Point Rock Creek fishing

Fishing at Point Rock Creek is on a river section, stocked with Brown Trout and Brook Trout. It is stocked about 2.5 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

May 1, 2025

Plants on record

38

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

9.7 in

Elevation

948 ft

Access and facts

Water type
river section
Nearest town
Point Rock
Shore access
Yes

The creek carries 19.5 miles of Public Fishing Rights easements for angler access. A 2021 DEC survey documented both wild and stocked brown trout plus a smaller wild brook trout population, with confirmed natural reproduction of both species.

Sources: access , shore_notes , nearest_town , speciesFound

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How Point Rock Creek 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.

Rome Reservoir (6.5 mi) was stocked more recently. Rome Reservoir is also stocked with Brown Trout.

Fish at Point Rock Creek

Fishing Point Rock Creek is most likely to be for Brown Trout. All 38 plants on record are Brown Trout.

Brown Trout 38 plants
Plants
38 of 38
Last stocked
May 1, 2025
Average length
9.7 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 2,5402011
  • 2,6602012
  • 2,1802013
  • 2,6402014
  • 2,5602015
  • 2,4802017
  • 2,6102018
  • 2,6602019
  • 2,2002020
  • 1,5202021
  • 1,2202022
  • 1,5202023
  • 1,5202024
  • 1,4702025

Stocking history

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Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 110 13.4 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 1,010 9.5 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 30 13.6 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 320 8.9 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 60 14.2 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 500 9.1 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 860 9.7 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 100 13.1 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 500 8.9 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 60 13.6 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 860 9.5 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 100 13.7 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 60 13.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 500 8.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 100 13.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 560 8.5 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 100 13.1 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 860 8.8 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 60 13.5 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 500 8.5 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,100 7.5 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,100 8.5 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,330 7.6 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,330 7.6 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 1,300 8 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 1,310 7.9 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,240 8 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,240 8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 1,280 8.2 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 1,280 7.8 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 1,320 8.1 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 1,320 8 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 1,090 8.1 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 1,090 8 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 1,330 8.2 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 1,330 8.1 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 1,270 8.3 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 1,270 8.4 in report
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Species found here

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

  • Brook Trout : Wild, naturally reproducing population documented in a June 2021 DEC survey (not part of the stocking program) (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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