Quinebaug River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in April. One of 35 stocked waters on the New London County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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

last stocked Apr 21 185 days ago

flow 127% of seasonal normal

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

Water right now 5.73 ft gage height flow 612 cfs, 127% of the Oct 23 median NWS forecast: falling USGS gauge 01127000 (QUINEBAUG RIVER AT JEWETT CITY, CT) · read 8:30 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 21	Trout	catchable		completed

When to fish Quinebaug 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 3:57-4:57 pm
Tomorrow	10:10 am-12:10 pm and 10:34 pm-12:34 am	4:50-5:50 am and 4:20-5:20 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 21
Flow 127% 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
Choate Brook	3.6 mi	Apr 27
Quinebaug iver	3.6 mi	Apr 21
Broad Brook	3.7 mi	Apr 27
Quinebaug River - Holland MA	4.3 mi	May 14
Quinebaug River - Southbridge MA	4.3 mi	May 12

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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.