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West Branch Ausable River

NYSDEC reported 22,745 trout stocked in West Branch Ausable River (Essex County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is May 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

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West Branch Ausable River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
22,745
yearly average, 2015–2024
34,082
years stocked since 2011
15
Stocking log

Every stocking record

DEC stocking lists for the last three years on record, by month and species, newest first, then yearly totals. DEC lists each batch with its average length; where a month has several batches the range is shown.

Last stocked, May 20259,2368,736 brown trout; 500 brook trout
2025 · 22,745 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout8,736248.67–18 in
MayBrook trout50019 in
AprilBrown trout12,319329.1–18 in
AprilRainbow trout9221411–18 in
FebruaryBrown trout134111 in
FebruaryRainbow trout134111 in
2024 · 27,150 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout12,880269–14 in
MayBrook trout1,19019 in
AprilBrown trout11,630239–17 in
AprilRainbow trout1,200512–18 in
AprilBrook trout25017 in
2023 · 26,825 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout13,110261–16 in
MayBrook trout1,00028–9 in
MayRainbow trout65115 in
AprilBrown trout11,190209–15 in
AprilRainbow trout1,460514–15 in
Every year since 2011
YearFish
202522,745
202427,150
202326,825
202226,545
202129,587
202071,425
201933,645
201830,895
201731,985
201630,140
201532,622
201432,599
201326,805
201229,090
201128,400
2011 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

DEC’s lists end with the latest year it has published. The tallest year is yellow.

  1. 28k2011: 28,400 fish
  2. 29k2012: 29,090 fish
  3. 27k2013: 26,805 fish
  4. 33k2014: 32,599 fish
  5. 33k2015: 32,622 fish
  6. 30k2016: 30,140 fish
  7. 32k2017: 31,985 fish
  8. 31k2018: 30,895 fish
  9. 34k2019: 33,645 fish
  10. 71k2020: 71,425 fish
  11. 30k2021: 29,587 fish
  12. 27k2022: 26,545 fish
  13. 27k2023: 26,825 fish
  14. 27k2024: 27,150 fish
  15. 23k2025: 22,745 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2011
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout426,07289%
Rainbow trout33,3247%
Brook trout21,0624%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Essex County waters

No single map point is given for this water in the USGS names database, so no map is shown.

Also in Essex County: Boreas River, East Branch Ausable River.

Source: DEC fish stocking lists (actual), data.ny.gov and the DEC spring trout stocking plan, data.ny.gov, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Pulled . Check the agency and the current fishing rules before you go.