Long Pine Creek
Fishing, stocking, and current conditions
Stocked May to September in 2026: rainbow trout, 3 plants in all. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.
Brown County · Nebraska · see it on the national map
The year here
stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details
What swims here
Rainbow trout
Stocking record 2026
Agency feed checked today.
| Date | Species | Size | Fish | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7 | Rainbow trout | catchable | 250 | completed |
| Jun 23 | Rainbow trout | catchable | 250 | completed |
| Sep 14 | Rainbow trout | catchable | 250 | completed |
When to fish Long Pine Creek
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 10:18 am-12:18 pm and 10:41 pm-12:41 am | 4:36-5:36 am and 4:48-5:48 pm |
| Tomorrow | 11:04 am-1:04 pm | 5:47-6:47 am and 5:11-6:11 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 Central Time (CDT).
What the record actually says
- Last stocked Sep 14
- Flow near normal for the season
Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Nebraska fishing forecast
Gear for this water
The last plant has had time to disperse; work outward from the obvious spots.
For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 3 times 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cub Creek Lake | 13 mi | Jul 2 |
| Roosevelt SD | 33 mi | Oct 6 |
| Atkinson Lake | 34 mi | Sep 9 |
| Willow Lake (WMA) | 41 mi | Sep 1 |
| Fairfax SD | 44 mi | Mar 27 |
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