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Wappingers Creek

NYSDEC reported 14,740 trout stocked in Wappingers Creek (Dutchess County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is June 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled .

Wappingers Creek in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
14,740
yearly average, 2015–2024
15,896
years stocked since 2011
15
Stocking log

Every stocking record

DEC stocking lists for the last three years on record, by month and species, newest first, then yearly totals, and the spring plan DEC published for this water. DEC lists each batch with its average length; where a month has several batches the range is shown.

Last stocked, June 2025700700 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
April - third week 2026Brown trout2,3909– 10 inches
March - third week 2026Brown trout2,3909– 10 inches
April - first week 2026Rainbow trout2,3509– 10 inches
May - first week 2026Rainbow trout2,3509– 10 inches
April - first week 2026Brown trout8009– 10 inches
April - third week 2026Brown trout8009– 10 inches
March - third week 2026Brown trout8009– 10 inches
May - first week 2026Brown trout8009– 10 inches
April - first week 2026Brown trout29012–15 inches
April - third week 2026Brown trout29012–15 inches
March - third week 2026Brown trout29012–15 inches
May - first week 2026Brown trout29012–15 inches
April - first week 2026Brown trout10012–15 inches
April - third week 2026Brown trout10012–15 inches
March - third week 2026Brown trout10012–15 inches
May - first week 2026Brown trout10012–15 inches
2025 · 14,740 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
JuneBrown trout700213.4 in
MayRainbow trout2,37019 in
MayBrown trout1,14037.5–12.4 in
AprilRainbow trout2,37018.8 in
AprilBrown trout4,65070–14.2 in
MarchBrown trout3,51046.9–14.1 in
2024 · 13,440 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayRainbow trout2,26019.1 in
MayBrown trout1,10038.5–11.6 in
AprilBrown trout4,46078.2–13.8 in
AprilRainbow trout2,26018.9 in
MarchBrown trout3,36048.1–11.2 in
2023 · 12,980 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayRainbow trout1,76019.7 in
MayBrown trout1,48039.1–11 in
AprilRainbow trout1,76019.2 in
AprilBrown trout4,73078.9–13.5 in
MarchBrown trout3,25048.9–13.9 in
Every year since 2011
YearFish
202514,740
202413,440
202312,980
202212,980
202112,980
202026,840
201916,370
201815,890
201715,500
201616,040
201515,940
201415,770
201314,070
201217,050
201118,320
2011 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

DEC’s lists end with the latest year it has published. The tallest year is yellow.

  1. 18k2011: 18,320 fish
  2. 17k2012: 17,050 fish
  3. 14k2013: 14,070 fish
  4. 16k2014: 15,770 fish
  5. 16k2015: 15,940 fish
  6. 16k2016: 16,040 fish
  7. 16k2017: 15,500 fish
  8. 16k2018: 15,890 fish
  9. 16k2019: 16,370 fish
  10. 27k2020: 26,840 fish
  11. 13k2021: 12,980 fish
  12. 13k2022: 12,980 fish
  13. 13k2023: 12,980 fish
  14. 13k2024: 13,440 fish
  15. 15k2025: 14,740 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2011
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout184,22077%
Rainbow trout54,69023%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Dutchess County waters

No single map point is given for this water in the USGS names database, so no map is shown.

Also in Dutchess County: Fishkill Creek.

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 . Check the agency and the current fishing rules before you go.