Bennett Lake fishing

Fishing at Bennett Lake has Brook Trout, Golden Shiner, and Fathead Minnow on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2011, most often in September and October. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

September 1, 2025

Plants on record

14

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

4.2 in

Elevation

1,162 ft

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How Bennett Lake is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of September. In 2025 it was September 1, 2025, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 2016.

Fish at Bennett Lake

Fishing Bennett Lake is most likely to be for Brook Trout. All 14 plants on record are Brook Trout.

Brook Trout 14 plants
Plants
14 of 14
Last stocked
September 1, 2025
Average length
4.2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 1,1002011
  • 1,0002012
  • 8002013
  • 2,0002014
  • 2,0002015
  • 2,0002017
  • 1,0002018
  • 1,5002019
  • 8102020
  • 1,2502021
  • 1,2502022
  • 1,2502023
  • 1,2502024
  • 1,2502025

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 1, 2025 Brook Trout 1,250 4.2 in report
September 1, 2024 Brook Trout 1,250 4.2 in report
October 1, 2023 Brook Trout 1,250 4.1 in report
September 1, 2022 Brook Trout 1,250 4 in report
September 1, 2021 Brook Trout 1,250 3.9 in report
September 1, 2020 Brook Trout 810 4 in report
September 1, 2019 Brook Trout 1,500 4.5 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 1,000 4.3 in report
September 1, 2017 Brook Trout 2,000 5 in report
September 1, 2015 Brook Trout 2,000 4.6 in report
September 1, 2014 Brook Trout 2,000 3.7 in report
September 1, 2013 Brook Trout 800 3.7 in report
September 1, 2012 Brook Trout 1,000 4.1 in report
September 1, 2011 Brook Trout 1,100 4.1 in report

Species found here

Confirmed present independent of the stocking records above, not from a stocking event.

  • Golden Shiner : Nonnative competitor species first documented in a 1987 ALSC survey; 20 collected in DEC's 2017 gill-net survey of this lake. (source)
  • Fathead Minnow : Three collected in DEC's 2017 gill-net survey of this lake. (source)

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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