Deep Creek Lake, Garrett County, MD
Rainbow Trout fishing today
Rainbow Trout harvest is closed today.
41/100
Why today scores 41
- 57°F water — Right in Rainbow Trout's ideal range
- 8 mph wind — Light chop — baitfish active, fish willing to feed
- Thunderstorms — Get off the water immediately when storms approach
Right now at Deep Creek Lake
- Water temp
- 57°F
- Air temp
- 71°F
- Wind
- 8 mph W
- Tide phase
- incoming
- Sunrise / sunset
- 6:29 AM / 8:01 PM
- Moon
- first quarter, 33% illuminated
- Solunar windows today
- 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM · 4:50 AM - 6:50 AM · 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM · 5:20 PM - 7:20 PM
- Forecast
- Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
About Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss. The most heavily stocked trout in Maryland. Put-and-take fisheries across the state plus holdover/wild fish in Western MD streams (Savage, Youghiogheny tailwater, Gunpowder). Takes PowerBait, small spinners, and standard dry/nymph patterns.
Preferred water temp: 45–68°F (ideal 55°F). Preferred tide: either.
MD regulations
No regulations recorded for NTMD/non-tidal — check the appropriate state agency directly before fishing.