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First Lake Essex Chain

NYSDEC reported 1,160 trout stocked in First Lake Essex Chain (Hamilton 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.

NYSDEC data pulled .

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First Lake Essex Chain in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
1,160
yearly average, 2020–2024
672
years stocked since 2022
4
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 20251,1601,160 rainbow trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
Spring 2026Rainbow trout1,140 fish1,1408 inches
2025 · 1,160 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayRainbow trout1,160 fish · Average length: 8.1 in1,16018.1 in
2024 · 1,160 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayRainbow trout1,160 fish · Average length: 8.4 in1,16018.4 in
2023 · 1,100 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayRainbow trout1,100 fish · Average length: 8.4 in1,10018.4 in
Every year since 2022
YearFish
20251,160 fish1,160
20241,160 fish1,160
20231,100 fish1,100
20221,100 fish1,100
2022 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 1.1k2022: 1,100 fish
  2. 1.1k2023: 1,100 fish
  3. 1.2k2024: 1,160 fish
  4. 1.2k2025: 1,160 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2022
SpeciesFishShare
Rainbow trout4,520100%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Hamilton County waters

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

Also in Hamilton County: Sacandaga River, Indian River, Indian Lake, Jessup River, Lake Eaton, Blue Mountain Lake, Raquette Lake, Seventh Lake.

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.