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Madison County

Chenango River

NYSDEC reported 1,270 trout stocked in Chenango River (Madison County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is April 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled .

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Chenango River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
1,270
yearly average, 2020–2024
3,106
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, April 20251,2701,270 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
April - first week 2026Brown trout1,000 fish1,0009– 10 inches
April - first week 2026Brown trout160 fish1609– 10 inches
April - first week 2026Brown trout110 fish11012–15 inches
April - first week 2026Brown trout20 fish2012–15 inches
2025 · 1,270 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout1,270 fish · Average length: 9.6–14.3 in1,27069.6–14.3 in
2024 · 2,840 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout2,840 fish · Average length: 9.5–13.6 in2,84029.5–13.6 in
2023 · 2,820 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout2,820 fish · Average length: 9.1–13.8 in2,82029.1–13.8 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
20251,270 fish1,270
20242,840 fish2,840
20232,820 fish2,820
20222,820 fish2,820
20212,820 fish2,820
20204,230 fish4,230
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 4.2k2020: 4,230 fish
  2. 2.8k2021: 2,820 fish
  3. 2.8k2022: 2,820 fish
  4. 2.8k2023: 2,820 fish
  5. 2.8k2024: 2,840 fish
  6. 1.3k2025: 1,270 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout16,800100%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Madison County waters

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

Also in Madison County: Chittenango Creek, Beaver Creek, Sangerfield River, Oneida Creek, Payne Brook, Cowaselon Creek, Lebanon Reservoir, Limestone Creek.

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.