Otter Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brown trout and rainbow trout water, stocked 2 times in 2026, spread April to May; 1,000 fish reported. One of 6 stocked waters on the Addison County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Addison County · Vermont · see it on the national map

last stocked May 1 175 days ago

flow 74% of seasonal normal

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

Water right now 1.77 ft gage height flow 390 cfs, 74% of the Oct 23 median NWS forecast: steady through Monday USGS gauge 04282500 (OTTER CREEK AT MIDDLEBURY, VT) · read 8:30 pm this evening

2 stockings 2026

1,000 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Brown trout 1 stocking

Rainbow trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
Apr 27	Brown trout		500	completed
May 1	Rainbow trout		500	completed

When to fish Otter Creek

	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 May 1
Flow 74% 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 (brown 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
Lewis Creek	2.7 mi	May 8
Baldwin Creek	15 mi	May 18
Winooski River	21 mi	May 4
Courtney Pond NY	22 mi	May 1
Huntington River	22 mi	May 5

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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.