Naugatuck River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Stocked May to October in 2026: trout, 4 plants in all. The most-stocked water on the New Haven County record for 2026. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

New Haven County · Connecticut · see it on the national map

last stocked Oct 22 yesterday

flow 104% of seasonal normal

best window 9:51-11:51 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

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 12	Trout x 2 sections	catchable	completed
Oct 9	Trout	catchable	completed
Oct 22	Trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Naugatuck River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:29-11:29 am and 9:51-11:51 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	4:54-5:54 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

Stocked yesterday
Flow near normal for the season

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, 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
Black Rock Pond	1.4 mi	Oct 23
Branch Brook (Trout Park)	1.7 mi	Apr 23
Black Rock Impoundment	2.2 mi	Apr 23
Hancock Brook Impoundment	2.4 mi	Mar 17
Northfield Reservoir	3.3 mi	Mar 17

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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.