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Cortland County

Otselic River

NYSDEC reported 1,980 trout stocked in Otselic River (Cortland 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.

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Otselic River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
1,980
yearly average, 2020–2024
3,364
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 20251,9801,980 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
March - fourth week 2026Brown trout1,720 fish1,7209– 10 inches
March - fourth week 2026Brown trout210 fish21012–15 inches
April - first week 2026Brown trout80 fish809– 10 inches
April - first week 2026Brown trout10 fish1012–15 inches
2025 · 1,980 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MarchBrown trout1,980 fish · Average length: 9.4–14.3 in1,98049.4–14.3 in
2024 · 1,900 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MarchBrown trout1,900 fish · Average length: 9.2–13.6 in1,90049.2–13.6 in
2023 · 2,360 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MarchBrown trout2,360 fish · Average length: 5.2–13.1 in2,36035.2–13.1 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
20251,980 fish1,980
20241,900 fish1,900
20232,360 fish2,360
20222,360 fish2,360
20212,360 fish2,360
20207,840 fish7,840
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 7.8k2020: 7,840 fish
  2. 2.4k2021: 2,360 fish
  3. 2.4k2022: 2,360 fish
  4. 2.4k2023: 2,360 fish
  5. 1.9k2024: 1,900 fish
  6. 2.0k2025: 1,980 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout18,800100%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Cortland County waters

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

Also in Cortland County: East Branch Tioughnioga River, Durkee Park Pond, Casterline Pond, West Branch Tioughnioga River, Little York Lake, Padget 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.