Brown Trout Stocked · 18 plants · last May 1, 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk Ford Lake fishing
Ford Lake fishing has Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Brook Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.7 times a year since 1982, most often in April and November. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout and Brook Trout and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.
- Last stocked
- May 1, 2025
- · Brown Trout
- Plants on record
- 32
- Since 1982
- Species recorded
- 3
- Surface acres
- 6.2
Fish at Ford Lake
Around the dates Ford Lake is stocked, Open-Meteo's 2016-2025 archive puts mean air temperature at 40.7°F in April, 36.6°F in November, 54.6°F in May, 65°F in June. That is air temperature at these coordinates, not water temperature. Open-Meteo
Brown Trout Stocked · 18 plants · last May 1, 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Brook Trout Stocked · 7 plants · last November 29, 2022 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 7 plants · last April 25, 2013 Best: dawn, dusk How Ford Lake is stocked
About 1,717 reported fish per acre, 4th most of 15 lakes in Otsego County with both a fish count and a surface area.
Fish stocked in 1982
255
Fish stocked in 1992
1,020
Fish stocked in 2007
590
Fish stocked in 2008
570
Fish stocked in 2009
590
Fish stocked in 2010
1,015
Fish stocked in 2011
570
Fish stocked in 2012
565
Fish stocked in 2013
560
Fish stocked in 2014
402
Fish stocked in 2015
390
Fish stocked in 2016
400
Fish stocked in 2017
435
Fish stocked in 2018
388
Fish stocked in 2019
450
Fish stocked in 2020
439
Fish stocked in 2021
450
Fish stocked in 2022
425
Fish stocked in 2023
360
Fish stocked in 2024
370
Fish stocked in 2025
399
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2025 | Brown Trout | 399 | – | report |
| April 17, 2024 | Brown Trout | 370 | – | report |
| April 19, 2023 | Brown Trout | 360 | – | report |
| November 29, 2022 | Brook Trout | 25 | – | report |
| April 26, 2022 | Brown Trout | 400 | – | report |
| November 9, 2021 | Brook Trout | 50 | – | report |
| April 12, 2021 | Brown Trout | 400 | – | report |
| May 4, 2020 | Brown Trout | 439 | – | report |
| November 8, 2019 | Brook Trout | 50 | – | report |
| May 6, 2019 | Brown Trout | 400 | – | report |
| May 7, 2018 | Brown Trout | 350 | – | report |
| May 7, 2018 | Brown Trout | 38 | – | report |
| November 7, 2017 | Brook Trout | 35 | – | report |
| April 20, 2017 | Brown Trout | 400 | – | report |
| April 26, 2016 | Brown Trout | 400 | – | report |
| November 17, 2015 | Brook Trout | 40 | – | report |
| April 22, 2015 | Brown Trout | 350 | – | report |
| October 28, 2014 | Brook Trout | 30 | – | report |
| June 3, 2014 | Brown Trout | 372 | – | report |
| April 25, 2013 | Rainbow Trout | 560 | – | report |
| April 26, 2012 | Rainbow Trout | 565 | – | report |
| April 19, 2011 | Rainbow Trout | 570 | – | report |
| November 3, 2010 | Brook Trout | 49 | – | report |
| May 18, 2010 | Brown Trout | 400 | – | report |
| April 20, 2010 | Rainbow Trout | 566 | – | report |
| April 22, 2009 | Rainbow Trout | 590 | – | report |
| April 23, 2008 | Rainbow Trout | 570 | – | report |
| April 20, 2007 | Rainbow Trout | 590 | – | report |
| April 29, 1992 | Brown Trout | 340 | – | report |
| April 28, 1992 | Brown Trout | 340 | – | report |
| April 27, 1992 | Brown Trout | 340 | – | report |
| November 9, 1982 | Brown Trout | 255 | – | report |
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Common questions
What fish are at Ford Lake?
Fishing Ford Lake usually means Brown Trout: Brown Trout accounts for 18 of 32 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout and one more. Brown Trout was last stocked May 1, 2025. Brook Trout was last stocked November 29, 2022. Rainbow Trout was last stocked April 25, 2013.
When is Ford Lake stocked?
Last stocked May 1, 2025. It is stocked about 0.7 times a year since 1982, most often in April and November. About 1,717 reported fish per acre, 4th most of 15 lakes in Otsego County with both a fish count and a surface area. No plants recorded in 23 years between 1982 and 2025.
Which lakes near Ford Lake were stocked more recently?
Section Four Lake (0.8 mi), South Twin Lake (1.8 mi), North Twin Lake (1.9 mi), West Lost Lake (2.1 mi), and Hemlock Lake (2.5 mi) were stocked more recently. Section Four Lake is also stocked with Brook Trout and Brown Trout, South Twin Lake is also stocked with Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and Rainbow Trout, North Twin Lake is also stocked with Brown Trout, Brook Trout, and Rainbow Trout, West Lost Lake is also stocked with Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Brown Trout, and Hemlock Lake is also stocked with Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Brook Trout.