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Boquet River

NYSDEC reported 59,756 trout stocked in Boquet River (Essex County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is May 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

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Boquet River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
59,756
yearly average, 2020–2024
68,267
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, May 20253,0503,050 brook trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
May - first week 2026Brook trout4,710 fish4,7109– 10 inches
April - fourth week 2026Brown trout2,220 fish2,2209– 10 inches
April - fourth week 2026Brown trout380 fish38012–15 inches
2025 · 59,756 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrook trout3,050 fish · Average length: 9.5 in3,05019.5 in
AprilLandlocked salmon52,256 fish · Average length: 6.4 in52,25616.4 in
AprilBrown trout4,450 fish · Average length: 8.1–18 in4,45068.1–18 in
2024 · 63,807 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilLandlocked salmon54,837 fish · Average length: 5.6 in54,83715.6 in
AprilBrook trout4,530 fish · Average length: 7–9.3 in4,53027–9.3 in
AprilBrown trout3,340 fish · Average length: 9.4–13.1 in3,34029.4–13.1 in
MarchBrown trout1,100 fish · Average length: 11 in1,100211 in
2023 · 9,200 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrook trout4,280 fish · Average length: 8.9 in4,28018.9 in
AprilBrown trout4,620 fish · Average length: 9–14 in4,62049–14 in
AprilBrook trout300 fish · Average length: 7 in30017 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
202559,756 fish59,756
202463,807 fish63,807
20239,200 fish9,200
2022137,790 fish137,790
202167,016 fish67,016
202063,520 fish63,520
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 64k2020: 63,520 fish
  2. 67k2021: 67,016 fish
  3. 138k2022: 137,790 fish
  4. 9.2k2023: 9,200 fish
  5. 64k2024: 63,807 fish
  6. 60k2025: 59,756 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Landlocked salmon342,16485%
Brown trout35,1309%
Brook trout23,7956%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Essex County waters

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

Also in Essex County: West Branch Ausable River, Boreas River, East Branch Ausable River, La Chute River, Schroon River, Moose Pond, Ausable River, Saranac River.

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.