Poultney River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brook trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in May. One of 22 stocked waters on the Rutland County record. 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 May 5 171 days ago

flow 47% of seasonal normal

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

Water right now 1.81 ft gage height flow 40.5 cfs, 47% of the Oct 23 median NWS forecast: steady through Monday USGS gauge 04280000 (POULTNEY RIVER BELOW FAIR HAVEN, VT) · read 8:30 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

2,700 fish reported

The year here

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

What swims here

Brook trout 1 stocking

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Fish	Status
May 5	Brook trout		2,700	completed

When to fish Poultney River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:30-11:30 am and 9:52-11:52 pm	3:46-4:46 am and 4:02-5:02 pm
Tomorrow	10:16 am-12:16 pm and 10:40 pm-12:40 am	4:57-5:57 am and 4:23-5:23 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 5
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 (brook trout stocked 1 time here in 2026, moving water)

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
Light spinning rod	5 to 6.5 ft light or ultralight; short rods cast under branches

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
Castleton River	3.4 mi	Jun 2
Glen Lake	5.8 mi	Apr 21
Lake Bomoseen	6.1 mi	Jun 2
Black Pond	8.0 mi	Apr 15
Sunset Lake	9.7 mi	Apr 27

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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.