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State of the Waters · Green Mountain

Vermont Water Levels & the Daily Bite

Live levels for Vermont's waters — Lake Champlain, Memphremagog, Harriman and the reservoir lakes. Every tube shows the normal level, the current level, the lake's two signature fish (hover for the species, click for 2026 tournaments), and a live bite gauge at left. Scroll down for the Battenkill, White & Winooski trout water and the Otter Creek & Connecticut rivers.

Fetching live readings…
Pick how you're using the water today — jump to live conditions:
🎣 Fishing another state?  Step 1: pick it Step 2: how you use the water
Flood / above normal At normal pool Below normal Current level Bite gauge: slow → hot (solunar)

Hover a fish for its species · click a fish to search that lake's 2026 tournaments

Each cylinder is scaled to its own operating band: the gold line is normal full pool, the red line is the flood / above-normal line, and the blue water is the live reading. Where a Vermont water has a live gauge (USGS, the Bureau of Reclamation, or California's CDEC) it reads true surface elevation; lakes with no public real-time feed show the most recent published level. The colored bar at left is a solunar bite forecast for right now (red = slow, green = hot).

Trout Tailwaters — Cold Water Below the Dams

Vermont's wild-trout gems: the storied Battenkill, the undammed White River, and the big Winooski and Lamoille — wild brown and rainbow water. The cylinder shows live flow (cfs), low = wadeable, high = fast water. Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.

Vermont's freestone rivers are flashy — they jump after rain and drop fast; fish the drop.

River Catfish — Warm-Water Rivers

Warmwater cats are scarce in the Green Mountains. Live stage (ft) with action and flood marked. Hover a fish for the species; tap it for a guide.

Float Rivers — Paddle & Wade

The Winooski holds smallmouth and walleye; Otter Creek is warmwater bass water. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT, EXPERT and FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.

Vermont rivers are snowmelt-driven — high in spring, settling into prime trout shape by summer.

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