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Croton River West Branch

NYSDEC reported 1,840 trout stocked in Croton River West Branch (Putnam 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 .

Croton River West Branch in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
1,840
yearly average, 2015–2024
1,802
years stocked since 2011
15
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 2025260260 brown trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
March - fourth week 2026Brown trout7309– 10 inches
April - fourth week 2026Brown trout2309– 10 inches
April - second week 2026Brown trout2309– 10 inches
March - fourth week 2026Brown trout2309– 10 inches
May - second week 2026Brown trout2309– 10 inches
March - fourth week 2026Brown trout9012–15 inches
April - fourth week 2026Brown trout3012–15 inches
April - second week 2026Brown trout3012–15 inches
March - fourth week 2026Brown trout3012–15 inches
May - second week 2026Brown trout3012–15 inches
2025 · 1,840 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout26027.5–12.4 in
AprilBrown trout52047.1–13.7 in
MarchBrown trout1,06047–13.7 in
2024 · 1,760 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout25028.5–11.6 in
AprilBrown trout50048.2–13.7 in
MarchBrown trout1,01048–11.2 in
2023 · 1,730 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MayBrown trout24029.1–11 in
AprilBrown trout48048.9–13.1 in
MarchBrown trout1,01049–13.9 in
Every year since 2011
YearFish
20251,840
20241,760
20231,730
20221,730
20211,730
20201,530
20191,960
20181,930
20171,840
20161,910
20151,900
20141,940
20131,630
20121,960
20111,880
2011 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

  1. 1.9k2011: 1,880 fish
  2. 2.0k2012: 1,960 fish
  3. 1.6k2013: 1,630 fish
  4. 1.9k2014: 1,940 fish
  5. 1.9k2015: 1,900 fish
  6. 1.9k2016: 1,910 fish
  7. 1.8k2017: 1,840 fish
  8. 1.9k2018: 1,930 fish
  9. 2.0k2019: 1,960 fish
  10. 1.5k2020: 1,530 fish
  11. 1.7k2021: 1,730 fish
  12. 1.7k2022: 1,730 fish
  13. 1.7k2023: 1,730 fish
  14. 1.8k2024: 1,760 fish
  15. 1.8k2025: 1,840 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2011
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout27,270100%

Where it is

New York trout stockingAll Putnam County waters

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

Also in Putnam County: Croton River East Branch.

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.