Rainbow Trout Stocked · 45 plants · last May 13, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk Passage Creek fishing
Passage Creek fishing is stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and Tiger Trout on a river section. Also recorded: Rock bass and Fallfish. It is stocked about 15 times a year since 2016, most often in March and April. Species guides list dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout and Tiger Trout, dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout and Brook Trout, and dawn, dusk, and night for Rock bass.
- Last stocked
- October 16, 2026
- · Brown Trout
- Plants on record
- 164
- Species stocked
- 4 (+2 also recorded)
- Elevation
- 480 ft
Fish at Passage Creek
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 45 plants · last May 13, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk 
Brown Trout Stocked · 40 plants · last May 13, 2026 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Tiger Trout Stocked · 15 plants · last April 3, 2026 Best: dawn, dusk 
Brook Trout Stocked · 14 plants · last March 12, 2026 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Rock bass Confirmed present Best: dawn, dusk, night Best: dawn, dusk, night
Rock bass species guide Fallfish Confirmed present
Passage Creek is a 38.5-mile-long tributary stream located in Fort Valley, Virginia. The creek passes through the George Washington National Forest. It is annually stocked with trout by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, flowing for most of its length through a rural valley. (en.wikipedia.org, accessed September 22, 2026)
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How Passage Creek is stocked
Happy Creek (5 mi), Paddy Run (13.5 mi), Stony Creek (18.4 mi), and Hawksbill Creek (20.8 mi) were stocked more recently. Happy Creek is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Tiger Trout, and Brook Trout, Paddy Run is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, and Brown Trout, Stony Creek is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and Tiger Trout, and Hawksbill Creek is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and Tiger Trout.
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 16, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 16, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 16, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 13, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 13, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 20, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 20, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 3, 2026 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 3, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 3, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 12, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 12, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 12, 2026 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 12, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 12, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 14, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| January 14, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 14, 2026 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| January 14, 2026 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 19, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| November 12, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 3, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 3, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 3, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 3, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 20, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 13, 2025 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 13, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 28, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 28, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 4, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 4, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 4, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 21, 2025 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 21, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 21, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 27, 2025 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| February 27, 2025 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 12, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 12, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 12, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 12, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 10, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 10, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 10, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 10, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 24, 2024 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| May 24, 2024 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 24, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 23, 2024 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 23, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 5, 2024 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 5, 2024 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 5, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 5, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 28, 2024 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 28, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 5, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 5, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 5, 2024 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 5, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 2, 2024 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| December 21, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 21, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| December 21, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 19, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 19, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 19, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 19, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 19, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| May 19, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 19, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 24, 2023 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 24, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 24, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2023 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 13, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2023 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2023 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2023 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| March 13, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 22, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 22, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 22, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| February 22, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 19, 2023 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| January 19, 2023 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 6, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 6, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 6, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| October 6, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 26, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| May 26, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 19, 2022 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 19, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 19, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| April 1, 2022 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| April 1, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| April 1, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| April 1, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 24, 2022 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 24, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 24, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| March 7, 2022 | Tiger Trout | – | – | report |
| March 7, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| March 7, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| February 15, 2022 | Brook Trout | – | – | report |
| February 15, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| January 10, 2022 | Brown Trout | – | – | report |
| January 10, 2022 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| October 6, 2021 | Rainbow Trout | – | – | report |
| May 21, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| April 21, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| April 2, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| March 23, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| March 11, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| February 25, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| January 19, 2021 | – | – | – | report |
| October 1, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| May 20, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| April 24, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| April 9, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| March 5, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| February 6, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| January 2, 2020 | – | – | – | report |
| October 4, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| May 6, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| April 25, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| April 25, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| April 5, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| March 14, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| February 14, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| January 24, 2019 | – | – | – | report |
| December 28, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| December 28, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| October 4, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| October 4, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| May 16, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| May 8, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| April 24, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| April 6, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| March 27, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| March 27, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| February 14, 2018 | – | – | – | report |
| December 13, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| December 13, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| October 13, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| October 13, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| May 18, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| April 20, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| March 31, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| March 8, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| February 9, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| January 19, 2017 | – | – | – | report |
| December 20, 2016 | – | – | – | report |
| December 20, 2016 | – | – | – | report |
| October 13, 2016 | – | – | – | report |
| October 13, 2016 | – | – | – | report |
Access and facts
- Water type
- river section
- Nearest town
- Strasburg, VA
- Facilities
- restrooms, camping
Stocked water runs through USFS Elizabeth Furnace Recreation Area on SR 678, about 3.5 miles south of Waterlick (VA 55 between Strasburg and Front Royal). Day use is free, sunrise to sunset, with vault toilets and a 32-site campground beside the creek. Look for stocking signs along the stream.
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Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources before you go.
About Passage Creek
Nearest lakes
Common questions
What fish are at Passage Creek?
Fishing Passage Creek usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 45 of 114 plants on record, ahead of Brown Trout and 2 more. Rainbow Trout was last stocked May 13, 2026. Brown Trout was last stocked May 13, 2026. Tiger Trout was last stocked April 3, 2026. Brook Trout was last stocked March 12, 2026. Rock bass and Fallfish are recorded here outside the stocking reports.
When is Passage Creek stocked?
Last stocked October 16, 2026. It is stocked about 15 times a year since 2016, most often in March and April.
How do you get on Passage Creek?
The nearest town is Strasburg, VA. Facilities include restrooms and camping. Stocked water runs through USFS Elizabeth Furnace Recreation Area on SR 678, about 3.5 miles south of Waterlick (VA 55 between Strasburg and Front Royal). Day use is free, sunrise to sunset, with vault toilets and a 32-site campground beside the creek. Look for stocking signs along the stream.
Which lakes near Passage Creek were stocked more recently?
Happy Creek (5 mi), Paddy Run (13.5 mi), Stony Creek (18.4 mi), and Hawksbill Creek (20.8 mi) were stocked more recently. Happy Creek is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Tiger Trout, and Brook Trout, Paddy Run is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, and Brown Trout, Stony Creek is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and Tiger Trout, and Hawksbill Creek is also stocked with Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and Tiger Trout.