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Carlls River

NYSDEC reported 960 trout stocked in Carlls River (Suffolk County) in 2025, the latest year in its stocking lists. The most recent month listed is March 2025. DEC lists stocking by month, not by day.

NYSDEC data pulled .

A stream with reflection and summer
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Carlls River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025
960
yearly average, 2020–2024
886
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, March 2025960610 brown trout; 350 rainbow trout
Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)SpeciesFishSize
March - third week 2026Brown trout520 fish5209– 10 inches
March - third week 2026Rainbow trout350 fish3509– 10 inches
March - third week 2026Brown trout100 fish10012–15 inches
2025 · 960 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MarchBrown trout610 fish · Average length: 7.1–13.6 in61037.1–13.6 in
MarchRainbow trout350 fish · Average length: 8.9 in35018.9 in
2024 · 920 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MarchBrown trout590 fish · Average length: 8.2–11.2 in59038.2–11.2 in
MarchRainbow trout330 fish · Average length: 8.2 in33018.2 in
2023 · 910 fish
MonthSpeciesFishBatchesAverage length
MarchBrown trout580 fish · Average length: 9–13.7 in58039–13.7 in
MarchRainbow trout330 fish · Average length: 9.4 in33019.4 in
Every year since 2020
YearFish
2025960 fish960
2024920 fish920
2023910 fish910
2022910 fish910
2021910 fish910
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. 9102021: 910 fish
  3. 9102022: 910 fish
  4. 9102023: 910 fish
  5. 9202024: 920 fish
  6. 9602025: 960 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
SpeciesFishShare
Brown trout3,41063%
Rainbow trout1,98037%

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

Also in Suffolk County: Carmans River, Upper Lake, Belmont Lake, Hards Lake, Nissequogue River, West Lake, Argyle Lake, Southards Pond.

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.