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Brown trout stocking in New York

NYSDEC stocked 1,581,187 brown trout in 394 New York waters in 2025.

brown trout stocked in 2025
1,581,187
waters stocked in 2025
394
yearly average, 2011–2024
1,869,349

Waters with the most brown trout in 2025

WaterCountyFish
Lake OntarioMonroe121,660
Lake OntarioOswego117,990
Lake OntarioJefferson86,680
Lake OntarioWayne53,020
Lake OntarioNiagara47,300
Niagara RiverNiagara39,140
Batten KillWashington39,120
Lake OntarioOrleans38,500
Lower Niagara RiverNiagara38,500
Lake OntarioCayuga34,100
Kinderhook CreekRensselaer23,200
Seneca LakeSeneca22,680
West Branch Ausable RiverEssex21,189
Cayuga LakeTompkins20,735
Kayaderosseras CreekSaratoga20,400
Delaware River West BranchDelaware17,720
Black RiverLewis17,520
Willowemoc CreekSullivan16,580
West Canada CreekHerkimer15,550
East Branch Ausable RiverEssex15,210
Cohocton RiverSteuben15,204
Schoharie CreekGreene14,670
Ninemile CreekOnondaga14,292
Salmon RiverFranklin13,910
Chittenango CreekMadison13,150

Linked names have a page on this site; the others are listed as the agency spells them.

Brown trout stocked each year

  1. 1986k2011: 1,985,843 fish
  2. 1969k2012: 1,968,621 fish
  3. 1640k2013: 1,639,747 fish
  4. 2016k2014: 2,015,597 fish
  5. 1916k2015: 1,916,368 fish
  6. 1789k2016: 1,789,395 fish
  7. 1813k2017: 1,812,796 fish
  8. 1912k2018: 1,912,260 fish
  9. 2092k2019: 2,091,810 fish
  10. 2627k2020: 2,627,409 fish
  11. 1824k2021: 1,823,911 fish
  12. 1502k2022: 1,502,012 fish
  13. 1504k2023: 1,503,752 fish
  14. 1581k2024: 1,581,361 fish
  15. 1581k2025: 1,581,187 fish

Source: DEC fish stocking lists (actual), data.ny.gov and the DEC spring trout stocking plan, data.ny.gov, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Pulled .