Lake Champlain

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Walleye water, stocked 2 times in 2026, all in June; 166,938 fish reported. A 277,118-acre lake, and one of 22 stocked waters on the Rutland County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live, water temperature included.

Rutland County · Vermont · see it on the national map

last stocked Jun 2 143 days ago

water temp 54 °F

best window 9:52-11:52 pm solunar major today

Water right now 94.08 ft elevation water temp 54 °F USGS gauge 04294500 (LAKE CHAMPLAIN AT BURLINGTON, VT) · read 9:00 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

166,938 fish reported

277,118 acres (NHD)

The year here

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

What swims here

Walleye 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Jun 1	Walleye		108,461	completed
Jun 2	Walleye		58,477	completed

When to fish Lake Champlain

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:30-11:30 am and 9:52-11:52 pm	3:45-4:45 am and 4:01-5:01 pm
Tomorrow	10:16 am-12:16 pm and 10:40 pm-12:40 am	4:57-5:57 am and 4:22-5:22 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 2
Water 54 °F

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 walleye (walleye stocked 2 times here in 2026, stillwater)

Jig and minnow	1/8 to 1/4 oz round jigs tipped live or plastic; drag the bottom slowly
Crawler harness	slow-trolled over flats and breaks once water warms
Medium spinning rod	6.5 to 7 ft medium, 8 lb line; sensitivity beats power here

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
Lamoille River	3.3 mi	May 21
Winooski River	4.5 mi	May 4
Browns River	15 mi	May 19
Huntington River	23 mi	May 5
Lewis Creek	24 mi	May 8

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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.