Salmon River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Stocked May to October in 2026: trout, 3 plants in all. 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 Oct 22 yesterday

flow 91% of seasonal normal

best window 9:49-11:49 pm solunar major today

Water right now 2.51 ft gage height flow 50.1 cfs, about normal for Oct 23 USGS gauge 01193500 (SALMON RIVER NEAR EAST HAMPTON, CT) · read 8:15 pm this evening

3 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Trout 3 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
May 13	Trout	catchable	completed
Oct 2	Trout	catchable	completed
Oct 22	Trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Salmon River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:26-11:26 am and 9:49-11:49 pm	3:42-4:42 am and 3:59-4:59 pm
Tomorrow	10:12 am-12:12 pm and 10:36 pm-12:36 am	4:52-5:52 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 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 3 times here in 2026, moving water)

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
Inline spinners	1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams

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
Day Pond (Colchester)	2.3 mi	Oct 21
Salmon River TMA	2.4 mi	Oct 22
Jeremy River	4.3 mi	Apr 22
Bashan Lake	4.4 mi	Mar 6
Dickinson Creek	4.8 mi	Apr 27

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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.