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Clinton County

North Branch Saranac River

NYSDEC reported 3,920 trout stocked in North Branch Saranac River (Clinton 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 .

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North Branch Saranac River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
3,920
yearly average, 2020–2024
4,054
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. DEC lists each batch with its average length; where a month has several batches the range is shown.

Last stocked, April 20253,9203,920 brown trout
2025 · 3,920 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout3,920 fish · Average length: 8.2–12.8 in3,92028.2–12.8 in
2024 · 3,750 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout3,750 fish · Average length: 9.5–13.1 in3,75029.5–13.1 in
2023 · 3,730 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout3,730 fish · Average length: 9.2–13.2 in3,73029.2–13.2 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
20253,920 fish3,920
20243,750 fish3,750
20233,730 fish3,730
20223,730 fish3,730
20213,730 fish3,730
20205,330 fish5,330
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 5.3k2020: 5,330 fish
  2. 3.7k2021: 3,730 fish
  3. 3.7k2022: 3,730 fish
  4. 3.7k2023: 3,730 fish
  5. 3.8k2024: 3,750 fish
  6. 3.9k2025: 3,920 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout19,74082%
Brook trout4,45018%

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

Also in Clinton County: Saranac River, North Branch Great Chazy River, Chazy Lake, Dry Mill Brook, North Branch Chazy River, Salmon River, Taylor Pond, Altona School 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.