Passage Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brown trout, brook trout, and rainbow trout water; 5 stockings on the 2026 record, spread January to October. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Warren County · Virginia · see it on the national map

last stocked Oct 16 7 days ago

flow 125% of seasonal normal

best window 10:13 pm-12:13 am solunar major today

Water right now 3.18 ft gage height flow 11 cfs, 125% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01635500 (PASSAGE CREEK NEAR BUCKTON, VA) · read 8:45 pm this evening

5 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Brown trout 3 stockings

Rainbow trout 1 stocking

Brook trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
Jan 14	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Jan 14	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Mar 12	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Mar 12	Brook trout	catchable	completed
Oct 16	Brown trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Passage Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:50-11:50 am and 10:13 pm-12:13 am	4:07-5:07 am and 4:23-5:23 pm
Tomorrow	10:36 am-12:36 pm	5:14-6:14 am and 4:48-5:48 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 7 days ago (Oct 16)
Flow 125% of the seasonal median

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 (brown 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
Happy Creek	5.0 mi	May 19
North Fork Shenandoah River	5.0 mi	Apr 28
Paddy Run	11 mi	May 19
Waites Run WV	18 mi	May 27
Stony Creek	18 mi	Oct 23

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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.