Forest Lake

Fishing and stocking

Rainbow trout and brown trout water; 3 stockings on the 2026 record, all in April. A 62-acre lake, and one of 9 stocked waters on the Essex County record.

Essex County · Vermont · see it on the national map

last stocked Apr 29 177 days ago

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

3 stockings 2026

700 fish reported

62 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 2 stockings

Brown trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Fish	Status
Apr 29	Rainbow trout	400	completed
Apr 29	Brown trout	200	completed
Apr 29	Rainbow trout	100	completed

When to fish Forest Lake

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:23-11:23 am and 9:46-11:46 pm	3:38-4:38 am and 3:54-4:54 pm
Tomorrow	10:09 am-12:09 pm and 10:33 pm-12:33 am	4:51-5:51 am and 4:14-5:14 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 29

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 2 times here in 2026, stillwater)

Ultralight spinning rod	6 to 7 ft ultralight, 4 lb line; long casts from the bank
Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell
Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth

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
Wallace Pond	3.3 mi	Apr 29
Mohawk River NH	10 mi	Jun 8
Holland Pond	12 mi	Apr 29
Lime Pond NH	12 mi	Jun 5
Indian Stream NH	12 mi	May 21

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