Oyster River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brook trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in April. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

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last stocked Apr 17 189 days ago

flow 28% of seasonal normal

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

Water right now 0.73 ft gage height flow 1.13 cfs, 28% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01073000 (OYSTER RIVER NEAR DURHAM, NH) · read 8:30 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

310 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Brook trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 17	Brook trout	yearling	310	completed

When to fish Oyster River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:20-11:20 am and 9:42-11:42 pm	3:35-4:35 am and 3:52-4:52 pm
Tomorrow	10:06 am-12:06 pm and 10:30 pm-12:30 am	4:46-5:46 am and 4:13-5:13 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 17
Flow 28% 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 1 time 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
Bellamy River	1.2 mi	Apr 17
Cocheco River	4.2 mi	May 8
Salmon Falls River	4.2 mi	Jun 4
Piscassic River	4.3 mi	Apr 14
Lamprey River	4.4 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.