Hardy Creek

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout and brook trout water, stocked 3 times in 2026, spread March to October.

Lee County · Virginia · see it on the national map

last stocked Oct 8 15 days ago

best window 10:33 pm-12:33 am solunar major today

3 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 2 stockings

Brook trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
Mar 4	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 6	Brook trout	catchable	completed
Oct 8	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Hardy Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:11 am-12:11 pm and 10:33 pm-12:33 am	4:27-5:27 am and 4:44-5:44 pm
Tomorrow	10:57 am-12:57 pm	5:33-6:33 am and 5:11-6:11 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 15 days ago (Oct 8)

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Virginia fishing forecast

Gear for this water

Stocked within the last three weeks: fish are still bunched near the release points and keyed on familiar smells.

For the trout (rainbow trout stocked 2 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
Cranks Creek Lake KY	6.9 mi	Oct 22
North Fork Powell River	15 mi	Oct 2
Station Creek TN	21 mi	Apr 12
Indian Creek TN	21 mi	Apr 12
Big Creek TN	23 mi	Apr 19

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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.