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Draft Fisheries Management Plan
for Inland Trout Streams in New
York State
May 2020
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Prepared by:
Bureau of Fisheries
Division of Fish and Wildlife
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Fred G. Henson
Gregory Kozlowski
Stephen S. Hurst
Jim Daley
Heidi O’Riordan
Melissa Cohen
Michael Flaherty
Christopher Van Maaren
Lance Durfey
Jana Lantry
David Lemon
Webster Pearsall
Michael Clancy
Approved by
Stephen S. Hurst, Chief
Bureau of Fisheries
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the members of the Fisheries Management Plan for Inland Trout
Streams in New York State Focus Group who generously volunteered their time to review the
proposed management approach on July 2, 2019. Thanks to the insightful questions and
comments of these volunteers, the authors were able to more clearly communicate the tenets of
the Plan to the angling public in the fall 2019 public meetings. The reaction of the Focus Group
provided reassurance that the top desired outcomes expressed by trout anglers in the initial public
meetings in 2017 were evident at the core of the Plan. The Focus Group comprised a diverse
group of trout anglers from across New York State who were invited to represent the array of
perspectives heard in 2017.
Michael Butts
Chuck Godfrey
Joe Morgan
John Pitarresi
Jake DeCapio
Frank Andros
Rachel Finn
Jessie Hollenbeck
Walt Keller
Bill Wellman
Vince DuBois
Ed Ostapczuk
John Vatelaro
Jordan P. Ross
The authors would also like to express gratitude to the following DEC Fish Culture Section staff
who shared their experience, knowledge and innovative perspectives to ensure that the fish
culture strategies in the Plan were grounded in reality.
John Anderson
Neal McCarthy
Andrew Noyes
Robert Stein
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................... 4
Vision............................................................................................................................................... 8
Purpose ........................................................................................................................................... 8
Plan Scope ...................................................................................................................................... 8
Need ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Management Environment: Risks and Challenges ...................................................................... 10
Habitat Challenges .................................................................................................................... 10
Climate change ......................................................................................................................... 10
Limitations of managing harvest ............................................................................................... 11
Angler access ............................................................................................................................ 11
Limitations of cultured trout ....................................................................................................... 11
Declining recruitment of new trout anglers ............................................................................... 11
Plan Development Process .......................................................................................................... 11
Philosophy ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Guiding principles ......................................................................................................................... 13
Wild Trout .................................................................................................................................. 13
Habitat ....................................................................................................................................... 13
Stocked Trout ............................................................................................................................ 13
Angling Opportunity ................................................................................................................... 13
Management Approach ............................................................................................................. 14
Management Categories .............................................................................................................. 14
Wild Category ............................................................................................................................ 16
Objectives: ............................................................................................................................. 16
Strategies: .............................................................................................................................. 16
Brook Trout Management ...................................................................................................... 16
Wild-Quality Category ............................................................................................................... 17
Objectives: ............................................................................................................................. 17
Strategies: .............................................................................................................................. 17
Wild-Premier Category .............................................................................................................. 18
Objectives: ............................................................................................................................. 18
Strategies: .............................................................................................................................. 18
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Stocked Category ...................................................................................................................... 19
Objectives: ............................................................................................................................. 20
Strategies: .............................................................................................................................. 20
Stocked-Extended Category ..................................................................................................... 20
Objectives: ............................................................................................................................. 20
Strategies: .............................................................................................................................. 21
Reach Classification Process ................................................................................................... 22
Angling Regulations .................................................................................................................. 22
Seasonal Framework ................................................................................................................ 22
Category Harvest Regulations .................................................................................................. 23
Use of Catch and Release Regulations .................................................................................... 24
Other Angling Regulations That Were Considered .................................................................. 25
Fish Culture and Stocking Strategies ........................................................................................... 25
Strain Development ................................................................................................................... 26
Rainbow Trout ....................................................................................................................... 26
Brown Trout ........................................................................................................................... 26
Brook Trout ............................................................................................................................ 26
Species Composition ................................................................................................................ 26
Sterile Domestic Trout ............................................................................................................... 27
Size Objectives for Spring Stocked Trout ................................................................................. 27
Spring Yearlings .................................................................................................................... 27
12-inch plus trout ................................................................................................................... 28
Stocking Permits ....................................................................................................................... 28
County Hatcheries ................................................................................................................. 28
Habitat Enhancement and Protection ........................................................................................... 29
Project Prioritization .................................................................................................................. 29
Scale of Operation .................................................................................................................... 30
Partnerships .............................................................................................................................. 30
Increasing Bureau of Fisheries habitat expertise ..................................................................... 30
Habitat Protection ...................................................................................................................... 31
Public Access ................................................................................................................................ 31
Information and Outreach ............................................................................................................. 32
Implementation and Evaluation .................................................................................................... 34
Anticipated timeline: .................................................................................................................. 34
Evaluation of Plan Strategies .................................................................................................... 35
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Evaluation of categorized reaches and category specific strategies ....................................... 35
Appendix 1: Year-Round Trout Fishing: Risk Assessment and Considerations ................... 36
Appendix 2: Initial Stream Reach Category Assignments (May 2020) ................................... 38
Appendix 3: Exceptions to management category regulations ............................................... 72
Literature Cited ............................................................................................................................. 75
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Vision
The vision of this plan is that New York trout streams are managed according to their ecological
and recreational potential and that limited public resources are strategically focused on actions
that effectively contribute to the most prevalent desired outcomes of trout stream anglers.
