Ottauquechee River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Rainbow trout water, stocked once in 2026; 2,300 fish reported. One of 12 stocked waters on the Windsor County record. 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 12 164 days ago

flow 90% of seasonal normal

best window 9:48-11:48 pm solunar major today

Water right now 2.43 ft gage height flow 133 cfs, about normal for Oct 23 USGS gauge 01151500 (OTTAUQUECHEE RIVER AT NORTH HARTLAND, VT) · read 8:30 pm this evening

1 stocking 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

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 12	Rainbow trout		2,300	completed

When to fish Ottauquechee River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:26-11:26 am and 9:48-11:48 pm	3:42-4:42 am and 3:57-4:57 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 12
Flow near normal for the season

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)

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
Mascoma River NH	3.3 mi	May 20
White River	4.3 mi	May 28
Mill Pond	8.6 mi	Apr 17
Mascoma Lake NH	10 mi	May 16
Halfmile Pond NH	11 mi	Jun 16

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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.