Boreas River

Boreas River fishing

Fishing at Boreas River is on a river section, stocked with Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Brook Trout. It is stocked about 9.1 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout and Brook Trout and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.

Last stocked

April 1, 2025

Plants on record

137

Since 2011

Species recorded

3

Average size

12.1 in

Elevation

1,152 ft

Access and facts

Water type
river section

An Essex and Hamilton County river beginning at Boreas Ponds near the hamlet of Boreas River, flowing southeast to its confluence with the Hudson River.

Sources: water_type , shore_notes

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How Boreas 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.

Clear Pond (3.7 mi) was stocked more recently. Clear Pond is also stocked with Brook Trout and Rainbow Trout.

Fish at Boreas River

Fishing Boreas River is most likely to be for Brown Trout. Brown Trout accounts for 75 of 137 plants on record, ahead of Rainbow Trout and one more.

Brown Trout 75 plants
Plants
75 of 137
Last stocked
April 1, 2025
Average length
11 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Rainbow Trout 49 plants
Plants
49 of 137
Last stocked
April 1, 2025
Average length
15 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Brook Trout 13 plants
Plants
13 of 137
Last stocked
March 1, 2024
Average length
7.2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 4,3702011
  • 4,3702012
  • 4,2202013
  • 4,6352014
  • 4,2902015
  • 3,2702016
  • 6,1202017
  • 5,1952018
  • 3,4302019
  • 5,4652020
  • 4,5102021
  • 2,9502022
  • 3,7862023
  • 3,3202024
  • 1,9702025

Stocking history

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Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 300 11 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 80 13.4 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 690 9.2 in report
April 1, 2025 Rainbow Trout 300 11 in report
April 1, 2025 Rainbow Trout 300 11 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 300 11 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 440 10 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 50 10 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 660 9.5 in report
April 1, 2024 Rainbow Trout 300 12 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 80 13.8 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 660 9.5 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 300 11 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 80 13.8 in report
March 1, 2024 Brook Trout 250 7 in report
March 1, 2024 Rainbow Trout 300 12 in report
March 1, 2024 Brown Trout 200 11 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 400 14 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 440 9.5 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 86 14 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 70 13.7 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 660 9.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 70 13.7 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 660 9.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Rainbow Trout 400 14 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 300 14 in report
April 1, 2023 Rainbow Trout 400 13 in report
April 1, 2023 Brook Trout 300 7 in report
June 1, 2022 Rainbow Trout 400 13 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 300 12 in report
May 1, 2022 Brook Trout 300 8 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 190 13.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 440 9.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 1,320 8.5 in report
September 1, 2021 Rainbow Trout 250 15 in report
September 1, 2021 Rainbow Trout 500 15 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 60 13 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 440 8.5 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 400 13 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 150 13.1 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 1,310 8.8 in report
May 1, 2021 Rainbow Trout 400 13 in report
April 1, 2021 Rainbow Trout 400 13 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 300 13 in report
April 1, 2021 Brook Trout 300 8 in report
April 1, 2020 Rainbow Trout 400 14 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 300 14 in report
April 1, 2020 Brook Trout 125 8 in report
April 1, 2020 Rainbow Trout 800 12 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 400 13 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,400 7.9 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 600 6 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,000 6 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 440 8 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 530 8 in report
April 1, 2019 Rainbow Trout 300 17 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,000 6 in report
April 1, 2019 Brook Trout 600 8 in report
April 1, 2019 Rainbow Trout 400 16 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 600 8 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 600 6 in report
June 1, 2018 Rainbow Trout 200 17 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 520 8.5 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 1,650 8.1 in report
April 1, 2018 Rainbow Trout 175 17 in report
April 1, 2018 Rainbow Trout 350 13 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 500 12 in report
April 1, 2018 Rainbow Trout 800 13 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 400 12 in report
September 1, 2017 Rainbow Trout 100 20 in report
September 1, 2017 Rainbow Trout 250 14 in report
September 1, 2017 Rainbow Trout 250 14 in report
September 1, 2017 Rainbow Trout 200 20 in report
September 1, 2017 Rainbow Trout 500 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,570 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 500 8 in report
April 1, 2017 Rainbow Trout 175 16 in report
April 1, 2017 Rainbow Trout 150 13 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 50 15 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 500 12 in report
April 1, 2017 Brook Trout 700 7 in report
April 1, 2017 Rainbow Trout 225 16 in report
April 1, 2017 Rainbow Trout 600 13 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 50 15 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 300 12 in report
May 1, 2016 Brown Trout 520 8.1 in report
April 1, 2016 Rainbow Trout 175 18 in report
April 1, 2016 Brown Trout 50 16 in report
April 1, 2016 Brook Trout 800 8 in report
April 1, 2016 Rainbow Trout 200 18 in report
March 1, 2016 Rainbow Trout 150 13 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 500 13 in report
March 1, 2016 Rainbow Trout 25 16 in report
March 1, 2016 Rainbow Trout 600 12 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 50 16 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 200 12 in report
June 1, 2015 Rainbow Trout 125 18 in report
June 1, 2015 Rainbow Trout 200 13 in report
June 1, 2015 Rainbow Trout 125 18 in report
May 1, 2015 Rainbow Trout 800 13 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 300 12 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 510 7.9 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 1,630 7.8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 600 12 in report
June 1, 2014 Rainbow Trout 125 19 in report
May 1, 2014 Rainbow Trout 150 18 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 520 8.1 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 1,640 8.1 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 600 13 in report
April 1, 2014 Brook Trout 500 7 in report
April 1, 2014 Rainbow Trout 800 13 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 300 13 in report
May 1, 2013 Rainbow Trout 100 18 in report
May 1, 2013 Rainbow Trout 100 18 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 440 8 in report
April 1, 2013 Rainbow Trout 700 13 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 400 13 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 1,380 7.9 in report
March 1, 2013 Brown Trout 600 13 in report
March 1, 2013 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
May 1, 2012 Rainbow Trout 100 14 in report
May 1, 2012 Rainbow Trout 50 18 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 300 14 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 530 8.4 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 1,690 8.2 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 600 14 in report
April 1, 2012 Brook Trout 500 6 in report
April 1, 2012 Rainbow Trout 300 18 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 300 14 in report
May 1, 2011 Rainbow Trout 75 19 in report
May 1, 2011 Rainbow Trout 75 19 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 1,610 8.5 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 510 8.3 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 600 14 in report
April 1, 2011 Brook Trout 500 6 in report
April 1, 2011 Rainbow Trout 400 14 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 600 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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