Scottsville Lake (Was Named: Mink Creek Reservoir)

Rainbow trout and brown trout water; 11 stockings on the 2026 record.

Albemarle County · Virginia · see it on the national map

11 stockings 2026

May 14 last stocked

3.7 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 6 stockings

Brown trout 4 stockings

Tiger trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Date	Species	Size	Status
Feb 17	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Feb 17	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Feb 17	Tiger trout	catchable	completed
Mar 4	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Mar 17	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 27	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 27	Brown trout	catchable	completed
May 4	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
May 4	Brown trout	catchable	completed
May 14	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
May 14	Brown trout	catchable	completed

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 6 times here in 2026, stillwater)

Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell
Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth
Small crankbaits	trout-pattern cranks trolled or slow-retrieved off points

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
Tye River	20 mi	May 27
Moormans River (S. Fork)	23 mi	May 12
Swift Run	27 mi	May 11
Mills Creek	28 mi	Apr 14
Upper Sherando Lake	30 mi	Mar 16

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