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Spring Creek

General Information

County: Mitchell
Location: Located on the west edge of Orchard.
Stream Segment Length: 0.80

Amenities

Amenities at Spring Creek include:
  • Trails
  • Good/Excellent Shorefishing

Water levels on most are low but fishable. Trout stream stocking continues on all steams as scheduled even though some are not announced.
Brook Trout - Fair: The best brook trout streams are heavily vegetated making fishing difficult. Dabbling a fly through the narrow unvegetated runs is best or find deeper pools above beaver dams.
Brown Trout - Good: Brown trout are hard to catch in clear water. Anglers may have to be more stealthy when approaching streams. A variety of terrestrial insect patterns will work especially crickets, ants, and grasshoppers.
Rainbow Trout - Good: A small chunk of worm or cheese under a bobber fished through a deeper hole will turn a rainbow head. Cut line on deeply hooked fish if returning to water.

Spring Creek is stocked weekly April through October with catchable 10-12 inch Rainbow Trout. This fishery contains stream-reared French Creek strain Brown Trout. Upstream (east side) of March Avenue is on private property and only angling is permitted.(2022)

Stream Maps

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Parking Access
Catchable Trout Waters
Fingerling Stocked or Natural Reproduction
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    No known aquatic invasive species have been found

  • Annual 2021 - 4,125 Rainbow Trout (12)
  • Annual 2020 - 4,596 Rainbow Trout (12)
  • annual 2019 - 1,217 Brook Trout (10.8)
  • annual 2019 - 3,341 Rainbow Trout (10.8)
  • annual 2018 - 1,368 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
  • annual 2018 - 3,436 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)
  • 06/05/2018 - 4,000 Brown Trout (3)
  • annual 2017 - 1,008 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
  • annual 2017 - 3,567 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)
  • 5/25/2017 - 4,000 Brown Trout (2")
  • annual 2016 - 360 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
  • annual 2016 - 4,324 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)
  • annual 2015 - 460 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
  • annual 2015 - 4,133 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)
  • 06/09/2015 - 6,500 Brown Trout (4")
  • annual 2014 - 312 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
  • annual 2014 - 3,572 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)
  • annual 2013 - 526 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
  • annual 2013 - 3,783 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)

The Fishing Regulations brochure is available for download. The summaries listed below are a partial listing provided for your benefit.

  • Brown Trout
    • Season: Continuous
    • Daily Bag Limit: combined trout (brook, brown, and rainbow) - 5 fish
    • Possession Limit: combined trout (brook, brown, and rainbow) - 10 fish
    • Length Limit: none
    • Other: Anglers must have paid the Trout Fee to fish for or possess trout
  • Rainbow Trout
    • Season: Continuous
    • Daily Bag Limit: combined trout (brook, brown, and rainbow) - 5 fish
    • Possession Limit: combined trout (brook, brown, and rainbow) - 10 fish
    • Length Limit: none
    • Other: Anglers must have paid the Trout Fee to fish for or possess trout
  • White Sucker
    • Season: Continuous
    • Daily Bag Limit: none
    • Possession Limit: unlimited
    • Length Limit: none
    • Other: May be taken by hand fishing, by snagging, by spear or by bow and arrow, day or night.

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Iowa-Caught Fish Are Safe to Eat, In Almost All Cases

The vast majority of Iowa’s streams, rivers and lakes offer safe and high-quality fish that pose little or no threat to human health if consumed. Some limitations may apply for young children and pregnant women. Here’s a Fish Consumption Fact Sheet from the Iowa DNR and the Iowa Dept. of Public Health for more information. Here is a list of current fish consumption advisories for Iowa lakes and rivers.

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