Mill River

Fishing and stocking

Brook trout and rainbow trout water; 3 stockings on the 2026 record, spread April to May. One of 22 stocked waters on the Rutland County record.

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last stocked May 13 163 days ago

best window 9:51-11:51 pm solunar major today

3 stockings 2026

1,558 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Brook trout 2 stockings

Rainbow trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Fish	Status
Apr 30	Rainbow trout	500	completed
May 13	Brook trout	690	completed
May 13	Brook trout	368	completed

When to fish Mill River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:28-11:28 am and 9:51-11:51 pm	3:44-4:44 am and 4:00-5:00 pm
Tomorrow	10:14 am-12:14 pm and 10:38 pm-12:38 am	4:55-5:55 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 May 13

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 (brook trout stocked 2 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
Spring Lake	2.9 mi	Apr 29
Cold River	4.6 mi	May 7
East Creek	6.6 mi	Oct 19
Clarendon River	7.1 mi	May 13
Little Rock Pond	7.4 mi	May 12

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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.