Tye River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brook trout, brown trout, and 2 other species water, stocked 18 times in 2026, spread January to October, heaviest in January. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Nelson County · Virginia · see it on the national map

last stocked Oct 6 17 days ago

flow 37% of seasonal normal

best window 10:15 pm-12:15 am solunar major today

Water right now 2.56 ft gage height flow 16.8 cfs, 37% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 02027000 (TYE RIVER NEAR LOVINGSTON, VA) · read 8:45 pm this evening

18 stockings 2026

The year here

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

What swims here

Brook trout 6 stockings

Rainbow trout 5 stockings

Brown trout 5 stockings

Tiger trout 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Agency feed checked today.

Date	Species	Size	Status
Jan 9	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Jan 9	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Jan 9	Brook trout	catchable	completed
Jan 9	Tiger trout	catchable	completed
Feb 9	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Feb 9	Brook trout	catchable	completed
Feb 9	Tiger trout	catchable	completed
Mar 9	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Mar 9	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Mar 9	Brook trout	catchable	completed
Apr 22	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
Apr 22	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Apr 22	Brook trout	catchable	completed
May 27	Rainbow trout	catchable	completed
May 27	Brown trout	catchable	completed
May 27	Brook trout	catchable	completed
Oct 6	Brown trout	catchable	completed
Oct 6	Brook trout	catchable	completed

When to fish Tye River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:52-11:52 am and 10:15 pm-12:15 am	4:09-5:09 am and 4:26-5:26 pm
Tomorrow	10:38 am-12:38 pm	5:15-6:15 am and 4:52-5:52 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

Stocked 17 days ago (Oct 6)
Flow 37% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23 · Virginia fishing forecast

Gear for this water

Stocked within the last three weeks: fish are still bunched near the release points and keyed on familiar smells.

For the trout (brook trout stocked 6 times here in 2026, moving water)

Drifted bait	single salmon egg or half a crawler under light split shot, rolled along the bottom
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

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
Scottsville Lake (Was Named: Mink Creek Reservoir)	20 mi	May 14
Upper Sherando Lake	22 mi	Mar 16
Mills Creek	25 mi	Apr 14
Davis Mill Creek	26 mi	Apr 23
Pedlar River (Lower)	27 mi	Oct 5

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Records from Virginia DWR (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Virginia fishing regulations.