Moose River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brown trout and rainbow trout water; 2 stockings on the 2026 record, all in May. One of 9 stocked waters on the Essex County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Essex County · Vermont · see it on the national map

last stocked May 20 156 days ago

flow 47% of seasonal normal

best window 9:47-11:47 pm solunar major today

Water right now 3.17 ft gage height flow 37.1 cfs, 47% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01134500 (MOOSE RIVER AT VICTORY, VT) · read 9:00 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

2,300 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Rainbow trout 1 stocking

Brown trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 20	Rainbow trout		1,000	completed
May 20	Brown trout		1,300	completed

When to fish Moose River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:24-11:24 am and 9:47-11:47 pm	3:40-4:40 am and 3:56-4:56 pm
Tomorrow	10:10 am-12:10 pm and 10:34 pm-12:34 am	4:52-5:52 am and 4:16-5:16 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 20
Flow 47% 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 1 time here in 2026, moving water)

Waders or wet-wading boots	stocked stream fish stack in the obvious pools; getting to the next one is the edge
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

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
Passumpsic River	7.2 mi	May 20
Ewell Pond	8.6 mi	May 8
Partridge Lake NH	10 mi	May 12
Moore Reservoir NH	10 mi	May 22
Ogontz Lake NH	12 mi	Oct 21

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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.