StockingMap

Otter Creek

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Stocked monthly April through June in 2026, heaviest in May: brown trout, rainbow trout, and brook trout, 11 plants in all. The most-stocked water on the Rutland County record for 2026. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Rutland County · Vermont · see it on the national map

last stocked Jun 18 127 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 30 days: 198 to 933 USGS gauge 04282500 (OTTER CREEK AT MIDDLEBURY, VT) · read 8:30 pm this evening
11 stockings 2026
8,605 fish reported

The year here

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApril 24, 2026 Rainbow trout 250 fish stockedApril 24, 2026 Brown trout 275 fish stockedApril 30, 2026 Rainbow trout 2,000 fish stockedMay 14, 2026 Brook trout 802 fish stockedMay 22, 2026 Rainbow trout 200 fish stockedMay 22, 2026 Brown trout 275 fish stockedMay 29, 2026 Brown trout 2,000 fish stockedMay 29, 2026 Brown trout 1,000 fish stockedJune 1, 2026 Rainbow trout 103 fish stockedJune 2, 2026 Brown trout 500 fish stockedJune 18, 2026 Brown trout 1,200 fish stocked

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

What swims here

Brown trout illustration Brown trout 6 stockings
Rainbow trout illustration Rainbow trout 4 stockings
Brook trout illustration Brook trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

DateSpeciesSize FishStatus
Apr 24 Rainbow trout 250 completed
Apr 24 Brown trout 275 completed
Apr 30 Rainbow trout 2,000 completed
May 14 Brook trout 802 completed
May 22 Rainbow trout 200 completed
May 22 Brown trout 275 completed
May 29 Brown trout 2,000 completed
May 29 Brown trout 1,000 completed
Jun 1 Rainbow trout 103 completed
Jun 2 Brown trout 500 completed
Jun 18 Brown trout 1,200 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

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 6 times 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.

WaterDistance 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.