Boquet River

Boquet River fishing

Fishing at Boquet River is on a river section, stocked with Brown Trout, Atlantic Salmon, and Brook Trout. It is stocked about 11 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

May 1, 2025

Plants on record

158

Since 2011

Species recorded

3

Average size

10.4 in

Elevation

93 ft

Access and facts

Water type
river section

The steepest river in New York, dropping over 2,700 ft across 40 miles from its Dix Mountain source; flows through Keene, Elizabethtown, Lewis, Essex, Westport, and Willsboro before emptying into Lake Champlain at Noblewood Park.

Sources: water_type , shore_notes , photos

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How Boquet River is stocked

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

Fish at Boquet River

Fishing Boquet River is most likely to be for Brown Trout. Brown Trout accounts for 111 of 158 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout and one more.

Brown Trout 111 plants
Plants
111 of 158
Last stocked
April 1, 2025
Average length
11.7 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Brook Trout 29 plants
Plants
29 of 158
Last stocked
May 1, 2025
Average length
8.1 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Atlantic Salmon 18 plants
Plants
18 of 158
Last stocked
April 1, 2025
Average length
6.3 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Atlantic Salmon guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 56,9402011
  • 125,5722012
  • 54,8102013
  • 110,0102014
  • 63,5732015
  • 62,6072016
  • 122,0822017
  • 53,6122018
  • 57,7402019
  • 63,5202020
  • 67,0162021
  • 137,7902022
  • 9,2002023
  • 63,8072024
  • 59,7562025

Stocking history

Showing 15 of 158 plants Showing 158 plants

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
May 1, 2025 Brook Trout 3,050 9.5 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 350 13.1 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 2,200 8.1 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 800 11 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 100 18 in report
April 1, 2025 Atlantic Salmon 52,256 6.4 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 500 11 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 500 11 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 350 13.1 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 2,990 9.4 in report
April 1, 2024 Atlantic Salmon 54,837 5.6 in report
April 1, 2024 Brook Trout 4,280 9.3 in report
April 1, 2024 Brook Trout 250 7 in report
March 1, 2024 Brown Trout 400 11 in report
March 1, 2024 Brown Trout 700 11 in report
May 1, 2023 Brook Trout 4,280 8.9 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 2,990 9 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 330 13.2 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 500 14 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 800 14 in report
April 1, 2023 Brook Trout 300 7 in report
June 1, 2022 Brown Trout 400 12 in report
June 1, 2022 Brook Trout 300 8 in report
May 1, 2022 Atlantic Salmon 72,700 – report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 400 12 in report
May 1, 2022 Brook Trout 4,280 9 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 330 13.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 2,990 9 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 500 12 in report
April 1, 2022 Atlantic Salmon 55,390 6.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 500 12 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 490 12.8 in report
April 1, 2021 Atlantic Salmon 58,146 6.3 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 2,990 9 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 500 13 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 800 13 in report
April 1, 2021 Brook Trout 2,960 8.8 in report
April 1, 2021 Brook Trout 330 8.8 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 500 13 in report
March 1, 2021 Brook Trout 300 8 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 300 13.1 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 100 13.1 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,210 8.6 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,210 8.4 in report
April 1, 2020 Atlantic Salmon 48,835 6.2 in report
April 1, 2020 Brook Trout 3,340 7.3 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 600 14 in report
April 1, 2020 Brook Trout 125 8 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 500 13 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,100 6 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,000 13 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,000 6 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,200 6 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 2,660 8.3 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 300 13.3 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 100 13.3 in report
May 1, 2019 Brook Trout 5,300 8.5 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 2,660 8 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,100 6 in report
April 1, 2019 Atlantic Salmon 42,070 6.5 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 2,000 8 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,200 6 in report
April 1, 2019 Brook Trout 350 8 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 350 6 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 300 13.2 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 100 13.2 in report
May 1, 2018 Brook Trout 5,300 8.4 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 2,610 8.4 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 800 12 in report
April 1, 2018 Atlantic Salmon 42,352 6.2 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 1,200 12 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 600 12 in report
September 1, 2017 Brown Trout 100 19 in report
September 1, 2017 Brown Trout 200 14 in report
September 1, 2017 Brown Trout 100 19 in report
September 1, 2017 Brown Trout 100 14 in report
September 1, 2017 Brown Trout 2,000 7 in report
September 1, 2017 Brown Trout 200 14 in report
September 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,000 7 in report
September 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,000 7 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 300 13.3 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 2,480 8.2 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 100 13.3 in report
May 1, 2017 Brook Trout 5,300 8.3 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 100 15 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 400 12 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 2,480 8 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 50 15 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 600 12 in report
April 1, 2017 Atlantic Salmon 45,000 6.7 in report
April 1, 2017 Atlantic Salmon 59,022 6.4 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 100 15 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,000 12 in report
April 1, 2017 Brook Trout 450 7 in report
May 1, 2016 Brown Trout 300 13 in report
May 1, 2016 Brown Trout 2,590 8.5 in report
May 1, 2016 Brown Trout 100 13 in report
May 1, 2016 Brook Trout 4,220 8.5 in report
April 1, 2016 Brown Trout 2,590 8.1 in report
April 1, 2016 Brown Trout 50 16 in report
April 1, 2016 Brown Trout 500 13 in report
April 1, 2016 Atlantic Salmon 50,357 6 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 100 16 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 600 12 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 100 16 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 400 12 in report
March 1, 2016 Brook Trout 700 8 in report
June 1, 2015 Brown Trout 600 13 in report
June 1, 2015 Brook Trout 650 8.9 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 300 13.1 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 2,570 8.1 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 100 13.1 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 800 13 in report
May 1, 2015 Brook Trout 4,640 8.3 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 2,570 7.8 in report
April 1, 2015 Atlantic Salmon 50,143 6.2 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 600 12 in report
April 1, 2015 Brook Trout 600 7 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 220 13.7 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 2,640 9.3 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 80 9.2 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 2,590 8.8 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 80 13.7 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 20 9.2 in report
May 1, 2014 Atlantic Salmon 51,680 5.9 in report
May 1, 2014 Brook Trout 5,300 8.4 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 600 13 in report
April 1, 2014 Atlantic Salmon 45,000 6.7 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 700 13 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 600 13 in report
April 1, 2014 Brook Trout 500 7 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 300 13.2 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 2,180 8.6 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 100 13.2 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 600 13 in report
May 1, 2013 Brook Trout 2,650 8.1 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 2,180 7.9 in report
April 1, 2013 Atlantic Salmon 45,000 6.6 in report
March 1, 2013 Brown Trout 700 13 in report
March 1, 2013 Brown Trout 600 13 in report
March 1, 2013 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 300 13.8 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 2,660 8.4 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 700 14 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 100 13.8 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 800 14 in report
May 1, 2012 Brook Trout 5,090 8.1 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 2,660 8.1 in report
March 1, 2012 Atlantic Salmon 68,262 7.6 in report
March 1, 2012 Atlantic Salmon 45,000 5.7 in report
June 1, 2011 Brown Trout 300 13.9 in report
June 1, 2011 Brown Trout 100 13.9 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 2,540 9.7 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 700 14 in report
May 1, 2011 Brook Trout 4,960 8.7 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 2,540 8.4 in report
April 1, 2011 Atlantic Salmon 45,000 5 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 800 14 in report
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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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