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Oneida County

Black River

NYSDEC reported 12,230 trout stocked in Black River (Oneida 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 .

A river with meadow
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Black River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
12,230
yearly average, 2020–2024
14,578
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 202512,23012,230 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
May - second week 2026Brown trout5,000 fish5,0009– 10 inches
May - second week 2026Brown trout3,570 fish3,5709– 10 inches
May - second week 2026Brown trout600 fish60012–15 inches
May - second week 2026Brown trout430 fish43012–15 inches
2025 · 12,230 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout12,230 fish · Average length: 9.2–14.2 in12,23049.2–14.2 in
2024 · 13,200 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout11,710 fish · Average length: 9.2–14 in11,71049.2–14 in
MayBrook trout1,490 fish · Average length: 10.1 in1,490110.1 in
2023 · 13,140 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout11,650 fish · Average length: 8.2–13.2 in11,65048.2–13.2 in
MayBrook trout1,490 fish · Average length: 9.5 in1,49019.5 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
202512,230 fish12,230
202413,200 fish13,200
202313,140 fish13,140
202213,140 fish13,140
202115,010 fish15,010
202018,400 fish18,400
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 18k2020: 18,400 fish
  2. 15k2021: 15,010 fish
  3. 13k2022: 13,140 fish
  4. 13k2023: 13,140 fish
  5. 13k2024: 13,200 fish
  6. 12k2025: 12,230 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout54,31064%
Rainbow trout23,54028%
Brook trout7,2709%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Oneida County waters

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

Also in Oneida County: West Canada Creek, Mohawk River, Fish Creek West Branch, Fish Creek East Branch, Oriskany Creek, Sauquoit Creek, Hinckley Reservoir, Lansing Kill.

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.