Brook Trout Stocked · 30 plants · last May 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk Minerva Stream fishing
Minerva Stream fishing is stocked with Brook Trout, Brown Trout, and Rainbow Trout on a river section. It is stocked about 3.1 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brook Trout and Brown Trout and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.
- Last stocked
- May 2025
- Brook Trout
- Plants on record
- 47
- Since 2011
- Species recorded
- 3
- Average size
- 9.5 in
- Elevation
- 1,039 ft
Fish at Minerva Stream
Brook Trout Stocked · 30 plants · last May 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Brown Trout Stocked · 16 plants · last May 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk 
Rainbow Trout Stocked · 1 plant · last June 2022 Best: dawn, dusk How Minerva Stream is stocked
Center Pond (5.8 mi) was stocked more recently. Center Pond is also stocked with Brook Trout.
Fish stocked in 2011
1,250
Fish stocked in 2012
1,270
Fish stocked in 2013
1,250
Fish stocked in 2014
1,350
Fish stocked in 2015
1,410
Fish stocked in 2016
1,450
Fish stocked in 2017
1,500
Fish stocked in 2018
1,400
Fish stocked in 2019
1,550
Fish stocked in 2020
1,245
Fish stocked in 2021
1,140
Fish stocked in 2022
1,710
Fish stocked in 2023
1,310
Fish stocked in 2024
1,210
Fish stocked in 2025
940
Stocking history
| Date | Species | Quantity | Avg. length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Brook Trout | 540 | 9 in | report |
| May 2025 | Brown Trout | 400 | 11 in | report |
| May 2024 | Brook Trout | 760 | 9 in | report |
| April 2024 | Brown Trout | 200 | 11 in | report |
| April 2024 | Brook Trout | 250 | 7 in | report |
| May 2023 | Brook Trout | 760 | 9 in | report |
| April 2023 | Brown Trout | 250 | 14 in | report |
| April 2023 | Brook Trout | 300 | 7 in | report |
| June 2022 | Rainbow Trout | 400 | 13 in | report |
| June 2022 | Brown Trout | 250 | 12 in | report |
| June 2022 | Brook Trout | 760 | 9 in | report |
| May 2022 | Brook Trout | 300 | 8 in | report |
| May 2021 | Brown Trout | 250 | 13 in | report |
| May 2021 | Brook Trout | 530 | 8.5 in | report |
| May 2021 | Brook Trout | 300 | 8 in | report |
| May 2021 | Brook Trout | 60 | 8.5 in | report |
| May 2020 | Brown Trout | 250 | 14 in | report |
| May 2020 | Brown Trout | 400 | 7 in | report |
| May 2020 | Brook Trout | 125 | 9 in | report |
| April 2020 | Brook Trout | 470 | 7.5 in | report |
| May 2019 | Brown Trout | 400 | 8 in | report |
| May 2019 | Brook Trout | 750 | 8 in | report |
| April 2019 | Brook Trout | 400 | 8 in | report |
| October 2018 | Brook Trout | 400 | 6 in | report |
| May 2018 | Brown Trout | 250 | 12 in | report |
| May 2018 | Brook Trout | 750 | 8 in | report |
| May 2017 | Brown Trout | 250 | 12 in | report |
| May 2017 | Brook Trout | 750 | 8 in | report |
| May 2017 | Brook Trout | 500 | 7 in | report |
| April 2016 | Brown Trout | 250 | 13 in | report |
| April 2016 | Brook Trout | 600 | 8 in | report |
| April 2016 | Brook Trout | 600 | 8 in | report |
| July 2015 | Brook Trout | 500 | 8 in | report |
| June 2015 | Brown Trout | 250 | 13 in | report |
| May 2015 | Brook Trout | 660 | 9 in | report |
| May 2014 | Brown Trout | 200 | 13 in | report |
| May 2014 | Brook Trout | 750 | 8.6 in | report |
| May 2014 | Brook Trout | 400 | 8 in | report |
| May 2013 | Brook Trout | 750 | 8 in | report |
| April 2013 | Brown Trout | 200 | 13 in | report |
| April 2013 | Brook Trout | 300 | 8 in | report |
| May 2012 | Brook Trout | 720 | 8.4 in | report |
| April 2012 | Brown Trout | 250 | 14 in | report |
| April 2012 | Brook Trout | 300 | 6 in | report |
| May 2011 | Brown Trout | 250 | 14 in | report |
| May 2011 | Brook Trout | 700 | 8.2 in | report |
| May 2011 | Brook Trout | 300 | 8 in | report |
Access and facts
- Water type
- river section
- Nearest town
- Olmstedville
This point is the stream's mouth just east of Olmstedville. DEC says Minerva Stream can be reached upstream near where the Irishtown-Cheney Pond snowmobile trail meets Irishtown Road, a road that runs north out of Olmstedville.
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Common questions
What fish are at Minerva Stream?
Fishing Minerva Stream usually means Brook Trout: Brook Trout accounts for 30 of 47 plants on record, ahead of Brown Trout and one more. Brook Trout was last stocked May 2025, averaging 8 in. Brown Trout was last stocked May 2025, averaging 12.1 in. Rainbow Trout was last stocked June 2022, averaging 13 in.
When is Minerva Stream stocked?
Last stocked May 2025. It is stocked about 3.1 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May.
How big are the fish stocked at Minerva Stream?
Stocked fish average 9.5 in. Brook Trout average 8 in. Brown Trout average 12.1 in. Rainbow Trout average 13 in.
How do you get on Minerva Stream?
The nearest town is Olmstedville. This point is the stream's mouth just east of Olmstedville. DEC says Minerva Stream can be reached upstream near where the Irishtown-Cheney Pond snowmobile trail meets Irishtown Road, a road that runs north out of Olmstedville.
Which lakes near Minerva Stream were stocked more recently?
Center Pond (5.8 mi) was stocked more recently. Center Pond is also stocked with Brook Trout.