South Fork Fishing Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water; 4 stockings on the 2026 record, monthly January through April. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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last stocked Apr 18 188 days ago

best window 10:22 pm-12:22 am solunar major today

Water right now 1.29 ft gage height flow 7.77 cfs USGS gauge 03114283 (SOUTH FORK FISHING CREEK AT SMITHFIELD, WV) · read 9:10 pm this evening

4 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 4 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Status
Jan 7	Trout	completed
Feb 19	Trout	completed
Mar 19	Trout	completed
Apr 18	Trout	completed

When to fish South Fork Fishing Creek

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	10:00 am-12:00 pm and 10:22 pm-12:22 am	4:17-5:17 am and 4:32-5:32 pm
Tomorrow	10:46 am-12:46 pm	5:24-6:24 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 Apr 18

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · West 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 (trout stocked 4 times here in 2026, moving water)

Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge
Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches

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
North Fork Fishing Creek	2.4 mi	Apr 18
Curtisville Lake	11 mi	Jun 25
Huey Lake	13 mi	Apr 1
Conaway Run Lake	13 mi	Jun 26
Big Run Lake	15 mi	Apr 21

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