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Eighteenmile Creek

NYSDEC reported 35,680 trout stocked in Eighteenmile Creek (Erie County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is October 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled .

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Eighteenmile Creek in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
35,680
yearly average, 2020–2024
35,176
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, October 202510,00010,000 rainbow trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
Spring 2026Rainbow trout5,200 fish5,2009– 10 inches
March - fourth week 2026Brown trout390 fish3909– 10 inches
March - fourth week 2026Brown trout50 fish5012–15 inches
2025 · 35,680 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
OctoberRainbow trout10,000 fish · Average length: 7.1 in10,00017.1 in
AprilRainbow trout5,250 fish · Average length: 9.2 in5,25019.2 in
MarchSteelhead20,000 fish · Average length: 5.6 in20,00015.6 in
MarchBrown trout430 fish · Average length: 9.2–14.2 in43029.2–14.2 in
2024 · 35,410 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
OctoberRainbow trout10,000 fish · Average length: 6.3 in10,00016.3 in
AprilRainbow trout5,000 fish · Average length: 9 in5,00019 in
MarchSteelhead20,000 fish · Average length: 4.6 in20,00014.6 in
MarchBrown trout410 fish · Average length: 9.5–13.8 in41029.5–13.8 in
2023 · 35,410 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
OctoberRainbow trout10,000 fish · Average length: 6.8 in10,00016.8 in
AprilRainbow trout5,000 fish · Average length: 9.7 in5,00019.7 in
MarchSteelhead20,000 fish · Average length: 5.7 in20,00015.7 in
MarchBrown trout410 fish · Average length: 9.5–13.6 in41029.5–13.6 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
202535,680 fish35,680
202435,410 fish35,410
202335,410 fish35,410
202235,380 fish35,380
202135,380 fish35,380
202034,300 fish34,300
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 34k2020: 34,300 fish
  2. 35k2021: 35,380 fish
  3. 35k2022: 35,380 fish
  4. 35k2023: 35,410 fish
  5. 35k2024: 35,410 fish
  6. 36k2025: 35,680 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Steelhead120,00057%
Rainbow trout89,00042%
Brown trout2,5601%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Erie County watersTrout stocking near Buffalo

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, Cayuga Creek, Ellicott Creek, Sprague Brook Park - Foote Road, Sprague Brook Park A and B Pon, Sprague Brook Park Veteran's P, Cattaraugus Creek.

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.