Rice Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brown trout water, stocked 2 times in 2026, all in April; 3,800 fish reported. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Calhoun County · Michigan · see it on the national map

last stocked Apr 21 185 days ago

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

Water right now 3.65 ft gage height flow 56.4 cfs USGS gauge 04103490 (RICE CREEK AT MONROE STREET AT MARSHALL, MI) · read 7:45 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

3,800 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
Apr 21	Brown trout x 2 sections	adult	1,900	completed

When to fish Rice Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:18 am-12:18 pm and 10:40 pm-12:40 am	4:34-5:34 am and 4:49-5:49 pm
Tomorrow	11:04 am-1:04 pm	5:45-6:45 am and 5:12-6:12 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 21

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)

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

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
Dickinson Creek	8.1 mi	Apr 21
Swains Lake	18 mi	Mar 31
Augusta Creek	20 mi	May 20
Cary Lake	26 mi	Apr 1
Matteson Lake	26 mi	May 21

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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.