Loyalsock Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brown trout, rainbow trout, and golden rainbow trout water, stocked 40 times in 2026, spread April to May, heaviest in April. The most-stocked water on the Sullivan County record for 2026. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Sullivan County · Pennsylvania · see it on the national map

last stocked May 5 171 days ago

flow 69% of seasonal normal

best window 10:07 pm-12:07 am solunar major today

Water right now 1.21 ft gage height flow 174 cfs, 69% of the Oct 23 median NWS forecast: steady through Monday USGS gauge 01552000 (Loyalsock Creek at Loyalsockville, PA) · read 8:30 pm this evening

40 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Brown trout 15 stockings

Rainbow trout 15 stockings

Golden rainbow trout 10 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
Apr 2	Brown trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 2	Rainbow trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 2	Golden rainbow trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 13	Brown trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 13	Rainbow trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked
Apr 13	Golden rainbow trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked
May 5	Brown trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked
May 5	Rainbow trout x 5 sections	adult	stocked

When to fish Loyalsock Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:45-11:45 am and 10:07 pm-12:07 am	4:01-5:01 am and 4:17-5:17 pm
Tomorrow	10:31 am-12:31 pm and 10:55 pm-12:55 am	5:10-6:10 am and 4:40-5:40 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 5
Flow 69% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Pennsylvania 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 15 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.

Special regulations on this water

Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only

Named as published by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Each link opens the official text; read the rule there before you fish. We do not restate regulations.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Lycoming Creek	4.9 mi	Oct 6
Spring Creek	8.5 mi	Apr 17
White Deer Hole Creek	9.7 mi	Apr 17
Hoagland Run	9.7 mi	Apr 6
Little Bear Creek	9.8 mi	Apr 30

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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.