Stonycreek River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brown trout and rainbow trout water; 4 stockings on the 2026 record, all in June. One of 29 stocked waters on the Somerset County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Somerset County · Pennsylvania · see it on the national map

last stocked Jun 1 144 days ago

flow 308% of seasonal normal

best window 10:16 pm-12:16 am solunar major today

Water right now 3.07 ft gage height flow 370 cfs, 308% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 03040000 (Stonycreek River at Ferndale, PA) · read 8:15 pm this evening

4 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Brown trout 2 stockings

Rainbow trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Jun 1wk	Brown trout x 2 sections	fingerling		stocked
Jun 1wk	Rainbow trout x 2 sections	fingerling		stocked

When to fish Stonycreek River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:53-11:53 am and 10:16 pm-12:16 am	4:09-5:09 am and 4:25-5:25 pm
Tomorrow	10:39 am-12:39 pm	5:18-6:18 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

Last stocked Jun 1
Flow 308% 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 2 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
Hinckston Run	0.7 mi	May 11
Bens Creek	3.2 mi	Mar 9
Laurel Run	3.8 mi	2026 season
South Fork Bens Creek	4.9 mi	Mar 9
Little Paint Creek	7.2 mi	Apr 9

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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.