Naugatuck River (West Branch)

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, spread April to May. One of 42 stocked waters on the Litchfield County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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last stocked May 12 164 days ago

flow 104% of seasonal normal

best window 9:52-11:52 pm solunar major today

Water right now 1.61 ft gage height flow 199 cfs, about normal for Oct 23 NWS forecast: falling USGS gauge 01208500 (NAUGATUCK RIVER AT BEACON FALLS, CT) · read 8:30 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 17	Trout	catchable		completed
May 12	Trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Naugatuck River (West Branch)

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:29-11:29 am and 9:52-11:52 pm	3:45-4:45 am and 4:01-5:01 pm
Tomorrow	10:15 am-12:15 pm and 10:39 pm-12:39 am	4:55-5:55 am and 4:24-5:24 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 May 12
Flow near normal for the season

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 2 times here in 2026, moving water)

Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches
Inline spinners	1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams
Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom

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
Naugatuck River TMA	3.2 mi	Oct 22
Bantam River Inlet/Fly Fishing Area	3.8 mi	May 7
Bantam River (West Branch)	3.9 mi	Mar 31
Stillwater Pond	4.6 mi	Oct 20
Leadmine Brook	4.8 mi	May 4

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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.