Black River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Rainbow trout and brown trout water; 6 stockings on the 2026 record, all in May. The most-stocked water on the Windsor County record for 2026. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Windsor County · Vermont · see it on the national map

last stocked May 27 149 days ago

flow 73% of seasonal normal

best window 9:49-11:49 pm solunar major today

Water right now 2.03 ft gage height flow 74 cfs, 73% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01153000 (BLACK RIVER AT NORTH SPRINGFIELD, VT) · read 8:30 pm this evening

6 stockings 2026

1,900 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 4 stockings

Brown trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Fish	Status
May 8	Rainbow trout	250	completed
May 8	Brown trout	250	completed
May 12	Rainbow trout	250	completed
May 12	Brown trout	250	completed
May 18	Rainbow trout	400	completed
May 27	Rainbow trout	500	completed

When to fish Black 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 May 27
Flow 73% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Vermont 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 (rainbow trout stocked 4 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
Stoughton Pond	8.8 mi	Apr 28
Sugar River NH	9.9 mi	Jun 5
Gustin Pond NH	12 mi	May 1
Chapin Pond NH	14 mi	Jun 16
Mill Pond	15 mi	Apr 17

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Records from Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Vermont fishing regulations.