Butternut Creek fishing

Butternut Creek fishing is stocked with Brown Trout and Brook Trout on a river section. Also recorded: White Sucker and Rainbow Trout. It is stocked about 11 times a year since 2011, most often in March and April. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout and Brook Trout and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.

Butternut Creek
Photo: Shannon1, CC BY-SA 4.0
Last stocked
April 2025
Brown Trout
Plants on record
170
Since 2011
Species stocked
2 (+2 also recorded)
Average size
10 in
Elevation
394 ft

Fish at Butternut Creek

2 stocked · 2 confirmed present

Brown Trout Stocked · 132 plants · last April 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked April 2025 · avg 10.5 in · 132 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brown Trout species guide
Brook Trout Stocked · 38 plants · last April 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked April 2025 · avg 8.3 in · 38 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brook Trout species guide

How Butternut Creek is stocked

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Limestone Creek (1.3 mi) and Chittenango Creek (5.9 mi) were stocked more recently. Limestone Creek is also stocked with Brown Trout and Brook Trout and Chittenango Creek is also stocked with Brown Trout and Brook Trout.

Fish stocked in 2011

8,429

Fish stocked in 2012

8,212

Fish stocked in 2013

8,429

Fish stocked in 2014

8,248

Fish stocked in 2015

10,000

Fish stocked in 2016

9,730

Fish stocked in 2017

10,250

Fish stocked in 2018

11,350

Fish stocked in 2019

10,350

Fish stocked in 2020

17,200

Fish stocked in 2021

9,500

Fish stocked in 2022

9,550

Fish stocked in 2023

8,525

Fish stocked in 2024

8,550

Fish stocked in 2025

7,300

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
April 2025Brown Trout9007.5 inreport
April 2025Brown Trout60013.1 inreport
April 2025Brown Trout60013.1 inreport
April 2025Brook Trout4509.1 inreport
April 2025Brown Trout2,1007.2 inreport
March 2025Brown Trout75013 inreport
March 2025Brown Trout1,9007.1 inreport
May 2024Brown Trout1,3009 inreport
May 2024Brown Trout1,00012.2 inreport
May 2024Brown Trout10012.1 inreport
April 2024Brown Trout1,8009 inreport
April 2024Brown Trout60012.1 inreport
April 2024Brown Trout9009 inreport
April 2024Brown Trout75012 inreport
April 2024Brook Trout4509.6 inreport
March 2024Brown Trout9009 inreport
March 2024Brown Trout75012.3 inreport
May 2023Brown Trout1,9009 inreport
May 2023Brown Trout62512.1 inreport
April 2023Brook Trout4509 inreport
April 2023Brown Trout2,1009 inreport
April 2023Brown Trout60012.1 inreport
April 2023Brown Trout60012.7 inreport
April 2023Brown Trout6009 inreport
March 2023Brown Trout9009 inreport
March 2023Brown Trout75012.1 inreport
May 2022Brown Trout90012.5 inreport
April 2022Brown Trout1,20012 inreport
April 2022Brown Trout3,1009 inreport
April 2022Brook Trout1,3509 inreport
March 2022Brown Trout60012 inreport
March 2022Brown Trout1,8009 inreport
March 2022Brook Trout6009 inreport
April 2021Brown Trout90012 inreport
April 2021Brown Trout6009 inreport
April 2021Brown Trout50012 inreport
April 2021Brook Trout6009 inreport
April 2021Brown Trout9009 inreport
April 2021Brown Trout60012 inreport
April 2021Brown Trout15017.8 inreport
March 2021Brown Trout20017.8 inreport
March 2021Brook Trout6009.2 inreport
March 2021Brown Trout1,4009 inreport
March 2021Brown Trout1,5009 inreport
March 2021Brown Trout50012 inreport
March 2021Brown Trout40012 inreport
March 2021Brook Trout4509 inreport
March 2021Brown Trout2000.4 inreport
April 2020Brown Trout2,4008.3 inreport
March 2020Brown Trout1,50013.5 inreport
March 2020Brown Trout1,50013.5 inreport
March 2020Brown Trout1,30013.5 inreport
March 2020Brown Trout2,6008.1 inreport
March 2020Brown Trout2,6008.1 inreport
March 2020Brown Trout2,9008.1 inreport
March 2020Brook Trout9007.4 inreport
March 2020Brook Trout6007.4 inreport
March 2020Brook Trout9007.4 inreport
May 2019Brown Trout1,5008 inreport
April 2019Brown Trout60012.1 inreport
