Wells River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Rainbow trout water; one stocking on the 2026 record, in May. One of 9 stocked waters on the Caledonia County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Caledonia County · Vermont · see it on the national map

last stocked May 11 165 days ago

flow 49% of seasonal normal

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

Water right now 1.65 ft gage height flow 33.6 cfs, 49% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 01139000 (WELLS RIVER AT WELLS RIVER, VT) · read 8:45 pm this evening

1 stocking 2026

650 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 11	Rainbow trout		650	completed

When to fish Wells 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 4:17-5:17 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 11
Flow 49% 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)

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
Ammonoosuc River NH	0.3 mi	Jun 26
Pearl Lake NH	9.3 mi	Oct 20
Ogontz Lake NH	10 mi	Oct 21
Waits River	11 mi	May 13
Passumpsic River	12 mi	May 20

Follow Caledonia County stocking: RSS / Calendar (iCal) / Print the schedule

Records from Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Vermont fishing regulations.