Quaker Lake

Name: Trout stocking records: Quaker Lake, New York
Creator: Stocking Record

NYSDEC reported 1,000 trout stocked in Quaker Lake (Cattaraugus County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is October 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled Nov 6, 2026.

A lake with mountains and summer — Photo: ELG21, Pixabay License, Pixabay

Quaker Lake in numbers

trout stocked in 2025: 1,000
yearly average, 2020–2024: 13,094
years stocked since 2020: 6

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, October 20251,000550 brown trout; 450 rainbow trout

Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)	Species	Fish	Size
March 2026	Brown trout460 fish	460	12–15 inches
Spring 2026	Rainbow trout4,370 fish	4,370	8 inches
Spring 2026	Brown trout3,780 fish	3,780	8 inches

2025 · 1,000 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
October	Brown trout550 fish · Average length: 9.5–21.5 in	550	3	9.5–21.5 in
October	Rainbow trout450 fish · Average length: 17.6–30.3 in	450	3	17.6–30.3 in

2024 · 9,015 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
October	Brown trout175 fish · Average length: 16.5–21.5 in	175	2	16.5–21.5 in
October	Rainbow trout190 fish · Average length: 20.7–30.3 in	190	2	20.7–30.3 in
April	Brown trout3,820 fish · Average length: 9.1 in	3,820	1	9.1 in
March	Rainbow trout4,410 fish · Average length: 10.2 in	4,410	1	10.2 in
March	Brown trout420 fish · Average length: 13.7 in	420	1	13.7 in

2023 · 8,820 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
October	Brown trout400 fish · Average length: 11.2–24 in	400	3	11.2–24 in
October	Rainbow trout250 fish · Average length: 14.6–28.3 in	250	3	14.6–28.3 in
April	Brown trout3,570 fish · Average length: 8.6 in	3,570	1	8.6 in
March	Rainbow trout4,200 fish · Average length: 9.6 in	4,200	1	9.6 in
March	Brown trout400 fish · Average length: 13.8 in	400	1	13.8 in

Every year since 2020
Year	Fish
20251,000 fish	1,000
20249,015 fish	9,015
20238,820 fish	8,820
20228,850 fish	8,850
20219,470 fish	9,470
202029,315 fish	29,315

2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

29k2020: 29,315 fish
9.5k2021: 9,470 fish
8.8k2022: 8,850 fish
8.8k2023: 8,820 fish
9.0k2024: 9,015 fish
1.0k2025: 1,000 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
Species	Fish	Share
Brown trout	44,980	68%
Rainbow trout	21,490	32%

Where it is

New York trout stocking All Cattaraugus County waters

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, New Albion Lake, Red House Lake, Harwood Lake, Lake Flavia, Great Valley Creek, Ischua Creek, Red House Brook.

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 Nov 6, 2026. Check the agency and the current fishing rules before you go.