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Black River

VT · Windsor

  • Stocked

The pin is approximate, near the middle of the water. The shoreline on the map comes from OpenStreetMap.

At a glance

County
Windsor County
Last stocked
May 27, 2026
Species
Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Rainbow Trout50016.8" (2YR)05-27-2026
Rainbow Trout40016.7" (2YR)05-18-2026
Brown Trout25015.4" (2YR)05-12-2026
Rainbow Trout25016.7" (2YR)05-12-2026
Brown Trout25015.7" (2YR)05-08-2026
Rainbow Trout25016.4" (2YR)05-08-2026
Brown Trout50015.75" (2YR)05-27-2025
Rainbow Trout55016.6" (2YR)05-23-2025
Rainbow Trout35019" (2YR)05-20-2025
Rainbow Trout54016.4" (2YR)05-16-2025

Gear for the fish stocked here

Rainbow Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet; 5 to 6.5 feet suits stocked ponds.

Line: 4 to 10 lb monofilament, with 6 to 8 lb a good middle. Go lighter in clear water.

Baits: worms or cut nightcrawlers, salmon eggs, kernel corn

Lures: small inline spinners, small spoons, curly tail jigs and grubs

Full Rainbow Trout gear guide

Brown Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet.

Line: 4 to 8 lb monofilament.

Baits: worms and nightcrawlers, minnows, crayfish

Lures: inline spinners, minnow-imitating stickbaits, small spoons

Full Brown Trout gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Blacknose Dace, Blacknose Shiner, Bluntnose Minnow, Bridle Shiner, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Creek Chub, Creek Chubsucker, Eastern Silvery Minnow, Fathead Minnow, Finescale Dace, Golden Shiner, Longnose Dace, Mimic Shiner, Muskellunge, Northern Redbelly Dace, Rosyface Shiner, Spottail Shiner, Tessellated Darter

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.