Brodhead Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Stocked March to October in 2026, heaviest in April: rainbow trout, brown trout, and golden rainbow trout, 54 plants in all. The most-stocked water on the Monroe County record for 2026. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Monroe County · Pennsylvania · see it on the national map

last stocked Oct 7 16 days ago

flow 115% of seasonal normal

best window 10:00 pm-12:00 am solunar major today

Water right now 1.05 ft gage height flow 197 cfs, about normal for Oct 23 NWS forecast: falling USGS gauge 01442500 (Brodhead Creek at Minisink Hills, PA) · read 8:00 pm this evening

54 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 19 stockings

Brown trout 18 stockings

Golden rainbow trout 17 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
Mar 23	Brown trout x 4 sections	adult	stocked
Mar 23	Rainbow trout x 4 sections	adult	stocked
Mar 23	Golden rainbow trout x 4 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 3	Brown trout x 2 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 3	Rainbow trout x 2 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 3	Golden rainbow trout x 2 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 14	Brown trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 14	Rainbow trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 14	Golden rainbow trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 20	Brown trout	adult	stocked
Apr 20	Rainbow trout	adult	stocked
Apr 20	Golden rainbow trout	adult	stocked
Apr 29	Brown trout x 6 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 29	Rainbow trout x 6 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 29	Golden rainbow trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked
Oct 7	Rainbow trout	adult	stocked

When to fish Brodhead Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:37-11:37 am and 10:00 pm-12:00 am	3:53-4:53 am and 4:10-5:10 pm
Tomorrow	10:23 am-12:23 pm and 10:47 pm-12:47 am	5:02-6:02 am and 4:33-5:33 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

Stocked 16 days ago (Oct 7)
Flow near normal for the season

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Pennsylvania fishing forecast

Gear for this water

Stocked within the last three weeks: fish are still bunched near the release points and keyed on familiar smells.

For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 19 times here in 2026, moving water)

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
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge

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
Pocono Creek	2.5 mi	Mar 6
Mcmichael Creek	2.5 mi	May 7
Delaware River	4.6 mi	2025 season
Jacoby Creek	5.2 mi	Apr 16
Minsi Lake	5.6 mi	2025 season

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Records from Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Pennsylvania fishing regulations.