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Lake Ontario Sportfishing

Tonawanda Creek

StreamErie County, NY
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About this water

Tonawanda Creek is in Erie County, New York. State records show it stocked 38 times between 2011 and 2024. The most-stocked species are brown trout, rainbow trout and brook trout. 14,530 brown trout have gone in across 28 releases.

Stocking history

38 recorded stockings

DateSpeciesNumberSizeHatchery
March 2024Brown Trout14013.7"
March 2024Rainbow Trout1,2009.8"
March 2023Rainbow Trout1,2009.0"
March 2023Brown Trout13013.8"
March 2022Rainbow Trout1,2009.0"
March 2022Brown Trout13014.0"
March 2021Rainbow Trout1,2009.2"
March 2021Brown Trout13013.3"
March 2020Brown Trout20013.1"
March 2020Rainbow Trout6608.1"
March 2020Rainbow Trout9008.1"
May 2019Brown Trout8009.0"

Showing the 12 most recent of 38. Stocking records for Tonawanda Creek published by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Stocking does not guarantee fish are present. Check current regulations and access before you go. See the full New York stocking report.

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