Ellis River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brook trout water; 5 stockings on the 2026 record, spread April to May, heaviest in May. One of 24 stocked waters on the Oxford 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 19 157 days ago

flow 42% of seasonal normal

best window 9:42-11:42 pm solunar major today

Water right now 4.91 ft gage height flow 48 cfs, 42% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01054300 (Ellis River at South Andover, Maine) · read 8:30 pm this evening

5 stockings 2026

1,700 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Brook trout 5 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked yesterday.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 21	Brook trout x 2 sections	yearling	250	completed
May 19	Brook trout x 3 sections	adult	400	completed

When to fish Ellis River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:19-11:19 am and 9:42-11:42 pm	3:34-4:34 am and 3:50-4:50 pm
Tomorrow	10:05 am-12:05 pm and 10:29 pm-12:29 am	4:47-5:47 am and 4:11-5:11 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 19
Flow 42% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Maine 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 (brook trout stocked 5 times here in 2026, moving water)

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
Small jerkbaits	floating minnows in the 2 to 3 inch class for the deeper bends

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
Concord River	2.1 mi	May 11
Sunday River	7.2 mi	May 12
Swift River	7.2 mi	May 20
Webb River	11 mi	May 26
Spears Stream	11 mi	Apr 22

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Records from Maine IFW (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Maine fishing regulations.