Cayuga Inlet

Name: Trout stocking records: Cayuga Inlet, New York
Creator: Stocking Record

NYSDEC reported 22,500 trout stocked in Cayuga Inlet (Tompkins 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 Nov 6, 2026.

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Cayuga Inlet in numbers

trout stocked in 2025: 22,500
yearly average, 2020–2024: 19,365
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 202522,50012,500 rainbow trout; 10,000 landlocked salmon

Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)	Species	Fish	Size
Spring 2026	Rainbow trout12,500 fish	12,500	8 inches

2025 · 22,500 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
May	Rainbow trout12,500 fish · Average length: 6.4 in	12,500	1	6.4 in
May	Landlocked salmon10,000 fish · Average length: 1.79 in	10,000	1	1.79 in

2024 · 22,500 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
May	Rainbow trout12,500 fish · Average length: 6.1 in	12,500	1	6.1 in
May	Landlocked salmon10,000 fish · Average length: 2 in	10,000	1	2 in

2023 · 22,500 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
May	Rainbow trout12,500 fish · Average length: 6.6 in	12,500	1	6.6 in
May	Landlocked salmon10,000 fish · Average length: 2.6 in	10,000	1	2.6 in

Every year since 2020
Year	Fish
202522,500 fish	22,500
202422,500 fish	22,500
202322,500 fish	22,500
202217,500 fish	17,500
202112,525 fish	12,525
202021,800 fish	21,800

2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

22k2020: 21,800 fish
13k2021: 12,525 fish
18k2022: 17,500 fish
22k2023: 22,500 fish
22k2024: 22,500 fish
22k2025: 22,500 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
Species	Fish	Share
Rainbow trout	89,325	75%
Landlocked salmon	30,000	25%

Where it is

New York trout stocking All Tompkins County waters

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

Also in Tompkins County: Cayuga Lake, Enfield Creek, Salmon Creek, Enfield Creek T4, Fall Creek, Virgil Creek, Sixmile Creek.

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 Nov 6, 2026. Check the agency and the current fishing rules before you go.