Black Creek West Branch
NYSDEC reported 340 trout stocked in Black Creek West Branch (Jefferson 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 .
Black Creek West Branch in numbers
- trout stocked in 2025
- 340
- yearly average, 2020–2024
- 484
- years stocked since 2020
- 6
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.
| When (DEC wording) | Species | Fish | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| May - first week 2026 | Brook trout780 fish | 780 | 9– 10 inches |
| Month | Species | Fish | Batches | Average length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Brook trout340 fish · Average length: 9.2 in | 340 | 1 | 9.2 in |
| Month | Species | Fish | Batches | Average length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Brook trout480 fish · Average length: 10 in | 480 | 1 | 10 in |
| Month | Species | Fish | Batches | Average length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | Brook trout480 fish · Average length: 9 in | 480 | 1 | 9 in |
| Year | Fish |
|---|---|
| 2025340 fish | 340 |
| 2024480 fish | 480 |
| 2023480 fish | 480 |
| 2022480 fish | 480 |
| 2021480 fish | 480 |
| 2020500 fish | 500 |
Trout stocked each year
DEC’s lists end with the latest year it has published. The tallest year is yellow.
What is stocked here
| Species | Fish | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brook trout | 2,760 | 100% |
No single map point is given for this water in the USGS names database, so no map is shown.
Also in Jefferson County: Black River, South Sandy Creek, Lake Ontario, Sandy Creek, Black Creek, Millsite Lake, Lake of the Woods, Sixberry 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.