French River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water, stocked once in 2026. One of 30 stocked waters on the Windham County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Windham County · Connecticut · see it on the national map

last stocked Mar 26 211 days ago

flow 70% of seasonal normal

best window 9:47-11:47 pm solunar major today

Water right now 6.99 ft gage height flow 82.3 cfs, 70% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01125100 (FRENCH RIVER AT NORTH GROSVENORDALE, CT) · read 8:15 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Mar 26	Trout	catchable		completed

When to fish French River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:24-11:24 am and 9:47-11:47 pm	3:40-4:40 am and 3:56-4:56 pm
Tomorrow	10:10 am-12:10 pm and 10:34 pm-12:34 am	4:50-5:50 am and 4:19-5:19 pm

Moon: waxing gibbous, 92% lit. These are solunar periods, the traditional feeding-time theory: majors around the moon's transit overhead and underfoot, minors around moonrise and moonset. Theory, not a measurement. Times are Eastern Time (EDT).

What the record actually says

Last stocked Mar 26
Flow 70% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Connecticut fishing forecast

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.

For the trout (trout stocked 1 time here in 2026, moving water)

Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends
Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge
Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
French River - Oxford MA	2.3 mi	May 5
Roseland Lake	3.0 mi	Oct 2
Mill Brook	4.1 mi	Mar 19
Taylor Brook	5.6 mi	Mar 19
Peck Pond RI	6.2 mi	Apr 27

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Records from Connecticut DEEP (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Connecticut fishing regulations.