April 2019Brown Trout60012.1 inreport
April 2019Brown Trout60012.1 inreport
April 2019Brown Trout1,0007.6 inreport
April 2019Brown Trout1,5007.6 inreport
April 2019Brown Trout8007.6 inreport
April 2019Brook Trout6008.9 inreport
April 2019Brook Trout4508.9 inreport
March 2019Brown Trout70012.1 inreport
March 2019Brown Trout1,4007.6 inreport
March 2019Brook Trout6008.9 inreport
May 2018Brown Trout60012.1 inreport
May 2018Brown Trout1,2007.8 inreport
May 2018Brook Trout6007.8 inreport
April 2018Brown Trout60012.6 inreport
April 2018Brown Trout60012.1 inreport
April 2018Brown Trout70012.1 inreport
April 2018Brown Trout4507.8 inreport
April 2018Brown Trout1,4007.8 inreport
April 2018Brown Trout1,2007.8 inreport
April 2018Brook Trout3007.8 inreport
April 2018Brook Trout8007.8 inreport
March 2018Brown Trout70012.1 inreport
March 2018Brown Trout1,4007.8 inreport
March 2018Brook Trout8007.8 inreport
May 2017Brown Trout40012.6 inreport
May 2017Brown Trout9008 inreport
April 2017Brown Trout60012.6 inreport
April 2017Brown Trout45012.6 inreport
April 2017Brown Trout70012.6 inreport
April 2017Brown Trout1,2008 inreport
April 2017Brown Trout1,8008 inreport
April 2017Brown Trout6008 inreport
April 2017Brook Trout6008.5 inreport
April 2017Brook Trout6008.5 inreport
March 2017Brown Trout70012.6 inreport
March 2017Brown Trout1,4008 inreport
March 2017Brook Trout3008.1 inreport
May 2016Brown Trout50013 inreport
May 2016Brown Trout1,7308 inreport
April 2016Brown Trout45013 inreport
April 2016Brown Trout45013 inreport
April 2016Brown Trout45013 inreport
April 2016Brown Trout1,5008 inreport
April 2016Brown Trout9008 inreport
April 2016Brown Trout9008 inreport
April 2016Brook Trout4508 inreport
March 2016Brown Trout70012 inreport
March 2016Brown Trout1,4008 inreport
March 2016Brook Trout3005 inreport
May 2015Brown Trout50013 inreport
May 2015Brown Trout1,9008 inreport
April 2015Brown Trout60012.7 inreport
April 2015Brown Trout60012.7 inreport
April 2015Brown Trout1,6008 inreport
April 2015Brown Trout2,4008 inreport
April 2015Brook Trout5008 inreport
March 2015Brown Trout50012.5 inreport
March 2015Brown Trout1,1008 inreport
March 2015Brook Trout3008 inreport
May 2014Brown Trout40012.2 inreport
May 2014Brown Trout40012.2 inreport
May 2014Brown Trout4008.3 inreport
May 2014Brown Trout7128.3 inreport
May 2014Brook Trout1118.6 inreport
May 2014Brook Trout6006.6 inreport
April 2014Brown Trout60012.2 inreport
April 2014Brown Trout42512.1 inreport
April 2014Brown Trout1,2008 inreport
April 2014Brown Trout6008 inreport
April 2014Brook Trout4006.6 inreport
April 2014Brook Trout3006.5 inreport
March 2014Brown Trout70012 inreport
March 2014Brown Trout1,4007.5 inreport
May 2013Brown Trout60512.9 inreport
May 2013Brown Trout5008.3 inreport
May 2013Brook Trout5128.6 inreport
May 2013Brown Trout20013 inreport
May 2013Brown Trout4008.6 inreport
May 2013Brook Trout4008.6 inreport
April 2013Brown Trout40012.7 inreport
April 2013Brown Trout6757.7 inreport
April 2013Brook Trout6008.4 inreport
April 2013Brown Trout42512.5 inreport
April 2013Brown Trout8067.5 inreport
April 2013Brook Trout8067.9 inreport
March 2013Brown Trout70012.5 inreport
March 2013Brown Trout1,4007.5 inreport
May 2012Brown Trout70013.7 inreport
May 2012Brown Trout80013.7 inreport
May 2012Brook Trout9008.5 inreport
April 2012Brown Trout42513 inreport
April 2012Brown Trout47513 inreport
April 2012Brown Trout5008 inreport
April 2012Brown Trout1,6128 inreport
April 2012Brook Trout7008.3 inreport
March 2012Brown Trout70013 inreport
March 2012Brown Trout1,4008 inreport
May 2011Brown Trout20013.3 inreport
May 2011Brown Trout60513.3 inreport
May 2011Brown Trout1,0128.5 inreport
May 2011Brown Trout6008.5 inreport
May 2011Brook Trout10010 inreport
May 2011Brook Trout1008.3 inreport
April 2011Brown Trout31613 inreport
April 2011Brown Trout42513 inreport
April 2011Brown Trout1,6128 inreport
April 2011Brown Trout1,2758 inreport
April 2011Brook Trout8412.8 inreport
March 2011Brown Trout70013 inreport
March 2011Brown Trout1,4008 inreport

