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Chenango County

Otselic River

NYSDEC reported 6,970 trout stocked in Otselic River (Chenango County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is March 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled .

A stream with reflection and summer
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Otselic River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
6,970
yearly average, 2020–2024
7,770
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, March 20256,9706,970 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
March - fourth week 2026Brown trout6,360 fish6,3609– 10 inches
March - fourth week 2026Brown trout740 fish74012–15 inches
2025 · 6,970 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MarchBrown trout6,970 fish · Average length: 9.4–14.3 in6,97029.4–14.3 in
2024 · 6,670 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MarchBrown trout6,670 fish · Average length: 9.2–13.6 in6,67029.2–13.6 in
2023 · 6,640 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MarchBrown trout6,640 fish · Average length: 5.2–13.1 in6,64035.2–13.1 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
20256,970 fish6,970
20246,670 fish6,670
20236,640 fish6,640
20226,640 fish6,640
20213,300 fish3,300
202015,600 fish15,600
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 16k2020: 15,600 fish
  2. 3.3k2021: 3,300 fish
  3. 6.6k2022: 6,640 fish
  4. 6.6k2023: 6,640 fish
  5. 6.7k2024: 6,670 fish
  6. 7.0k2025: 6,970 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout45,820100%

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

Also in Chenango County: Genegantslet Creek, Bowman Lake, Guilford Lake, 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 . Check the agency and the current fishing rules before you go.