Cockermouth River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brook trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, all in May. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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last stocked May 14 162 days ago

flow 37% of seasonal normal

best window 9:46-11:46 pm solunar major today

Water right now 1.37 ft gage height flow 7.39 cfs, 37% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01077400 (COCKERMOUTH RIVER BELOW HARDY BROOK, AT GROTON, NH) · read 9:00 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

495 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 today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 14	Brook trout	yearling	165	completed
May 14	Brook trout	yearling	330	completed

When to fish Cockermouth River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:23-11:23 am and 9:46-11:46 pm	3:39-4:39 am and 3:55-4:55 pm
Tomorrow	10:09 am-12:09 pm and 10:33 pm-12:33 am	4:51-5:51 am and 4:16-5:16 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 14
Flow 37% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · New Hampshire 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)

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
Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom

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
Fowler River	4.8 mi	May 20
Baker River	7.3 mi	Jun 17
Squam River	7.3 mi	May 20
Newfound River	7.3 mi	Jun 17
Orange Pond	9.3 mi	May 22

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Records from New Hampshire Fish and Game (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: New Hampshire fishing regulations.