Sugar River

Brown trout and brook trout water; 14 stockings on the 2026 record.

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Water right now 1.07 ft gage height flow 56.8 cfs, 81% of the Aug 28 median NWS forecast: steady through Monday USGS gauge 01152500 (SUGAR RIVER AT WEST CLAREMONT, NH) · 2026-08-28 17:30

14 stockings 2026

Jun 5 last stocked

4,640 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Brown trout 8 stockings

Brook trout 3 stockings

Rainbow trout 3 stockings

Stocking record 2026

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

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

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.