Turtle Creek
Fishing and stocking
Brown trout water, stocked through the 2026 season program. One of 3 stocked waters on the Barron County record.
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What swims here
Brown trout
Season program record
Wisconsin DNR publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations. The Wisconsin season shape statewide: season plan; dates unpublished.
Agency feed checked today.
| Season | Species | Size | Fish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 season | Brown trout | yearling |
When to fish Turtle Creek
| Major periods (~2 h) | Minor periods (~1 h) | |
|---|---|---|
| Today | 9:47-11:47 am and 10:09 pm-12:09 am | 4:04-5:04 am and 4:17-5:17 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:33 am-12:33 pm and 10:57 pm-12:57 am | 5:17-6:17 am and 4:37-5:37 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 Central Time (CDT).
What the record actually says
- Stocked through the 2026 season program
Computed this evening, Oct 23
Gear for this water
For the trout (brown trout on the season program here, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ice House Lake | 14 mi | 2026 season |
| Glen Lake | 18 mi | 2026 season |
| Beaver Dam Lake | 23 mi | 2026 season |
| Little Granite Lake | 24 mi | 2026 season |
| Pickerel Lake | 28 mi | 2026 season |