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Mettawee River

NYSDEC reported 23,400 trout stocked in Mettawee River (Washington 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 .

Mettawee River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
23,400
yearly average, 2015–2024
11,456
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 20259,3608,440 rainbow trout; 920 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
April - fourth week 2026Rainbow trout2,0909– 10 inches
April - second week 2026Rainbow trout2,0909– 10 inches
May - fourth week 2026Rainbow trout2,0909– 10 inches
May - second week 2026Rainbow trout2,0909– 10 inches
April - fourth week 2026Brown trout26012–15 inches
April - second week 2026Brown trout26012–15 inches
May - fourth week 2026Brown trout26012–15 inches
May - second week 2026Brown trout26012–15 inches
2025 · 23,400 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayRainbow trout8,44049.9–10.8 in
MayBrown trout920413.8–13.9 in
AprilRainbow trout12,66060–9.5 in
AprilBrown trout1,38060–13.8 in
2024 · 9,300 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayRainbow trout4,83050–12 in
MayBrown trout690311.6–13.7 in
AprilRainbow trout3,55029.7–9.8 in
AprilBrown trout230113.7 in
2023 · 8,910 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayRainbow trout6,11039–9.3 in
MayBrown trout420213.6 in
AprilRainbow trout1,94019.4 in
AprilBrown trout440213.4 in
Every year since 2011
YearFish
202523,400
20249,300
20238,910
20228,800
202126,760
202016,540
201910,000
20188,360
20178,530
20168,690
20158,670
20147,840
20138,100
20128,800
20118,630
2011 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 8.6k2011: 8,630 fish
  2. 8.8k2012: 8,800 fish
  3. 8.1k2013: 8,100 fish
  4. 7.8k2014: 7,840 fish
  5. 8.7k2015: 8,670 fish
  6. 8.7k2016: 8,690 fish
  7. 8.5k2017: 8,530 fish
  8. 8.4k2018: 8,360 fish
  9. 10k2019: 10,000 fish
  10. 17k2020: 16,540 fish
  11. 27k2021: 26,760 fish
  12. 8.8k2022: 8,800 fish
  13. 8.9k2023: 8,910 fish
  14. 9.3k2024: 9,300 fish
  15. 23k2025: 23,400 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2011
SpeciesFishShare
Rainbow trout126,19074%
Brown trout45,14026%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Washington County waters

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

Also in Washington County: Batten Kill.

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.