McGovern Pond

Fishing and stocking

Trout water, stocked 4 times in 2026, spread May to October, heaviest in October. One of 22 stocked waters on the Hartford County record.

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last stocked Oct 23 today

best window 9:50-11:50 pm solunar major today

4 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 4 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
May 5	Trout	catchable	completed
Oct 6	Trout	catchable	completed
Oct 15	Trout	catchable	completed
Oct 23	Trout	catchable	completed

When to fish McGovern Pond

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:27-11:27 am and 9:50-11:50 pm	3:43-4:43 am and 4:00-5:00 pm
Tomorrow	10:13 am-12:13 pm and 10:37 pm-12:37 am	4:53-5:53 am and 4:22-5:22 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

Stocked today

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Connecticut fishing forecast

Gear for this water

Stocked within the last three weeks: fish are still bunched near the release points and keyed on familiar smells.

For the trout (trout stocked 4 times here in 2026, stillwater)

Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell
Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth
Small crankbaits	trout-pattern cranks trolled or slow-retrieved off points

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
Keney Park Pond	4.3 mi	May 12
Stanley Quarter Pond	4.6 mi	Apr 29
Farmington River 4 (Rt 177 Bridge downstream to Rt 4)	7.9 mi	Oct 1
Stratton Brook Park Pond	8.2 mi	Oct 8
Salmon Brook Pond	8.5 mi	Apr 15

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