Guilford Lake

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

NYSDEC reported 2,100 trout stocked in Guilford Lake (Chenango County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is April 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled Nov 6, 2026.

A lake with forest and trees — Photo: kerttu, Pixabay License, Pixabay

Guilford Lake in numbers

trout stocked in 2025: 2,100
yearly average, 2020–2024: 2,284
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, April 20252,1001,890 rainbow trout; 210 brown trout

Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)	Species	Fish	Size
April 2026	Brown trout230 fish	230	12–15 inches
Spring 2026	Rainbow trout1,870 fish	1,870	8 inches

2025 · 2,100 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
April	Rainbow trout1,890 fish · Average length: 9.5 in	1,890	1	9.5 in
April	Brown trout210 fish · Average length: 13.6 in	210	1	13.6 in

2024 · 2,100 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
April	Rainbow trout1,890 fish · Average length: 10 in	1,890	1	10 in
April	Brown trout210 fish · Average length: 13.6 in	210	1	13.6 in

2023 · 2,000 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
April	Rainbow trout1,800 fish · Average length: 8.9 in	1,800	1	8.9 in
April	Brown trout200 fish · Average length: 13.8 in	200	1	13.8 in

Every year since 2020
Year	Fish
20252,100 fish	2,100
20242,100 fish	2,100
20232,000 fish	2,000
20224,000 fish	4,000
20211,770 fish	1,770
20201,550 fish	1,550

2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

1.6k2020: 1,550 fish
1.8k2021: 1,770 fish
4.0k2022: 4,000 fish
2.0k2023: 2,000 fish
2.1k2024: 2,100 fish
2.1k2025: 2,100 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
Species	Fish	Share
Rainbow trout	10,300	76%
Brook trout	2,000	15%
Brown trout	1,220	9%

Where it is

New York trout stocking All Chenango County waters

Open on a map

Map point 42.4129, -75.4993: the USGS Geographic Names Information System point for this lake (feature 951908). It marks the water, not a parking lot or a boat launch.

Closest waters on this site

Straight-line distance between USGS map points, not driving distance.

Also in Chenango County: Genegantslet Creek, Bowman Lake, Otselic River, Mill Brook Reservoir, Pharsalia Y Pond, Jeffrey Pond.

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.

Near Guilford Lake

Boat access, bait shops, rentals and places to stay within 10 miles. Distances are straight lines from the map point of the water, not driving distance.

Bait and tackleNone in 10 mi

Boat rentalNone in 10 mi

Campground4.4mi Lodging1.2mi

Guilford Lake boat launchNY DEC · 0.2 mi from the map point

LaunchHand launch
Car spaces15

From DEC’s list of boat launch sites by waterbody, data.ny.gov.

Campgrounds and RV parks

nearest 3

Boname Parkcampground · Oxford4.4 mi
Tall Pines Campground & River Adventurescampground · Bainbridge7.1 mi
Copes Corners Parkcampground · Gilbertsville8.0 mi

Lodging

nearest 3

Bear-ly Camping LLCcabins · Guilford1.2 mi
Yaleville Innhotel · Bainbridge2.9 mi
Fred's Inninn · Norwich5.3 mi

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Businesses: Overture Maps Foundation open places data (release 2026-10-21.0, pulled 2026-11-06), from the businesses’ public listings. We have not visited them and do not rank them. Hours and services change, so call ahead.