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Cattaraugus County

Forks Creek

NYSDEC reported 1,240 trout stocked in Forks Creek (Cattaraugus County) in 2024, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is April 2024. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled .

A stream with rocks
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Forks Creek in numbers

trout stocked in 2024
1,240
yearly average, 2020–2023
1,218
years stocked since 2020
5
Stocking log

Every stocking record

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

Last stocked, April 20241,2401,240 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
April - first week 2026Brown trout320 fish3209– 10 inches
April - first week 2026Brown trout40 fish4012–15 inches
2024 · 1,240 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout1,240 fish · Average length: 9.4–13.7 in1,24029.4–13.7 in
2023 · 1,230 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout1,230 fish · Average length: 9–13.8 in1,23029–13.8 in
2022 · 1,230 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout1,230 fish · Average length: 9.5–14 in1,23029.5–14 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
20241,240 fish1,240
20231,230 fish1,230
20221,230 fish1,230
20211,230 fish1,230
20201,180 fish1,180
2020 – 2024

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 1.2k2020: 1,180 fish
  2. 1.2k2021: 1,230 fish
  3. 1.2k2022: 1,230 fish
  4. 1.2k2023: 1,230 fish
  5. 1.2k2024: 1,240 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout6,110100%

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

Also in Cattaraugus County: Case Lake, Quaker Lake, New Albion Lake, Red House Lake, Harwood Lake, Lake Flavia, Great Valley Creek, Ischua Creek.

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.