Access and facts

Water type
river section
Nearest town
Minoa
Shore access
Yes

This point is the mouth near Minoa. DEC holds 8.1 miles of Public Fishing Rights, mostly well upstream around Jamesville Reservoir, with seven PFR parking areas: Dodge Road, Apulia Road, Colton Road, Cascade Road, two on Clark Hollow Road, and Route 20.

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About Butternut Creek

Photo of Butternut Creek
Shannon1, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearest lakes

Limestone Creek 1.3 mi last stocked May 2025 Pools Brook 4.3 mi last stocked March 2025 Chittenango Creek 5.9 mi last stocked May 2025 Cowaselon Creek 7.2 mi last stocked April 2024 Canaseraga Creek 7.6 mi last stocked April 2020

Common questions

What fish are at Butternut Creek?

Fishing Butternut Creek usually means Brown Trout: Brown Trout accounts for 132 of 170 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout. Brown Trout was last stocked April 2025, averaging 10.5 in. Brook Trout was last stocked April 2025, averaging 8.3 in. White Sucker and Rainbow Trout are recorded here outside the stocking reports.

When is Butternut Creek stocked?

Last stocked April 2025. It is stocked about 11 times a year since 2011, most often in March and April.

How big are the fish stocked at Butternut Creek?

Stocked fish average 10 in. Brown Trout average 10.5 in. Brook Trout average 8.3 in.

How do you get on Butternut Creek?

Shore fishing is available. The nearest town is Minoa. This point is the mouth near Minoa. DEC holds 8.1 miles of Public Fishing Rights, mostly well upstream around Jamesville Reservoir, with seven PFR parking areas: Dodge Road, Apulia Road, Colton Road, Cascade Road, two on Clark Hollow Road, and Route 20.

Which lakes near Butternut Creek were stocked more recently?

Limestone Creek (1.3 mi) and Chittenango Creek (5.9 mi) were stocked more recently. Limestone Creek is also stocked with Brown Trout and Brook Trout and Chittenango Creek is also stocked with Brown Trout and Brook Trout.

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