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Croton River East Branch

NYSDEC reported 7,400 trout stocked in Croton River East Branch (Putnam County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is May 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled .

Croton River East Branch in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
7,400
yearly average, 2015–2024
8,434
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, May 20251,8501,850 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
April - second week 2026Brown trout1,6909– 10 inches
May - second week 2026Brown trout1,6909– 10 inches
April - fourth week 2026Rainbow trout1,6609– 10 inches
March - fourth week 2026Rainbow trout1,6609– 10 inches
April - second week 2026Brown trout20012–15 inches
May - second week 2026Brown trout20012–15 inches
April - fourth week 2026Rainbow trout18012–14 inches
March - fourth week 2026Rainbow trout18012–14 inches
2025 · 7,400 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout1,85047.5–12.4 in
AprilBrown trout1,85047.1–13.7 in
AprilRainbow trout1,85048.9–11.5 in
MarchRainbow trout1,85048.6–11.5 in
2024 · 7,120 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout1,78048.5–11.6 in
AprilBrown trout1,78048.2–13.7 in
AprilRainbow trout1,78049.1–11 in
MarchRainbow trout1,78049.1–11 in
2023 · 7,120 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout1,78049.1–11 in
AprilBrown trout1,78048.9–13.1 in
AprilRainbow trout1,78049.4–11.3 in
MarchRainbow trout1,78049.4–11.3 in
Every year since 2011
YearFish
20257,400
20247,120
20237,120
202210,120
20219,120
20208,540
20198,690
20188,260
20178,320
20168,540
20158,510
20148,050
20137,710
20128,690
201110,950
2011 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 11k2011: 10,950 fish
  2. 8.7k2012: 8,690 fish
  3. 7.7k2013: 7,710 fish
  4. 8.1k2014: 8,050 fish
  5. 8.5k2015: 8,510 fish
  6. 8.5k2016: 8,540 fish
  7. 8.3k2017: 8,320 fish
  8. 8.3k2018: 8,260 fish
  9. 8.7k2019: 8,690 fish
  10. 8.5k2020: 8,540 fish
  11. 9.1k2021: 9,120 fish
  12. 10k2022: 10,120 fish
  13. 7.1k2023: 7,120 fish
  14. 7.1k2024: 7,120 fish
  15. 7.4k2025: 7,400 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2011
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout80,81064%
Rainbow trout46,33036%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Putnam County waters

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

Also in Putnam County: Croton River West Branch.

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.