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Ramapo River

NYSDEC reported 5,960 trout stocked in Ramapo River (Orange 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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Ramapo River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
5,960
yearly average, 2020–2024
6,354
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 20251,4901,490 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
April - second week 2026Brown trout1,360 fish1,3609– 10 inches
May - second week 2026Brown trout1,360 fish1,3609– 10 inches
April - fourth week 2026Rainbow trout1,330 fish1,3309– 10 inches
March - fourth week 2026Rainbow trout1,330 fish1,3309– 10 inches
April - second week 2026Brown trout160 fish16012–15 inches
May - second week 2026Brown trout160 fish16012–15 inches
April - fourth week 2026Rainbow trout150 fish15012–14 inches
March - fourth week 2026Rainbow trout150 fish15012–14 inches
2025 · 5,960 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout1,490 fish · Average length: 7.5–12.1 in1,49027.5–12.1 in
AprilBrown trout1,490 fish · Average length: 7.3–11.6 in1,49027.3–11.6 in
AprilRainbow trout1,490 fish · Average length: 9–11.5 in1,49029–11.5 in
MarchRainbow trout1,490 fish · Average length: 8.6–11.5 in1,49028.6–11.5 in
2024 · 5,700 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout1,430 fish · Average length: 8.8–11.6 in1,43028.8–11.6 in
AprilRainbow trout1,420 fish · Average length: 9.1–11 in1,42029.1–11 in
AprilBrown trout1,430 fish · Average length: 8.2–13.7 in1,43028.2–13.7 in
MarchRainbow trout1,420 fish · Average length: 9.1–11 in1,42029.1–11 in
2023 · 5,680 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout1,420 fish · Average length: 9.1–11.2 in1,42029.1–11.2 in
AprilBrown trout1,420 fish · Average length: 8.9–13.8 in1,42028.9–13.8 in
AprilRainbow trout1,420 fish · Average length: 9.4–11.3 in1,42029.4–11.3 in
MarchRainbow trout1,420 fish · Average length: 9.1–11.3 in1,42029.1–11.3 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
20255,960 fish5,960
20245,700 fish5,700
20235,680 fish5,680
20225,680 fish5,680
20215,680 fish5,680
20209,030 fish9,030
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 9.0k2020: 9,030 fish
  2. 5.7k2021: 5,680 fish
  3. 5.7k2022: 5,680 fish
  4. 5.7k2023: 5,680 fish
  5. 5.7k2024: 5,700 fish
  6. 6.0k2025: 5,960 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Rainbow trout20,18053%
Brown trout17,55047%

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

Also in Orange County: Neversink River, Shawangunk Kill, Rutgers Creek, Askoti Lake, Bull Pond, Moodna Creek, Round Pond, Walton Lake.

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.