Trempealeau River

Fishing, stocking, and current conditions

Brook trout water, stocked through the 2026 season program. One of 12 stocked waters on the Jackson County record. A USGS gauge reports from this water, so the conditions card on this page is live.

Jackson County · Wisconsin · see it on the national map

program 2026 season

flow 140% of seasonal normal

best window 10:07 pm-12:07 am solunar major today

Water right now 5.76 ft gage height flow 494 cfs, 140% of the Oct 23 median USGS gauge 05379500 (TREMPEALEAU RIVER AT DODGE, WI) · read 7:00 pm this evening

1 species

What swims here

Brook trout 1 allocation

Season program record

Wisconsin DNR publishes this water by season or program window, not by dated schedule, so there are no truck dates to list; the rows below are the published program allocations. The Wisconsin season shape statewide: season plan; dates unpublished.

Agency feed checked today.

Season	Species	Size	Fish
2026 season	Brook trout	yearling

When to fish Trempealeau River

	Major periods (~2 h)	Minor periods (~1 h)
Today	9:45-11:45 am and 10:07 pm-12:07 am	4:02-5:02 am and 4:15-5:15 pm
Tomorrow	10:31 am-12:31 pm and 10:55 pm-12:55 am	5:13-6:13 am and 4:36-5:36 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 Central Time (CDT).

What the record actually says

Stocked through the 2026 season program
Flow 140% of the seasonal median

Computed this evening, Oct 23

Gear for this water

For the trout (brook trout on the season program here, moving water)

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
Inline spinners	1/16 to 1/8 oz silver or gold; swing them across the current seams

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
Beaver Creek	7.6 mi	2026 season
Golf Course Pond	8.7 mi	2026 season
Waumandee Creek	15 mi	2026 season
Little Waumandee Creek	22 mi	2026 season
Elk Creek	24 mi	2026 season

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