Vermont trout water
Explore wild brook trout and mixed wild trout water, with stretches along public land highlighted, fishing access and parking. Historical special-regulation sections link to Vermont’s rules lookup.
- Wild brook trout streams
- 534
- Mixed wild trout streams
- 516
- Streams with special regs GIS
- 67
- Public trout water
- 434 mi
- Parking & access
Check before you fish. Access, stocking and regulations here come from Vermont's own data and can be out of date. Posted signs and landowners' wishes come first, and private land needs permission. The rules that apply are in the Vermont fishing regulations, and you need a valid fishing license.
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Categories from Vermont ANR Natural Resources Atlas. Bold where the stream crosses public land; faint and dashed across private land. Gauges are measurement stations; a nearby gauge may be on a different stream.
Stream types · Vermont
- Mixed wild trout
- Wild brook trout
- Special regs (2020 GIS)
- Public land
Bold where the stream crosses public land
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Layers, public land, access and sources
Highlighted stretches run through or within about 20 meters of ANR land explicitly listed as open to public access: state forests and parks, wildlife management areas and streambank parcels. Dimmed stretches have no public access recorded in these layers. Private easements and land with limited access are excluded; the map does not cover every public parcel.
The wild trout layers follow named stream centerlines inside ANR’s wild trout catchments. These catchments are based on historical surveys and may contain several streams, so they indicate habitat rather than confirming trout in every mapped reach. Unnamed headwaters are omitted from this map. This is not a current stocking map.
The special-regulation GIS source describes 2020 sections. It includes river rules for species other than trout, and boundaries may have changed. Use each section’s linked lookup and thecurrent Vermont fishing regulations before your trip.
Categories
- Wild brook trout: Named stream reaches within ANR catchments classified as Wild Brook Trout Only. Habitat classification is based on historical surveys, not a current fish count.
- Mixed wild trout: Named stream reaches within ANR catchments classified as Mixed Wild Trout Only. Catchments may contain several streams; individual reaches have not all been surveyed.
- Special regulations (2020 GIS): Sections from ANR’s GIS layer describing 2020 special-regulation water. Boundaries and rules may have changed; use the linked Vermont regulations lookup before fishing.
Sources
- Wild trout catchments, special-regulation sections, fishing access and parking: Vermont ANR Natural Resources Atlas, downloaded October 15, 2026.
- Named stream centerlines and county boundaries: Vermont ANR basemap, using National Hydrography Dataset streams.
- Public land: Vermont ANR Fish & Wildlife and Forests, Parks & Recreation managed lands, restricted to parcels marked Public Access.
- River gauges: USGS Water Data APIs.
- Map tiles: OpenFreeMap, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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