MT · River
Poplar River
Water conditions
Discharge
Measured at USGS gauge 06181000 · 15:30 UTC-7
Weather
Weather not yet loaded for this water.
Best times today
- Major period19:52–21:52
- Minor period00:20–01:20
- Major period08:27–10:27
Moonrise 00:50 · times UTC-7 (approx)
Recently stocked
- Brook Trout · 5,022 · 3Jun 4, 1975
- Walleye · 100,000 · 7May 21, 1964
- Walleye · 25,000 · 1Jun 4, 1963
- Walleye · 150,000 · 0Jun 6, 1961
- Walleye · 200,000 · 0Jun 6, 1961
- Walleye · 100,000 · 0May 11, 1959
- Walleye · 200,000 · 0May 11, 1959
- Brown Trout · 3,000 · 3Sep 15, 1949
- Brown Trout · 3,620 · 4Sep 9, 1948
- Brown Trout · 4,200 · 2Jun 30, 1947
- Brook Trout · 2,000 · 2May 23, 1928
What to throw
Walleye
No exact temperature rule — widened by temperature.
temp n/a, clarity n/a, summer → trolled deep over structure shad crankbait
Why we say this: In-Fisherman summer walleye trolling
Brown Trout
No exact temperature rule — widened by temperature.
temp n/a, clarity n/a, summer → twitched at dawn near cover natural shad jerkbait
Why we say this: In-Fisherman summer brown trout
Brook Trout
No exact temperature rule — widened by temperature.
temp n/a, clarity n/a, summer → worked through riffles silver inline spinner
Why we say this: In-Fisherman summer brook trout
Gear partners
Sonar and lake mapping earn their keep on a water like Poplar River — find the depth and structure the bite is holding on, then match it to the picks above.
- Electronics & fish finders: Garmin · Bass Pro Shops — Fish finders, sonar & lake mapping
- Rods & reels: Abu Garcia (Pure Fishing) · Bass Pro Shops
- Boats & marine: Bass Pro Shops — Boats, trolling motors & marine gear
Nearby & related
Stocked nearby in the last two weeks
- Lake Sutherlin · Rainbow Trout · 279 miJun 30, 2026
Nearby waters
- Redwater River 2 mi
- Tule Creek 8 mi
- Little Badger Creek 9 mi
- Crandall Reservoir 10 mi
- Candee Pond 10 mi
- Fatzinger Reservoir 12 mi
Waters with the same fish
- Alewife Brook · MA
- Ashfield Pond · MA
- Ashland Reservoir · MA
- Assabet River Reservoir · MA
- Bachelder Brook · MA
- Bachelor Brook Reservoir · MA
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