Buffalo Creek
NYSDEC reported 5,000 trout stocked in Buffalo Creek (Erie 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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Buffalo Creek in numbers
- trout stocked in 2025
- 5,000
- yearly average, 2020–2024
- 5,000
- years stocked since 2020
- 6
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.
| Month | Species | Fish | Batches | Average length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | Steelhead5,000 fish · Average length: 5.2 in | 5,000 | 1 | 5.2 in |
| Month | Species | Fish | Batches | Average length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | Steelhead5,000 fish · Average length: 4.9 in | 5,000 | 1 | 4.9 in |
| Month | Species | Fish | Batches | Average length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | Steelhead5,000 fish · Average length: 5.7 in | 5,000 | 1 | 5.7 in |
| Year | Fish |
|---|---|
| 20255,000 fish | 5,000 |
| 20245,000 fish | 5,000 |
| 20235,000 fish | 5,000 |
| 20225,000 fish | 5,000 |
| 20215,000 fish | 5,000 |
| 20205,000 fish | 5,000 |
Trout stocked each year
DEC’s lists end with the latest year it has published. The tallest year is yellow.
What is stocked here
| Species | Fish | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Steelhead | 30,000 | 100% |
No single map point is given for this water in the USGS names database, so no map is shown.
Also in Erie County: Cazenovia Creek - East Branch, Little Buffalo Creek, Eighteenmile Creek, Cayuga Creek, Ellicott Creek, Sprague Brook Park - Foote Road, Sprague Brook Park A and B Pon, Sprague Brook Park Veteran's P.
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.