Putnam Creek fishing

Fishing at Putnam Creek is on a river section, stocked with Brook Trout and Brown Trout. It is stocked about 4.3 times a year since 2011, most often in March and April. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

April 1, 2025

Plants on record

64

Since 2011

Species recorded

2

Average size

9.8 in

Elevation

94 ft

Access and facts

Water type
river section
Nearest town
Crown Point
Shore access
Yes

Putnam Creek runs from Ticonderoga through Crown Point to Lake Champlain and is one of NYSDEC's listed Brook Trout Waters in Essex County. The Essex County Fish Hatchery sits on 41 acres along the creek in the Town of Crown Point.

Sources: water_type , access , shore_notes , nearest_town

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How Putnam Creek is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of March. In 2025 it was March 1, 2025, about when it usually is.

Trout Brook (7.9 mi) was stocked more recently. Trout Brook is also stocked with Brook Trout and Brown Trout.

Fish at Putnam Creek

Fishing Putnam Creek is most likely to be for Brown Trout. Brown Trout accounts for 35 of 64 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout.

Brown Trout 35 plants
Plants
35 of 64
Last stocked
April 1, 2025
Average length
11.6 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Brook Trout 29 plants
Plants
29 of 64
Last stocked
April 1, 2024
Average length
7.5 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 6502011
  • 6702012
  • 2,8452013
  • 1,9602014
  • 2,2602015
  • 3,1212016
  • 4,7502017
  • 2,4602018
  • 3,2702019
  • 3,7702020
  • 1,4002021
  • 1,4002022
  • 1,1002023
  • 1,2002024
  • 1,4022025

Stocking history

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Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 200 18 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 200 18 in report
March 1, 2025 Brown Trout 334 11 in report
March 1, 2025 Brown Trout 334 11 in report
March 1, 2025 Brown Trout 334 11 in report
April 1, 2024 Brook Trout 250 7 in report
March 1, 2024 Brook Trout 250 7 in report
March 1, 2024 Brown Trout 700 11 in report
April 1, 2023 Brook Trout 300 7 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 800 14 in report
April 1, 2022 Brook Trout 300 7 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 800 12 in report
March 1, 2022 Brook Trout 300 7 in report
March 1, 2021 Brook Trout 300 8 in report
March 1, 2021 Brook Trout 300 8 in report
March 1, 2021 Brown Trout 800 13 in report
November 1, 2020 Brook Trout 500 7 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 220 8.9 in report
March 1, 2020 Brook Trout 125 8 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 800 13 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,000 6 in report
March 1, 2020 Brook Trout 125 8 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 270 8 in report
April 1, 2019 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
March 1, 2019 Brown Trout 2,000 6 in report
March 1, 2019 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 500 6 in report
September 1, 2018 Brook Trout 500 6 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 260 8.1 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 1,200 12 in report
September 1, 2017 Brown Trout 100 19 in report
September 1, 2017 Brown Trout 100 14 in report
September 1, 2017 Brown Trout 2,000 7 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 250 8.7 in report
April 1, 2017 Brook Trout 600 7 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 100 15 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,000 12 in report
April 1, 2017 Brook Trout 600 7 in report
May 1, 2016 Brown Trout 260 8.7 in report
March 1, 2016 Brook Trout 700 8 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 100 16 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 380 14 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 600 12 in report
March 1, 2016 Brook Trout 381 14 in report
March 1, 2016 Brook Trout 700 8 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 260 8.4 in report
May 1, 2015 Brook Trout 600 8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 800 12 in report
April 1, 2015 Brook Trout 600 7 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 260 8.9 in report
April 1, 2014 Brook Trout 500 7 in report
March 1, 2014 Brown Trout 750 13 in report
March 1, 2014 Brook Trout 450 7 in report
November 1, 2013 Brook Trout 400 6.5 in report
November 1, 2013 Brook Trout 400 6.5 in report
June 1, 2013 Brown Trout 75 18 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 220 8.6 in report
March 1, 2013 Brown Trout 750 13 in report
January 1, 2013 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
January 1, 2013 Brook Trout 500 8 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 270 9 in report
February 1, 2012 Brook Trout 400 6 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 250 8.3 in report
May 1, 2011 Brook Trout 400 8 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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