Croton River

Name: Trout stocking records: Croton River, New York
Creator: Stocking Record

NYSDEC reported 1,150 trout stocked in Croton River (Westchester 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 Nov 6, 2026.

Croton River, New York — Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Croton River in numbers

trout stocked in 2025: 1,150
yearly average, 2020–2024: 1,036
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 20251,1501,150 rainbow trout

Spring 2026 plan
When (DEC wording)	Species	Fish	Size
March - third week 2026	Rainbow trout1,030 fish	1,030	9– 10 inches
March - third week 2026	Rainbow trout110 fish	110	12–14 inches

2025 · 1,150 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
March	Rainbow trout1,150 fish · Average length: 8.9–11.5 in	1,150	2	8.9–11.5 in

2024 · 1,100 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
March	Rainbow trout1,100 fish · Average length: 9.1–11 in	1,100	2	9.1–11 in

2023 · 1,100 fish
Month	Species	Fish	Batches	Average length
March	Rainbow trout1,100 fish · Average length: 9.4–11.3 in	1,100	2	9.4–11.3 in

Every year since 2020
Year	Fish
20251,150 fish	1,150
20241,100 fish	1,100
20231,100 fish	1,100
20221,100 fish	1,100
20211,100 fish	1,100
2020780 fish	780

2020 – 2025

Trout stocked each year

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

7802020: 780 fish
1.1k2021: 1,100 fish
1.1k2022: 1,100 fish
1.1k2023: 1,100 fish
1.1k2024: 1,100 fish
1.1k2025: 1,150 fish

What is stocked here

All records since 2020
Species	Fish	Share
Rainbow trout	6,230	98%
Brown trout	100	2%

Where it is

New York trout stocking All Westchester County waters

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

Also in Westchester County: Amawalk Inlet (Muscoot River), Cross River Reservoir Outlet, Dogwood Pond, Muscoot Reservoir, Pocantico River, Stone Hill River, Titicus Reservoir, Titicus River.

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.