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Cortland County

West Branch Tioughnioga River

NYSDEC reported 2,180 trout stocked in West Branch Tioughnioga River (Cortland 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 .

A river with spring and sunrise
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West Branch Tioughnioga River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
2,180
yearly average, 2020–2024
5,494
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 20252,1802,180 brown trout
2025 · 2,180 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout2,180 fish · Average length: 9–14.1 in2,18029–14.1 in
2024 · 2,100 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout2,100 fish · Average length: 0–9.4 in2,10020–9.4 in
2023 · 3,160 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout3,160 fish · Average length: 9.1–13.8 in3,16029.1–13.8 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
20252,180 fish2,180
20242,100 fish2,100
20233,160 fish3,160
20223,160 fish3,160
202111,290 fish11,290
20207,760 fish7,760
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: 7,760 fish
  2. 11k2021: 11,290 fish
  3. 3.2k2022: 3,160 fish
  4. 3.2k2023: 3,160 fish
  5. 2.1k2024: 2,100 fish
  6. 2.2k2025: 2,180 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout22,53076%
Brook trout7,12024%

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, Otselic River, Durkee Park Pond, Casterline Pond, 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.