Rainbow trout stocking in New York
NYSDEC stocked 732,677 rainbow trout in 234 New York waters in 2025.
- rainbow trout stocked in 2025
- 732,677
- waters stocked in 2025
- 234
- yearly average, 2011–2024
- 611,721
Waters with the most rainbow trout in 2025
| Water | County | Fish |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon Creek | Tompkins | 30,000 |
| Hudson River | Warren | 29,900 |
| Great Sacandaga Lake | Warren | 29,110 |
| Great Sacandaga Lake | Saratoga | 25,200 |
| Mettawee River | Washington | 21,100 |
| Hinckley Reservoir | Oneida | 21,000 |
| Thompsons Lake | Albany | 20,000 |
| Fourth Lake | Herkimer | 19,320 |
| Kinderhook Creek | Columbia | 16,960 |
| Eighteenmile Creek | Erie | 15,250 |
| Cattaraugus Creek | Chautauqua | 15,000 |
| Owasco Inlet | Cayuga | 15,000 |
| Skaneateles Lake | Onondaga | 15,000 |
| Enfield Creek | Tompkins | 12,525 |
| Cayuga Inlet | Tompkins | 12,500 |
| Chenango Lake | Broome | 11,660 |
| Lake Placid | Essex | 11,510 |
| Gilbert Lake | Otsego | 11,260 |
| Shaver Pond | Rensselaer | 11,260 |
| Salmon River | Franklin | 11,110 |
| Indian River | Hamilton | 11,080 |
| Canadaway Creek | Chautauqua | 10,000 |
| Catharine Creek | Schuyler | 10,000 |
| Chautauqua Creek | Chautauqua | 10,000 |
| Dutch Hollow Brook | Cayuga | 10,000 |
Linked names have a page on this site; the others are listed as the agency spells them.
Rainbow trout stocked each year
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 .