New York trout stocking

927 lakes tracked in New York, 30,348 stocking events recorded from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Most recent plant on record: November 2025.

Latest stocking on record NY source report
Last plant logged
November 2025
Lakes
927
Counties with stocked lakes
58 of 62
Plants
30,348
Fish
3.1B

Fish totals include fry counts where DEC reports them. Fingerling and catchable plants are smaller numbers on the same record; a large fish total does not mean that many catchable fish went in.

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Stocked most recently

Newest plants first

Nov 2025West LakeSuffolk County · Brown TroutNov 2025Upper LakeSuffolk County · Brown TroutNov 2025Twitchell LakeHerkimer County · Brook TroutNov 2025Thirteenth LakeWarren County · SplakeNov 2025Sixberry LakeJefferson County · Atlantic SalmonNov 2025Schroon LakeWarren County · Atlantic SalmonNov 2025Quiver PondHerkimer County · Brook TroutNov 2025Millsite LakeJefferson County · Atlantic Salmon

All 927 lakes on the map, A to Z

Best places to fish in New York

Lake George Warren County 67 plants Seneca Lake Seneca County 83 plants Cayuga Lake Cayuga County 147 plants Oneida Lake Oswego County 27 plants Great Sacandaga Lake Fulton County 74 plants Chautauqua Lake Chautauqua County 79 plants Beaver Kill Delaware County 196 plants Skaneateles Lake Onondaga County 58 plants Saratoga Lake Saratoga County 17 plants Lower Saranac Lake Franklin County no plants on record Cuba Lake Allegany County no plants on record Niagara River Niagara County 122 plants

Real, named waters in New York worth knowing about that New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's stocking feed doesn't cover yet, so there's no page for them here yet.

Forked Lake, Hamilton CountyLake Lila, Hamilton CountyWhitney Point Reservoir, Broome CountyFinger Lakes

Counties

Albany County (4) Allegany County (13) Broome County (8) Cattaraugus County (24) Cayuga County (16) Chautauqua County (12) Chemung County (3) Chenango County (6) Clinton County (22) Columbia County (8) Cortland County (4) Delaware County (14) Dutchess County (9) Erie County (10) Essex County (104) Franklin County (54) Fulton County (29) Genesee County (2) Greene County (9) Hamilton County (107) Herkimer County (42) Jefferson County (19) Lewis County (29) Livingston County (5) Madison County (15) Monroe County (6) Montgomery County (5) Nassau County (2) New York County (1) Niagara County (8) Oneida County (17) Onondaga County (19) Ontario County (4) Orange County (16) Orleans County (4) Oswego County (12) Otsego County (10) Putnam County (12) Rensselaer County (11) Rockland County (5) Saratoga County (17) Schenectady County (1) Schoharie County (2) Schuyler County (5) Seneca County (2) St. Lawrence County (41) Steuben County (8) Suffolk County (20) Sullivan County (19) Tioga County (4) Tompkins County (7) Ulster County (16) Warren County (44) Washington County (19) Wayne County (5) Westchester County (11) Wyoming County (5) Yates County (1)

Species stocked in New York

Brown Trout 17,518 plants
Brook Trout 5,122 plants
Rainbow Trout 3,999 plants
Atlantic Salmon 829 plants
Lake Trout 700 plants
Steelhead 532 plants
Walleye 530 plants
Tiger Muskie 384 plants
Chinook Salmon 189 plants
Splake 170 plants
Muskellunge 166 plants
Lake Sturgeon 122 plants
Coho Salmon 76 plants
Sauger 7 plants
Paddlefish 4 plants