Stocking Report
Brook Trout stocking in New York
5,943 recorded stockings, 463 waters, averaging 5.85" at release, from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation records. Every water links to its own page.
Latest recorded stocking: November 2025
When brook trout goes in
62% of recorded stockings happen from September through November.
- 0%Jan
- 0%Feb
- 6%Mar
- 15%Apr
- 14%May
- 3%Jun
- 0%Jul
- 0%Aug
- 39%Sep
- 20%Oct
- 3%Nov
- 0%Dec
Share of all recorded brook trout stockings in New York, by calendar month. Stocking does not guarantee fish are present. Check current regulations and access before you go.
States run two very different stocking calendars. We looked at all 114,145 records to work out why.
Where brook trout gets stocked in New York
| Water | County | Stockings | Fish | Last recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Creek Lake | Hamilton | 7 | 2,740 | September 2025 |
| Little Holmes Lake | Fulton | 7 | 1,020 | September 2025 |
| Long Lake | Hamilton | 7 | 6,850 | September 2025 |
| Meco Lake | Hamilton | 7 | 2,390 | September 2025 |
| Prairie Lake | Fulton | 7 | 2,100 | September 2025 |
| Slender Pond | St. Lawrence | 7 | 1,800 | September 2025 |
| South Pond | Herkimer | 7 | 4,900 | September 2025 |
| Spoon Lake | Hamilton | 7 | 900 | September 2024 |
| Sunshine Pond | Herkimer | 7 | 7,000 | September 2024 |
| Trout Lake | Lewis | 7 | 4,260 | May 2024 |
| Deer Pond | Hamilton | 7 | 1,930 | September 2021 |
| Gibbs Lake | Herkimer | 7 | 6,180 | October 2019 |
| South Branch Grindstone Creek | Oswego | 7 | 14,000 | October 2019 |
| Chub Lake | Hamilton | 7 | 7,850 | September 2019 |
| Benedict Creek | Hamilton | 7 | 2,030 | June 2019 |
| Sumner Stream | Hamilton | 7 | 2,030 | June 2019 |
| Mayfield Creek | Fulton | 7 | 2,080 | April 2018 |
| Handsome Pond | Hamilton | 7 | 20,923 | September 2017 |
| Rock Pond | Franklin | 7 | 7,330 | September 2017 |
| Unknown Pond | Hamilton | 7 | 7,400 | September 2017 |
| Viele Pond | Warren | 7 | 2,100 | May 2017 |
| Little Rock Pond | Herkimer | 6 | 4,200 | September 2024 |
| Puffer Pond | Warren | 6 | 6,300 | October 2017 |
| Palmer Pond | Warren | 6 | 1,200 | May 2017 |
See everything New York stocks in the full New York stocking report, or browse every mapped water in the New York fishing spot finder.
Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, from its fish stocking lists on data.ny.gov.
