Botheration Pond fishing

Fishing at Botheration Pond has Brown Trout on the stocking report. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

April 1, 2025

Plants on record

13

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

7.9 in

Elevation

2,012 ft

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How Botheration Pond is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of May. In 2025 it was April 1, 2025, earlier than usual.

No plants recorded in 2015 and 2016.

Second Pond (1.6 mi), Thirteenth Lake (2.2 mi), Siamese Brook (5.5 mi), and North Creek (5.6 mi) were stocked more recently. Thirteenth Lake is also stocked with Brown Trout.

Fish at Botheration Pond

Fishing Botheration Pond is most likely to be for Brown Trout. All 13 plants on record are Brown Trout.

Brown Trout 13 plants
Plants
13 of 13
Last stocked
April 1, 2025
Average length
7.9 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 2502011
  • 2702012
  • 2202013
  • 2502014
  • 2502017
  • 2602018
  • 2702019
  • 2202020
  • 2802021
  • 2602022
  • 2602023
  • 2702024
  • 2702025

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 270 8 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 270 8.1 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 260 8.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 260 8.5 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 280 8.3 in report
May 1, 2020 Brown Trout 220 8 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 270 7.5 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 260 7.1 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 250 7 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 250 7.8 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 220 7.8 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 270 7.7 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 250 8.3 in report

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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