Potts Creek
Fishing, stocking, and current conditions
Stocked monthly March through May in 2026: brown trout, rainbow trout, and tiger trout, 15 plants in all. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.
Craig County · Virginia · see it on the national map
The year here
stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details
What swims here
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Tiger trout
Stocking record 2026
Agency feed checked today.
| Date | Species | Size | Fish | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13 | Rainbow trout | catchable | completed | |
| Mar 13 | Brown trout | catchable | completed | |
| Mar 13 | Tiger trout | catchable | completed | |
| Mar 24 | Rainbow trout | catchable | completed | |
| Mar 24 | Brown trout | catchable | completed | |
| Mar 24 | Tiger trout | catchable | completed | |
| Apr 22 | Rainbow trout | catchable | completed | |
| Apr 22 | Brown trout | catchable | completed | |
| Apr 22 | Tiger trout | catchable | completed | |
| May 6 | Rainbow trout | catchable | completed | |
| May 6 | Brown trout | catchable | completed | |
| May 6 | Tiger trout | catchable | completed | |
| May 22 | Rainbow trout | catchable | completed | |
| May 22 | Brown trout | catchable | completed | |
| May 22 | Tiger trout | catchable | completed |
When to fish Potts Creek
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 9:57-11:57 am and 10:20 pm-12:20 am | 4:14-5:14 am and 4:31-5:31 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:43 am-12:43 pm | 5:20-6:20 am and 4:57-5:57 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 May 22
- Flow near normal for the season
Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Virginia 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 (rainbow trout stocked 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton Forge Reservoir | 11 mi | Apr 30 |
| Wilson Creek (Lower) | 12 mi | Mar 9 |
| Jackson River (Hidden Valley) | 12 mi | Oct 8 |
| Cowpasture River | 12 mi | Oct 20 |
| Meadow Creek of Anthony Creek WV | 14 mi | May 23 |
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