The New Haven River is a freestone river in Vermont, listed as Catch and release by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department / Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board.
The nearest USGS gauge on the same stream system is shown, labelled. 1 shop nearby are listed here.
New Haven River is a freestone river in Vermont.
Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.
Signed in: one step. Otherwise we email a confirmation link first. Every alert has one-click links to stop it.
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of New Haven River: gauges, shops and guides
Map of New Haven River with 1 USGS gauge, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of New Haven River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake DunmoreMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Dunmore.
Vermont · about 16 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Preston BrookThe Winooski River falls between Winooski and Burlington, Vermont. Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Preston Brook.
Vermont · about 16 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Ridley BrookThe falls on Otter Creek at Vergennes, Vermont. Photo: Ahale (English Wikipedia), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Ridley Brook.
Vermont · about 17 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Dog RiverThe Mettawee River near Whitehall, New York, from a canoe. Photo: MJPlante1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Dog River.
Vermont · about 21 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Joiner BrookThe West River at the West Dummerston covered bridge, Vermont. Photo: chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Joiner Brook.
Vermont · about 21 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Pinneo BrookThe Battenkill in Arlington, Vermont. Photo: Gplefka, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pinneo Brook.
Vermont · about 21 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the Special Regulation Trout Streams (10 App. V.S.A. §122, 7.6(g)) list (Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department / Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board, read 2026-10-16). All waters with this designation
On the Special Regulation Trout Streams (10 App. V.S.A. §122, 7.6(g)) list (Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department / Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board, read 2026-10-16). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-04) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
1.5 of 24.4 mi on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
No guide within 40 miles yet.
The hatch and season chart for this water's region.
8 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
Blue Quill (April) · Hendrickson (April) · Quill Gordon (April) · Green drake (May) · Mayflies (best hatches) (May) · Mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (June to September) · and 2 more on the chart
None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.
No hub within 40 miles
A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.
7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with New Haven River.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “New Haven River”, halfway along its length in Vermont, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
Caution: Low water: go quiet and stealthy
No water temperature here.
At NEW HAVEN RIVER @ BROOKSVILLE, NR MIDDLEBURY, VT (USGS 04282525). No gauge on New Haven River. Nearest: NEW HAVEN RIVER @ BROOKSVILLE, NR MIDDLEBURY, VT (7.6 mi away), on the river it flows into. New Haven River's own flow is not measured. Provisional USGS data
USGS 04282525 · NWS NHVV1
No gauge on New Haven River. Nearest: NEW HAVEN RIVER @ BROOKSVILLE, NR MIDDLEBURY, VT (7.6 mi away), on the river it flows into. New Haven River's own flow is not measured.
What the agencies suggest
Approach the stream carefully and with a low profileIowa Department of Natural Resources
Fishing upstream will usually spook fewer fish than working downstreamIowa Department of Natural Resources
Deep pools and undercut banks provide refuge during sunny days and low waterMinnesota Department of Natural Resources
General guidance from the readings and the published lines named above, not a fishing forecast. Local rules and closures come first.
Reading Nov 5, 6:30 PM EST · provisional USGS data
Lowest for this date on record for Nov 5 Steady · 24 h Below NWS action stage
Discharge, last 7 days: 169 readings from Oct 29, 7:30 PM EDT to Nov 5, 6:30 PM EST; ranging 41.9 to 46 ft³/s; latest 44.3 ft³/s.
USGS provisional data may be revised. Source: USGS instantaneous values.
