Grizzle Ocean fishing

Fishing at Grizzle Ocean has Brook Trout, Golden shiner, and Bluntnose minnow on the stocking report. It is stocked about once 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

15

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

4.2 in

Elevation

1,475 ft

Access and facts

Nearest town
Ticonderoga, New York
Shore access
Yes
Boat ramp
No
Fee required
Yes
Facilities
camping

In the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness, reached by an approximately 2-mile foot trail from Putnam Pond Campground (shorter if you boat across Putnam Pond first). A day-use fee applies to park at the campground trailhead when it's open.

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How Grizzle Ocean 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.

Fish at Grizzle Ocean

Fishing Grizzle Ocean is most likely to be for Brook Trout. All 15 plants on record are Brook Trout.

Brook Trout 15 plants
Plants
15 of 15
Last stocked
September 1, 2025
Average length
4.2 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 1,0002011
  • 1,0002012
  • 1,0002013
  • 1,2002014
  • 1,2002015
  • 1,2002016
  • 1,2002017
  • 9602018
  • 1,4402019
  • 7802020
  • 1,2002021
  • 1,2002022
  • 1,2002023
  • 1,2002024
  • 1,2002025

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
September 1, 2025 Brook Trout 1,200 4.5 in report
September 1, 2024 Brook Trout 1,200 4.3 in report
September 1, 2023 Brook Trout 1,200 4.2 in report
September 1, 2022 Brook Trout 1,200 4.5 in report
September 1, 2021 Brook Trout 1,200 3.9 in report
September 1, 2020 Brook Trout 780 3.9 in report
September 1, 2019 Brook Trout 1,440 4.2 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 960 4.2 in report
October 1, 2017 Brook Trout 1,200 4.1 in report
October 1, 2016 Brook Trout 1,200 4.2 in report
October 1, 2015 Brook Trout 1,200 4.3 in report
September 1, 2014 Brook Trout 1,200 3.8 in report
September 1, 2013 Brook Trout 1,000 4.4 in report
November 1, 2012 Brook Trout 1,000 4.8 in report
October 1, 2011 Brook Trout 1,000 4.2 in report

Species found here

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

  • Golden shiner : Caught alongside brook trout in DEC's 2019 biological survey of the pond; brook trout there is already covered by this project's stocking record. (source)
  • Bluntnose minnow : Caught alongside brook trout in DEC's 2019 biological survey of the pond; brook trout there is already covered by this project's stocking record. (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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