Chestnut Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Stocked March to October in 2026: rainbow trout, 3 plants in all. One of 4 stocked waters on the Carroll County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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last stocked Oct 1 22 days ago

flow 104% of seasonal normal

best window 10:24 pm-12:24 am solunar major today

Water right now 1.42 ft gage height flow 42.6 cfs, about normal for Oct 23 USGS gauge 03165000 (CHESTNUT CREEK AT GALAX, VA) · read 9:00 pm this evening

3 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 3 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
Mar 3	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
May 4	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Oct 1	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Chestnut Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:01 am-12:01 pm and 10:24 pm-12:24 am	4:18-5:18 am and 4:35-5:35 pm
Tomorrow	10:47 am-12:47 pm	5:24-6:24 am and 5:01-6:01 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 22 days ago (Oct 1)
Flow near normal for the season

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Virginia 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)

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
Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends

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
Crooked Creek	1.8 mi	Oct 9
Cripple Creek (Rt. 94)	6.8 mi	Oct 6
Elk Creek	7.3 mi	Oct 7
Little River NC	12 mi	May 27
Brush Creek NC	16 mi	Apr 15

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Records from Virginia DWR (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Virginia fishing regulations.