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Franklin County

Salmon River

NYSDEC reported 25,020 trout stocked in Salmon River (Franklin County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is June 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled .

Salmon River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
25,020
yearly average, 2015–2024
30,160
years stocked since 2011
15
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, June 2025800400 rainbow trout; 400 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
April - second week 2026Rainbow trout5,8009– 10 inches
April - second week 2026Brown trout4,6209– 10 inches
April - fourth week 2026Brown trout3,8409– 10 inches
May - fourth week 2026Brown trout3,8409– 10 inches
May - second week 2026Rainbow trout3,7609– 10 inches
April - second week 2026Rainbow trout65012–14 inches
April - second week 2026Brown trout56012–15 inches
April - fourth week 2026Brown trout47012–15 inches
May - fourth week 2026Brown trout47012–15 inches
May - second week 2026Rainbow trout42012–14 inches
2025 · 25,020 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
JuneRainbow trout400313–13.3 in
JuneBrown trout400313–13.6 in
MayRainbow trout4,210610.4–12.4 in
MayBrown trout4,21068.6–13.6 in
AprilBrown trout9,30088.1–13.2 in
AprilRainbow trout6,50089.3–12 in
2024 · 27,370 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
NovemberBrook trout2,30036.5 in
MayRainbow trout5,960109.2–12 in
MayBrown trout4,03069.6–13.4 in
AprilBrown trout8,90089.4–13.1 in
AprilRainbow trout6,18089.2–11.4 in
2023 · 24,690 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
JuneRainbow trout1,610310.8 in
MayBrown trout3,85059.7–13.6 in
MayRainbow trout4,01069.1–12.1 in
AprilBrown trout9,02099–13.6 in
AprilBrook trout1,97019 in
AprilRainbow trout4,23079.2–12.2 in
Every year since 2011
YearFish
202525,020
202427,370
202324,690
202223,150
202132,780
202059,145
201927,740
201826,220
201726,580
201627,270
201526,660
201429,825
201329,290
201232,570
201131,100
2011 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 31k2011: 31,100 fish
  2. 33k2012: 32,570 fish
  3. 29k2013: 29,290 fish
  4. 30k2014: 29,825 fish
  5. 27k2015: 26,660 fish
  6. 27k2016: 27,270 fish
  7. 27k2017: 26,580 fish
  8. 26k2018: 26,220 fish
  9. 28k2019: 27,740 fish
  10. 59k2020: 59,145 fish
  11. 33k2021: 32,780 fish
  12. 23k2022: 23,150 fish
  13. 25k2023: 24,690 fish
  14. 27k2024: 27,370 fish
  15. 25k2025: 25,020 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2011
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout279,45562%
Rainbow trout165,68537%
Brook trout4,2701%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Franklin County waters

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

Also in Franklin County: Chateaugay 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.