freestone river · trout · smallmouth bass

White River (West Hartford)

Live conditions for White River (West Hartford): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

187cfs→ lowcaution

Low and skinny at 187 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · 0% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage2.99 ft

Engine callOFF 187 cfs outside wade band 200–1200

Gauge read 7:30 AM CDT · USGS 01144000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

White River (West Hartford) is a freestone river in Vermont, fished for trout, smallmouth bass — rainbow, brown, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.

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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Rochester Fishing Access (Route 100)walk in
Stockbridge Village Accesswalk in
Gaysville / Twin Bridge Access (VT Route 107)bridge
Bethel Access (VT Route 107)walk in
Fox Stand / Royalton Hill Road Accesswalk in
Sharon River Accesscarry
West Hartford I-89 Overpass Accesswalk in
West Hartford Bridge Accessbridge

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to White River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in October:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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