Accotink Creek fishing

Accotink Creek fishing is stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Tiger Trout on a river section. It is stocked about 3.7 times a year since 2016, most often in February and March. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout and Tiger Trout and dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout.

Accotink Creek
Photo: TrailVoice, CC BY-SA 2.0
Last stocked
March 31, 2026
· Brown Trout
Plants on record
41
Species recorded
3
Elevation
239 ft

Fish at Accotink Creek

3 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Rainbow Trout Stocked · 14 plants · last March 31, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked March 31, 2026 · 14 plants

Best: dawn, dusk

Rainbow Trout species guide
Brown Trout Stocked · 13 plants · last March 31, 2026 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked March 31, 2026 · 13 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brown Trout species guide
Tiger Trout Stocked · 1 plant · last March 26, 2025 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked March 26, 2025 · 1 plant

Best: dawn, dusk

Tiger Trout species guide

How Accotink Creek is stocked

Source: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.

Happy Creek (52.2 mi), Hughes River (55.6 mi), Passage Creek (56.9 mi), and Robinson River (59.7 mi) were stocked more recently. Happy Creek is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Tiger Trout, Hughes River is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Passage Creek is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Tiger Trout, and Robinson River is also stocked with Rainbow Trout and Tiger Trout.

Stocking history

Source: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
March 31, 2026Brown Trout––report
March 31, 2026Rainbow Trout––report
March 2, 2026Brown Trout––report
March 2, 2026Rainbow Trout––report
March 26, 2025Tiger Trout––report
March 26, 2025Brown Trout––report
March 26, 2025Rainbow Trout––report
February 24, 2025Brown Trout––report
February 24, 2025Rainbow Trout––report
December 17, 2024Brown Trout––report
December 17, 2024Rainbow Trout––report
March 21, 2024Brown Trout––report
March 21, 2024Rainbow Trout––report
February 21, 2024Brown Trout––report
February 21, 2024Rainbow Trout––report
December 14, 2023Brown Trout––report
December 14, 2023Rainbow Trout––report
April 5, 2023Rainbow Trout––report
March 1, 2023Brown Trout––report
March 1, 2023Rainbow Trout––report
February 7, 2023Brown Trout––report
February 7, 2023Rainbow Trout––report
April 5, 2022Brown Trout––report
April 5, 2022Rainbow Trout––report
February 23, 2022Brown Trout––report
February 23, 2022Rainbow Trout––report
November 18, 2021Brown Trout––report
November 18, 2021Rainbow Trout––report
April 7, 2021–––report
February 17, 2021–––report
October 21, 2020–––report
April 1, 2020–––report
March 11, 2020–––report
October 30, 2019–––report
April 11, 2019–––report
March 12, 2019–––report
October 16, 2018–––report
April 19, 2018–––report
March 15, 2018–––report
November 28, 2017–––report
October 19, 2016–––report

Access and facts

Water type
river section

DWR's delayed-harvest trout water covers 3.1 miles of Accotink Creek from King Arthur Road down to Braddock Road (Route 620), just above Lake Accotink. Primary access is Fairfax County's Wakefield Park off Braddock Road. Lake Accotink Park, downstream, has a boat launch and restrooms.

Drafted by AI from the cited sources and checked before publishing.

Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources before you go.

About Accotink Creek

Photo of Accotink Creek
TrailVoice, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Common questions

What fish are at Accotink Creek?

Fishing Accotink Creek usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 14 of 28 plants on record, ahead of Brown Trout and one more. Rainbow Trout was last stocked March 31, 2026. Brown Trout was last stocked March 31, 2026. Tiger Trout was last stocked March 26, 2025.

When is Accotink Creek stocked?

Last stocked March 31, 2026. It is stocked about 3.7 times a year since 2016, most often in February and March.

How do you get on Accotink Creek?

DWR's delayed-harvest trout water covers 3.1 miles of Accotink Creek from King Arthur Road down to Braddock Road (Route 620), just above Lake Accotink. Primary access is Fairfax County's Wakefield Park off Braddock Road. Lake Accotink Park, downstream, has a boat launch and restrooms.

Which lakes near Accotink Creek were stocked more recently?

Happy Creek (52.2 mi), Hughes River (55.6 mi), Passage Creek (56.9 mi), and Robinson River (59.7 mi) were stocked more recently. Happy Creek is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Tiger Trout, Hughes River is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Passage Creek is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, and Tiger Trout, and Robinson River is also stocked with Rainbow Trout and Tiger Trout.

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