Payne Brook fishing

Fishing at Payne Brook is on a river section, stocked with Brown Trout. It is stocked about 1.9 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

28

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

9.5 in

Elevation

1,091 ft

Access and facts

Water type
river section

Sources: water_type

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How Payne Brook 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.

No plants recorded in 2016.

Fish at Payne Brook

Fishing Payne Brook is most likely to be for Brown Trout. All 28 plants on record are Brown Trout.

Brown Trout 28 plants
Plants
28 of 28
Last stocked
April 1, 2025
Average length
9.5 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 7702011
  • 8002012
  • 6502013
  • 7802014
  • 7702015
  • 7402017
  • 7802018
  • 8002019
  • 6602020
  • 3702021
  • 3702022
  • 3702023
  • 3702024
  • 3902025

Stocking history

Showing 15 of 28 plants Showing 28 plants

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 350 9.4 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 40 14.3 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 330 9.4 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 40 13.6 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 40 13.6 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 330 9.3 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 40 13.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 330 9.5 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 330 8.8 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 40 14 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 400 8.4 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 260 8.4 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 310 8.2 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 490 7.6 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 300 8.3 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 480 7.9 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 290 9 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 450 8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 470 7.8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 300 7.8 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 300 8.1 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 480 7.9 in report
June 1, 2013 Brown Trout 250 9.1 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 400 7.8 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 310 9.6 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 490 7.9 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 300 9.4 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 470 8.2 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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