Old Field Creek

Fishing and stocking

Trout water, stocked once in 2026. One of 10 stocked waters on the Ashe County record.

Ashe County · North Carolina · see it on the national map

last stocked Apr 8 198 days ago

best window 10:26 pm-12:26 am solunar major today

1 stocking 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 8wk	Trout	catchable		stocked

When to fish Old Field Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:03 am-12:03 pm and 10:26 pm-12:26 am	4:20-5:20 am and 4:37-5:37 pm
Tomorrow	10:49 am-12:49 pm	5:26-6:26 am and 5:03-6:03 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 8

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · North Carolina 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 (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
Helton Creek	0.7 mi	Sep 28
Helton Creek VA	0.7 mi	Oct 16
North Fork New River	4.3 mi	Jun 3
South Fork New River	4.3 mi	Oct 12
Big Horse Creek	4.5 mi	Jun 10

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Records from N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: North Carolina fishing regulations.