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Essex County

Palmer Dam Pond

NYSDEC reported 1,150 trout stocked in Palmer Dam Pond (Essex 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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Palmer Dam Pond in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
1,150
yearly average, 2020–2024
1,250
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, October 20251,0001,000 brook trout
2025 · 1,150 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
OctoberBrook trout1,000 fish · Average length: 4.5 in1,00014.5 in
AprilBrown trout150 fish · Average length: 11 in150111 in
2024 · 1,150 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
OctoberBrook trout1,000 fish · Average length: 5 in1,00015 in
AprilBrown trout150 fish · Average length: 11 in150111 in
2023 · 1,150 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
SeptemberBrook trout1,000 fish · Average length: 4 in1,00014 in
MayBrown trout150 fish · Average length: 14 in150114 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
20251,150 fish1,150
20241,150 fish1,150
20231,150 fish1,150
20221,150 fish1,150
20211,150 fish1,150
20201,650 fish1,650
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 1.6k2020: 1,650 fish
  2. 1.1k2021: 1,150 fish
  3. 1.1k2022: 1,150 fish
  4. 1.1k2023: 1,150 fish
  5. 1.1k2024: 1,150 fish
  6. 1.1k2025: 1,150 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brook trout6,00081%
Brown trout1,40019%

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, Boquet River, Schroon River, Moose Pond, Ausable 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.