Nepaug River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in April. 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.

Litchfield County · Connecticut · see it on the national map

last stocked Apr 27 179 days ago

flow 99% of seasonal normal

best window 9:51-11:51 pm solunar major today

Water right now 3.38 ft gage height flow 9.91 cfs, about normal for Oct 23 USGS gauge 01187800 (NEPAUG R NR NEPAUG, CT.) · read 8:45 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
Apr 27	Trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Nepaug River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:28-11:28 am and 9:51-11:51 pm	3:44-4:44 am and 4:01-5:01 pm
Tomorrow	10:14 am-12:14 pm and 10:38 pm-12:38 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

Last stocked Apr 27
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 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
West Hill Pond	2.7 mi	Mar 10
Farmington River 3 TMA (Rt 219 Bridge to Rt 177)	4.1 mi	Sep 4
West Branch Farmington River - Otis MA	4.3 mi	Apr 30
West Branch Farmington River - Tolland MA	4.3 mi	Apr 30
West Branch Farmington River - Sandisfield MA	4.3 mi	Apr 30

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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.