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Monroe County

Lake Ontario

NYSDEC reported 121,660 trout stocked in Lake Ontario (Monroe 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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Lake Ontario in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
121,660
yearly average, 2020–2024
136,986
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, May 202576,89076,890 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
May 2026Brown trout49,400 fish49,4008 inches
May 2026Brown trout49,290 fish49,2908 inches
May 2026Brown trout37,100 fish37,1008 inches
2025 · 121,660 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout76,890 fish · Average length: 7.9–8 in76,89037.9–8 in
AprilBrown trout44,770 fish · Average length: 7.9–8.1 in44,77027.9–8.1 in
2024 · 137,060 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout64,730 fish · Average length: 7.6–8.9 in64,73047.6–8.9 in
AprilBrown trout72,330 fish · Average length: 7.7–7.8 in72,33037.7–7.8 in
2023 · 128,100 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout62,600 fish · Average length: 7.9–8.2 in62,60067.9–8.2 in
AprilBrown trout65,500 fish · Average length: 7.7–7.9 in65,50047.7–7.9 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
2025121,660 fish121,660
2024137,060 fish137,060
2023128,100 fish128,100
2022128,000 fish128,000
2021130,410 fish130,410
2020161,360 fish161,360
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 161k2020: 161,360 fish
  2. 130k2021: 130,410 fish
  3. 128k2022: 128,000 fish
  4. 128k2023: 128,100 fish
  5. 137k2024: 137,060 fish
  6. 122k2025: 121,660 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout806,590100%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Monroe County watersTrout stocking near Rochester

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

Also in Monroe County: Irondequoit Creek, Sandy Creek, Oatka Creek, Genesee 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.