,930 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Brown trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked Oct 14.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 20	Brown trout	adult	1,161	completed
May 20	Brown trout	adult	769	completed

When to fish Portage Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:20 am-12:20 pm and 10:43 pm-12:43 am	4:37-5:37 am and 4:52-5:52 pm
Tomorrow	11:06 am-1:06 pm	5:47-6:47 am and 5:14-6:14 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 May 20
Flow 67% 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 2 times here in 2026, moving water)

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
Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends

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
Sand Creek	10 mi	May 20
Augusta Creek	12 mi	May 20
Gun River	13 mi	Apr 27
East Br Paw Paw River	17 mi	Apr 27
South Branch Paw Paw River	18 mi	Apr 27

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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.