| Time | Discharge (ft³/s) | Gauge height (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 6:30 PM EST | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Nov 5, 5:30 PM EST | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Nov 5, 4:30 PM EST | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Nov 5, 3:30 PM EST | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Nov 5, 2:30 PM EST | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Nov 5, 1:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 5, 12:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 5, 11:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 5, 10:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 5, 9:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 5, 8:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 5, 7:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 5, 6:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 5, 5:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 5, 4:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 5, 3:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 5, 2:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 5, 1:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 5, 12:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 11:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 10:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 9:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 4, 8:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 7:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 6:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 5:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 4:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 3:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 2:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 1:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 12:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 11:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 10:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 9:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 8:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 7:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 6:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 4, 5:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 4, 4:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 4, 3:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 4, 2:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 4, 1:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 4, 12:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 3, 11:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 3, 10:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 3, 9:30 PM EST | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Nov 3, 8:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 3, 7:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 3, 6:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 3, 5:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 3, 4:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 3, 3:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 3, 2:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 3, 1:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 3, 12:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 3, 11:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 3, 10:30 AM EST | 41.9 | 2.68 |
| Nov 3, 9:30 AM EST | 41.9 | 2.68 |
| Nov 3, 8:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 3, 7:30 AM EST | 41.9 | 2.68 |
| Nov 3, 6:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 3, 5:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 3, 4:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 3, 3:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 3, 2:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 3, 1:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 3, 12:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 11:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 10:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 9:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 8:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 7:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 6:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 5:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 4:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 2, 3:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 2, 2:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 2, 1:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 2, 12:30 PM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 2, 11:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 10:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 9:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 8:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 7:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 6:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 5:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 4:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 3:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 2:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 1:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 2, 12:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 11:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 10:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 9:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 8:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 7:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 6:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 5:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 4:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 3:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 2:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 1:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 12:30 PM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 11:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 10:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 9:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 1, 8:30 AM EST | 42.7 | 2.69 |
| Nov 1, 7:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 1, 6:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 1, 5:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 1, 4:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 1, 3:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 1, 2:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 1, 1:30 AM EST | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 1, 1:30 AM EDT | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Nov 1, 12:30 AM EDT | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Oct 31, 11:30 PM EDT | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Oct 31, 10:30 PM EDT | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Oct 31, 9:30 PM EDT | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Oct 31, 8:30 PM EDT | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Oct 31, 7:30 PM EDT | 43.5 | 2.7 |
| Oct 31, 6:30 PM EDT | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Oct 31, 5:30 PM EDT | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Oct 31, 4:30 PM EDT | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Oct 31, 3:30 PM EDT | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Oct 31, 2:30 PM EDT | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Oct 31, 1:30 PM EDT | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Oct 31, 12:30 PM EDT | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Oct 31, 11:30 AM EDT | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Oct 31, 10:30 AM EDT | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Oct 31, 9:30 AM EDT | 44.3 | 2.71 |
| Oct 31, 8:30 AM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 31, 7:30 AM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 31, 6:30 AM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 31, 5:30 AM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 31, 4:30 AM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 31, 3:30 AM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 31, 2:30 AM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 31, 1:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 31, 12:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 11:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 10:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 9:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 8:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 7:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 6:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 5:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 4:30 PM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 30, 3:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 2:30 PM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 30, 1:30 PM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 30, 12:30 PM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 30, 11:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 10:30 AM EDT | 45.2 | 2.72 |
| Oct 30, 9:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 8:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 7:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 6:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 5:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 4:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 3:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 2:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 1:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 30, 12:30 AM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 29, 11:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 29, 10:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 29, 9:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 29, 8:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
| Oct 29, 7:30 PM EDT | 46 | 2.73 |
Normal for Nov 5: 95–206 ft³/s (middle half of 36 years of record). Now: 44.3 ft³/s, lowest for this date on record.
Lowest for this date on record for this date. 44.3 ft³/s is below the lowest daily mean recorded on this date of daily mean flow for Nov 5 at this gauge over 36 years of record (1991–2026): 10th 84, 25th 95, median 157, 75th 206, 90th 353 ft³/s.
Daily means on record for Nov 5: lowest 57.3 ft³/s, highest 662 ft³/s.
Classes as USGS labels them (hyswap: flow categories (WDFN_stats schema) (U.S. Geological Survey) ); percentiles from the USGS daily statistics (U.S. Geological Survey) (approved daily means; the reading is provisional and instantaneous).
Steady over 24 hours (+1.8% discharge). Rising or falling means a change of more than 10% in discharge (or 0.2 ft of gauge height) over 24 hours; our rule of thumb, not a USGS class.
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
NWS observed 2.71 ft stage, 45 ft³/s at Nov 5, 5:30 PM EST (NWS gauge NHVV1; its stage datum can differ from the USGS gauge height).
Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.
Open the NWS gauge page · What the categories mean (National Weather Service)
No current water-temperature reading at this gauge, so no temperature guidance is given. Take a stream thermometer: the trout lines Vermont Fish and Wildlife uses are 70°F.
This gauge is on our page for New Haven River, but no agency page we read lists its species.
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
Flood categories: action stage, minor, moderate and major flooding (National Weather Service)Turn Around Don't Drown. “A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult.” No flow number makes a crossing safe; if in doubt, stay out.
Turn Around Don't Drown (National Weather Service)Guidance from the readings above and the published thresholds named with each line; not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access. Local rules and closures come first.
Checked Nov 5, 7:00 PM EST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake DunmoreMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Dunmore.
Vermont · about 16 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Preston BrookThe Winooski River falls between Winooski and Burlington, Vermont. Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Preston Brook.
Vermont · about 16 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Ridley BrookThe falls on Otter Creek at Vergennes, Vermont. Photo: Ahale (English Wikipedia), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Ridley Brook.
Vermont · about 17 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Dog RiverThe Mettawee River near Whitehall, New York, from a canoe. Photo: MJPlante1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Dog River.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Joiner BrookThe West River at the West Dummerston covered bridge, Vermont. Photo: chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Joiner Brook.
Vermont · about 21 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Pinneo BrookThe Battenkill in Arlington, Vermont. Photo: Gplefka, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pinneo Brook.
Vermont · about 21 mi
Waitsfield, Vermont
B&B · 13 mi
