Spruce Mill Brook fishing

Spruce Mill Brook fishing is stocked with Brook Trout and Brown Trout on a river section. It is stocked about 4.5 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

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Last stocked
May 2025
Brook Trout
Plants on record
67
Since 2011
Species recorded
2
Average size
8.8 in
Elevation
343 ft

Fish at Spruce Mill Brook

2 stocked · 0 confirmed present

Brook Trout Stocked · 37 plants · last May 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked May 2025 · avg 8.2 in · 37 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brook Trout species guide
Brown Trout Stocked · 30 plants · last April 2025 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked April 2025 · avg 9.4 in · 30 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brown Trout species guide

How Spruce Mill Brook is stocked

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Fish stocked in 2011

2,720

Fish stocked in 2012

2,410

Fish stocked in 2013

2,350

Fish stocked in 2014

2,820

Fish stocked in 2015

2,760

Fish stocked in 2016

2,760

Fish stocked in 2017

2,780

Fish stocked in 2018

2,730

Fish stocked in 2019

2,760

Fish stocked in 2020

1,715

Fish stocked in 2021

1,570

Fish stocked in 2022

1,730

Fish stocked in 2023

1,730

Fish stocked in 2024

1,690

Fish stocked in 2025

1,240

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
May 2025Brook Trout5809.5 inreport
April 2025Brown Trout5908 inreport
April 2025Brown Trout7013.1 inreport
May 2024Brook Trout8109.2 inreport
April 2024Brown Trout5609.3 inreport
April 2024Brown Trout7013.1 inreport
March 2024Brook Trout2507 inreport
May 2023Brown Trout6013.2 inreport
May 2023Brown Trout5609.3 inreport
May 2023Brook Trout8108.9 inreport
April 2023Brook Trout3007 inreport
May 2022Brown Trout6013.5 inreport
May 2022Brown Trout5609.5 inreport
May 2022Brook Trout8109 inreport
March 2022Brook Trout3007 inreport
May 2021Brown Trout9012.8 inreport
May 2021Brown Trout5609.4 inreport
May 2021Brook Trout5608.8 inreport
May 2021Brook Trout608.8 inreport
March 2021Brook Trout3008 inreport
April 2020Brown Trout2208.4 inreport
April 2020Brown Trout7408.4 inreport
April 2020Brook Trout6308.2 inreport
March 2020Brook Trout1258 inreport
May 2019Brown Trout2708.3 inreport
May 2019Brown Trout8908 inreport
May 2019Brook Trout3008.4 inreport
May 2019Brook Trout1,0008 inreport
April 2019Brook Trout3008 inreport
September 2018Brook Trout3006 inreport
May 2018Brown Trout2609.2 inreport
May 2018Brown Trout8708.1 inreport
May 2018Brook Trout3008.2 inreport
May 2018Brook Trout1,0008 inreport
May 2017Brown Trout8308.7 inreport
May 2017Brown Trout2508.2 inreport
May 2017Brook Trout3008.6 inreport
May 2017Brook Trout1,0008.4 inreport
April 2017Brook Trout4007 inreport
May 2016Brown Trout8608.7 inreport
May 2016Brown Trout2608.4 inreport
May 2016Brook Trout8008.5 inreport
May 2016Brook Trout2408.5 inreport
April 2016Brook Trout6008 inreport
June 2015Brook Trout5008 inreport
May 2015Brown Trout2608.1 inreport
May 2015Brown Trout8608.1 inreport
May 2015Brook Trout8808.9 inreport
May 2015Brook Trout2608.5 inreport
June 2014Brook Trout4009 inreport
June 2014Brown Trout2609.2 inreport
June 2014Brook Trout3008.6 inreport
May 2014Brown Trout8608.9 inreport
May 2014Brook Trout1,0008.5 inreport
May 2013Brown Trout7308.6 inreport
May 2013Brown Trout2208.5 inreport
May 2013Brook Trout1,0008 inreport
May 2013Brook Trout4008 inreport
June 2012Brown Trout2708 inreport
May 2012Brown Trout8908.4 inreport
May 2012Brook Trout9608.1 inreport
May 2012Brook Trout2908.1 inreport
May 2011Brown Trout2509.6 inreport
May 2011Brook Trout2809.2 inreport
May 2011Brook Trout4008 inreport
April 2011Brown Trout8509.4 inreport
April 2011Brook Trout9408.9 inreport

Access and facts

Water type
river section

DEC holds public fishing rights easements along the brook in the Town of Lewis, with two angler parking areas: one on Jersey Street about 1 km from this point, and one on Dixon Road about 6 km upstream.

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Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation before you go.

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Common questions

What fish are at Spruce Mill Brook?

Fishing Spruce Mill Brook usually means Brook Trout: Brook Trout accounts for 37 of 67 plants on record, ahead of Brown Trout. Brook Trout was last stocked May 2025, averaging 8.2 in. Brown Trout was last stocked April 2025, averaging 9.4 in.

When is Spruce Mill Brook stocked?

Last stocked May 2025. It is stocked about 4.5 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May.

How big are the fish stocked at Spruce Mill Brook?

Stocked fish average 8.8 in. Brook Trout average 8.2 in. Brown Trout average 9.4 in.

How do you get on Spruce Mill Brook?

DEC holds public fishing rights easements along the brook in the Town of Lewis, with two angler parking areas: one on Jersey Street about 1 km from this point, and one on Dixon Road about 6 km upstream.

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