Rating: Hot

Silver Creek is stocked weekly through September with Apache trout and/or rainbow trout.   Silver Creek is open to harvest from Apr. 1 until Sep. 30. including bait fishing, 6 trout daily bag limit. No harvest is permitted after Sept. 30. On Oct. 1, the catch and release season begins. Only artificial lure or fly with single point barbless hook may be used.  Super catchable rainbow trout will be stocked on Oct. 1.  Fishing at Silver Creek will be very good except during the hottest and brightest parts of the day. Sight fish with dry flies or small nymphs in the morning and evening. Nymphs and midges drifted through the largest pools can be effective during the day.  Small single hook lures will also be effective. Silver Creek is a Game and Fish Commission-owned property; entry is only allowed from 30 minutes after sunrise to 30 minutes before sunset, about 7 a.m.–5 p.m. During catch-and-release season in the fall and winter, both the upper and lower section may be fished. No unauthorized entry is ever allowed in the hatchery grounds.