Mill Creek
Fishing and stocking
Brook trout and brown trout water, stocked through the 2026 season program; 4,100 fish in the published allocation. One of 16 stocked waters on the Jefferson County record.
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What swims here
Brook trout
Brown trout
Season program record
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations. The Pennsylvania season shape statewide: mid-february into october.
Agency feed checked today.
| Season | Species | Size | Fish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 season | Brook trout | 2,230 | |
| 2026 season | Brown trout | 1,870 |
When to fish Mill Creek
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 9:53-11:53 am and 10:16 pm-12:16 am | 4:10-5:10 am and 4:26-5:26 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:39 am-12:39 pm | 5:19-6:19 am and 4:49-5:49 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 through the 2026 season program
Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Pennsylvania fishing forecast
Gear for this water
For the trout (brook trout on the season program here, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| North Fork Redbank Creek | 1.2 mi | Oct 1 |
| Sandy Lick Creek | 1.2 mi | May 16 |
| Pekin Run | 4.0 mi | May 5 |
| Kyle Lake | 11 mi | 2025 season |
| Little Sandy Creek | 12 mi | May 15 |
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