Mettawee River
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Mettawee River, as the state words them
Rutland County · River · VT
Today's rule hereParsed
- Season
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Gear
- Each line may not have more than two baited hooks or three artificial flies or two lures with or without bait.Statewide
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- A person may take fish only by using not more than two lines of which he or she has immediate control.Statewide
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
American Shad | 0 | min. NA | Statewide |
Anadromous Atlantic Salmon | 0 | min. NA | Statewide |
Lake Sturgeon | 0 | min. NA | Statewide |
Trout | 2 trout, only 1 greater than 16” | min. 10” to 16” protected slot (all fish 10” to 16” must be released) | This water |
The official text, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from VT's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- TroutDaily limit 2 trout, only 1 greater than 16”Size 10” to 16” protected slot (all fish 10” to 16” must be released)
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this stretch begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 134 cfs at mettawee river near middle granville ny (2026-07-29 05:15)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Mettawee River's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near Mettawee River
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
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