WINOOSKI RIVER NEAR ESSEX JUNCTION, VT
WINOOSKI RIVER VT USGS
WINOOSKI RIVER NEAR ESSEX JUNCTION, VT (04290500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the WINOOSKI RIVER in VT, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 42 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 04290500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- VT
- Coordinates
- 44.4789, -73.1387
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyWinooski River Near Essex Junction, Vt has 42 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), and 37 others.
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Eastern Sand Darter Ammocrypta pellucida
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Brook Stickleback Culaea inconstans
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Eastern Silvery Minnow Hybognathus regius
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Burbot Lota lota
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Sand Shiner Miniellus stramineus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Channel Darter Percina copelandi
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Common Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Tench Tinca tinca
- Central Mudminnow Umbra limi
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 42 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 10, 2022 – Aug 18, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records