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Fish Creek West Branch

NYSDEC reported 7,790 trout stocked in Fish Creek West Branch (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 forest and spring
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Fish Creek West Branch in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
7,790
yearly average, 2020–2024
9,430
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 20251,8701,870 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
April - second week 2026Brown trout4,590 fish4,5909– 10 inches
April - third week 2026Brown trout1,300 fish1,3009– 10 inches
May - first week 2026Brown trout1,040 fish1,0409– 10 inches
April - second week 2026Brown trout550 fish55012–15 inches
April - third week 2026Brown trout160 fish16012–15 inches
May - first week 2026Brown trout130 fish13012–15 inches
2025 · 7,790 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout1,870 fish · Average length: 9.6–13.8 in1,87029.6–13.8 in
AprilBrown trout5,920 fish · Average length: 9.2–14.2 in5,92049.2–14.2 in
2024 · 7,450 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout7,450 fish · Average length: 9.1–14 in7,45069.1–14 in
2023 · 7,430 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout7,430 fish · Average length: 9.4–13.7 in7,43069.4–13.7 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
20257,790 fish7,790
20247,450 fish7,450
20237,430 fish7,430
20227,430 fish7,430
20219,030 fish9,030
202015,810 fish15,810
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 16k2020: 15,810 fish
  2. 9.0k2021: 9,030 fish
  3. 7.4k2022: 7,430 fish
  4. 7.4k2023: 7,430 fish
  5. 7.5k2024: 7,450 fish
  6. 7.8k2025: 7,790 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout54,940100%

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, Black River, 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.