Sugar River
Fishing, stocking, and current conditions
Brown trout, brook trout, and rainbow trout water, stocked 14 times in 2026, monthly April through June; 4,640 fish reported. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.
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The year here
stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details
What swims here
Brown trout
Brook trout
Rainbow trout
Stocking record 2026
Agency feed checked today.
| Date | Species | Size | Fish | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15 | Brown trout | yearling | 200 | completed |
| Apr 15 | Brook trout | yearling | 250 | completed |
| Apr 15 | Brown trout | yearling | 300 | completed |
| Apr 15 | Rainbow trout | yearling | 300 | completed |
| Apr 15 | Brown trout | yearling | 500 | completed |
| May 20 | Brown trout | yearling | 500 | completed |
| May 20 | Brook trout | yearling | 300 | completed |
| May 20 | Brown trout | yearling | 350 | completed |
| May 20 | Rainbow trout | yearling | 325 | completed |
| May 20 | Brown trout | yearling | 200 | completed |
| Jun 5 | Brook trout | yearling | 240 | completed |
| Jun 5 | Brown trout | yearling | 350 | completed |
| Jun 5 | Rainbow trout | yearling | 325 | completed |
| Jun 5 | Brown trout | yearling | 500 | completed |
When to fish Sugar 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 3:58-4:58 pm |
| Tomorrow | 10:12 am-12:12 pm and 10:36 pm-12:36 am | 4:53-5:53 am and 4:19-5:19 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 Jun 5
- Flow 57% 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 (brown trout stocked 8 times here in 2026, moving water)
| 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 |
| Waders or wet-wading boots | stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Pond VT | 4.9 mi | Apr 17 |
| Stoughton Pond VT | 5.3 mi | Apr 28 |
| Chapin Pond | 6.7 mi | Jun 16 |
| Black River VT | 9.9 mi | May 27 |
| Ottauquechee River VT | 13 mi | May 12 |
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