Lake trout stocking in New York
NYSDEC stocked 298,532 lake trout in 39 New York waters in 2025.
- lake trout stocked in 2025
- 298,532
- waters stocked in 2025
- 39
- yearly average, 2011–2024
- 679,773
Waters with the most lake trout in 2025
| Water | County | Fish |
|---|---|---|
| Cayuga Lake | Tompkins | 70,000 |
| Seneca Lake | Seneca | 58,170 |
| Canandaigua Lake | Ontario | 35,100 |
| Lake Ontario | Jefferson | 31,812 |
| Upper Saranac Lake | Franklin | 10,890 |
| Owasco Lake | Cayuga | 10,500 |
| Tupper Lake | Franklin | 10,370 |
| Hemlock Lake | Livingston | 9,510 |
| Schroon Lake | Essex | 6,840 |
| Fourth Lake | Herkimer | 6,010 |
| Indian Lake | Hamilton | 5,700 |
| Upper Chateaugay Lake | Clinton | 5,180 |
| Raquette Lake | Hamilton | 5,000 |
| Otsego Lake | Otsego | 4,540 |
| Piseco Lake | Hamilton | 3,630 |
| Canada Lake | Fulton | 2,700 |
| Lake Eaton | Hamilton | 2,590 |
| Big Moose Lake | Herkimer | 2,070 |
| Bonaparte Lake | Lewis | 1,870 |
| Paradox Lake | Essex | 1,610 |
| Chazy Lake | Clinton | 1,560 |
| South Pond | Hamilton | 1,450 |
| Lake Kushaqua | Franklin | 1,350 |
| Eighth Lake | Hamilton | 1,140 |
| Rollins Pond | Franklin | 1,040 |
Linked names have a page on this site; the others are listed as the agency spells them.
Lake trout stocked each year
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 .