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Otsego County

Basswood Pond

NYSDEC reported 1,000 trout stocked in Basswood Pond (Otsego County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is April 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

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Basswood Pond in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
1,000
yearly average, 2020–2024
833
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, April 20251,000800 brown trout; 200 rainbow trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
Early May 2026Brown trout270 fish2708 inches
Early May 2026Brown trout140 fish14012–15 inches
Early May 2026Rainbow trout100 fish1008 inches
2025 · 1,000 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout800 fish · Average length: 7.1–13.1 in80047.1–13.1 in
AprilRainbow trout200 fish · Average length: 8.5 in20028.5 in
2024 · 500 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
AprilBrown trout400 fish · Average length: 8.4–13.7 in40028.4–13.7 in
AprilRainbow trout100 fish · Average length: 8.9 in10018.9 in
2023 · 580 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
SeptemberRainbow trout220 fish · Average length: 6.4–11.9 in22026.4–11.9 in
AprilBrown trout260 fish · Average length: 8.9 in26018.9 in
AprilRainbow trout100 fish · Average length: 9.3 in10019.3 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
20251,000 fish1,000
2024500 fish500
2023580 fish580
2022890 fish890
20211,415 fish1,415
2020780 fish780
2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 7802020: 780 fish
  2. 1.4k2021: 1,415 fish
  3. 8902022: 890 fish
  4. 5802023: 580 fish
  5. 5002024: 500 fish
  6. 1.0k2025: 1,000 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Rainbow trout2,82555%
Brown trout2,34045%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Otsego County waters

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

Also in Otsego County: Wharton Creek, Schenevus Creek, Gilbert Lake, Arnold Lake, Elk Brook, Otego Creek, Otsego 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.