Royal River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brook trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, spread April to May. One of 6 stocked waters on the Androscoggin 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 4 172 days ago

flow 37% of seasonal normal

best window 9:39-11:39 pm solunar major today

Water right now 0.95 ft gage height flow 27 cfs, 37% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01060000 (Royal River at Yarmouth, Maine) · read 8:30 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

400 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Brook trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked yesterday.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 14	Brook trout	adult	200	completed
May 4	Brook trout	adult	200	completed

When to fish Royal River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:17-11:17 am and 9:39-11:39 pm	3:32-4:32 am and 3:48-4:48 pm
Tomorrow	10:02 am-12:02 pm and 10:27 pm-12:27 am	4:44-5:44 am and 4:10-5:10 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 4
Flow 37% 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 2 times 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
Chandler Brook	6.1 mi	May 12
Piscataqua River	8.5 mi	May 1
Presumpscot River	8.7 mi	Oct 15
Collyer Brook	9.7 mi	May 7
Newell Brook	14 mi	May 12

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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.