Grace Coolidge Creek
Fishing, stocking, and current conditions
Rainbow trout water; 3 stockings on the 2026 record, spread May to September. One of 8 stocked waters on the Custer County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.
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The year here
stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details
What swims here
Rainbow trout
Stocking record 2026
Agency feed checked yesterday.
| Date | Species | Size | Fish | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6 | Rainbow trout | adult | 700 | completed |
| Jun 1 | Rainbow trout | adult | 800 | completed |
| Sep 22 | Rainbow trout | adult | 600 | completed |
When to fish Grace Coolidge Creek
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 9:33-11:33 am and 9:56-11:56 pm | 3:51-4:51 am and 4:03-5:03 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:19 am-12:19 pm and 10:43 pm-12:43 am | 5:03-6:03 am and 4:24-5:24 pm |
Moon: waxing gibbous, 93% 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 Mountain Time (MDT).
What the record actually says
- Last stocked Sep 22
- Flow 34% of the seasonal median
Computed this evening, Oct 23 · South Dakota fishing forecast
Gear for this water
The last plant has had time to disperse; work outward from the obvious spots.
For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 3 times 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lakota | 9.0 mi | Sep 25 |
| Center | 10.0 mi | Sep 22 |
| Legion | 13 mi | Sep 24 |
| Bismark | 15 mi | Sep 18 |
| Stockade | 15 mi | Sep 24 |
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