Lower Niagara River

Name: Trout stocking records: Lower Niagara River, New York
Creator: Stocking Record

NYSDEC reported 92,588 trout stocked in Lower Niagara River (Niagara 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 Nov 6, 2026.

Lower Niagara River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025: 92,588
yearly average, 2020–2024: 127,563
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, June 202538,50038,500 brown trout

Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)	Species	Fish	Size
May 2026	Brown trout37,100 fish	37,100	8 inches

2025 · 92,588 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
June	Brown trout38,500 fish · Average length: 8.3 in	38,500	1	8.3 in
May	Steelhead25,000 fish · Average length: 6.2 in	25,000	1	6.2 in
April	Steelhead29,088 fish · Average length: 5.27 in	29,088	1	5.27 in

2024 · 152,600 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
July	Brown trout49,770 fish · Average length: 3.6 in	49,770	1	3.6 in
May	Steelhead15,000 fish · Average length: 5.4 in	15,000	1	5.4 in
April	Steelhead50,380 fish · Average length: 4.6 in	50,380	1	4.6 in
April	Brown trout37,450 fish · Average length: 8.7 in	37,450	1	8.7 in

2023 · 74,974 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
June	Brown trout35,000 fish · Average length: 8.9 in	35,000	1	8.9 in
May	Steelhead15,000 fish · Average length: 5.8 in	15,000	1	5.8 in
April	Steelhead24,974 fish · Average length: 4.9 in	24,974	1	4.9 in

Every year since 2020
Year	Fish
202592,588 fish	92,588
2024152,600 fish	152,600
202374,974 fish	74,974
2022100,380 fish	100,380
2021205,659 fish	205,659
2020104,200 fish	104,200

2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

104k2020: 104,200 fish
206k2021: 205,659 fish
100k2022: 100,380 fish
75k2023: 74,974 fish
153k2024: 152,600 fish
93k2025: 92,588 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
Species	Fish	Share
Brown trout	368,360	50%
Steelhead	362,041	50%

Where it is

New York trout stocking All Niagara County waters

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

Also in Niagara County: Lake Ontario, Hyde Park Lake, Oppenheim Park Pond, Eighteenmile Creek, Twelvemile Creek, Twelvemile Creek East Branch, Niagara 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 Nov 6, 2026. Check the agency and the current fishing rules before you go.