Purpose
The purpose of this plan is to guide the efforts and resources of the Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC) toward managing New York’s trout stream fisheries according to their
ecological and recreational potential. To that end, this plan was written to clearly communicate
what outcomes the DEC will strive to achieve, why those outcomes were selected, what actions
will be taken, and how the results will be evaluated. It builds on prior experience reexamined in
response to new information and serves as a model for responding to future management needs.
Plan Scope
The approach outlined in this plan is limited to the
following scope:
• publicly accessible inland trout streams that
contain wild or stocked brook, brown and
rainbow trout (Salvelinus fontinalis, Salmo
trutta, and Oncorhynchus mykiss).
The following areas of fisheries management are
outside the scope of this plan:
• trout or salmon other than the three species
identified above;
• lakes and ponds;
• tidal stream reaches; and
• stream reaches in which the recreational
fishery is primarily dependent on migratory trout
rather than resident trout (tributary streams to
the Great Lakes, Finger Lakes and Lake
Champlain from their mouths to the first
impassable barrier).
The scope of actions includes habitat enhancement
and protection, fish culture, angling regulations, public
access and information and outreach. As a function of narrative flow, habitat enhancement and
protection are discussed near the end of the document. However, the fundamental importance
of trout stream habitat to every aspect of this plan cannot be overstated.
For this plan, a stream
reach is a segment of
stream that shares, at a
basic level, a common set
of physical and biological
characteristics that
influence its ability to
support trout and trout
angling opportunity for the
public. While precisely
defined reach boundaries
that are readily
recognizable to anglers are
necessary for management
purposes, it should be
acknowledged that trout
can move across reach
boundaries.
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Need
A Trout Stream Management Plan (Plan) was needed for several reasons:
• the existing guidance is thirty years old;
• angler preferences, expectations and behaviors have changed during this time; and
• adapting to change is a basic requirement of responsible government.
Since 1990, the DEC has managed inland trout streams using an approach (CROTS: Catch Rate
Oriented Trout Stocking) that considers the capacity of a stream reach to support trout, the
availability of spare capacity after accounting for the needs of wild trout, and the fishing pressure
it receives (Engstrom-Heg 1990). Through this approach, hatchery trout are used to fill the void
in spare capacity to achieve a desired catch rate. Catch rate, meaning the average number of
trout caught per hour of fishing, is an intuitive and readily calculated component of angler
satisfaction (Arlinghaus 2006).
While CROTS rests on sound ecological principles and its catch rate objective is relatively easy
to explain, it was largely developed using angler survey and biological information collected in the
late 1970’s. Concerns over the continued practical applicability of the old system and feedback
from trout stream anglers motivated a three-year evaluation study conducted in partnership with
Cornell University.
The Cornell study focused on stocked brown trout and revealed that post-stocking trout density
in stocked reaches declined far more rapidly than what was observed in the 1970’s, even though
the proportion of the catch that was released had increased and fishing pressure had generally
decreased (Alexiades, et al. 2014). Of further concern was the inability of the study to validate
the central tenet of CROTS: a clear, dependable relationship between the density of trout stocked
and the average catch rate. This concern was exacerbated by the subsequent publication of
similar findings from investigations by researchers in other states (Hyman, McMullin and DiCenzo
2016) (Kirn 2018).
Given the results of the study and the fact that our current approach to trout stream management
is more than 30 years old, DEC decided to develop a new plan. As the first step in a reexamination
of trout stream management in New York State, sixteen public meetings were conducted during
the autumn of 2017 for the purpose of understanding the range of outcomes desired by trout
stream anglers and the relative importance of those outcomes to angler satisfaction (Henson
2018).
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The top five desired outcomes were:
• high quality stream habitat as a means to better fishing and as a desired outcome in its
own right is important;
• the opportunity to catch wild trout and to a lesser extent stocked trout that have been in
the stream longer than freshly stocked trout;
• extended availability of trout stocked in streams;
• a diversity of distinct stream fishing experiences (stocked trout, wild trout, easy vs.
challenging, etc.) and the information necessary to find them should be made available;
• management success should be based on more than just catch of trout per hour.
These findings (Henson 2018) demonstrated the need for a new approach and form the
foundation of this Plan.
Management Environment: Risks and Challenges
The following summarizes issues that represent challenges or impediments to meeting several fisheries management objectives, some of which cannot be overcome. These issues are not presented in priority order.
Habitat Challenges
With respect to habitat-related risks, Kirn (2018) catalogued and described the following concerns
for trout stream habitat in Vermont:
• increased water temperature;
• sedimentation;
• physical habitat alteration;
• flow alteration; and
• habitat fragmentation.
This list captures the most important ecological risks for trout stream habitat in New York State
as well, and is nearly identical to the habitat concerns listed and discussed in the Management
Plan for Inland Trout in Michigan (Zorn, et al. 2018). Because these risks are not unique to New
York State and are common knowledge to both anglers and fisheries professionals, an extended
discussion is not warranted in this plan.
Climate change
When summer water temperatures in a stream routinely exceed the thermal tolerances of trout or
when trout reproduction is compromised by frequent floods, there is little opportunity for effective
management. These constraints are likely to increase broadly based on current climate trends
and climate model projections. The prospects for particular stream reaches will greatly depend
on influences like groundwater inflows, riparian shade, and land use in the watershed. While
constructive engagement with landowners and other agencies can bear fruit, it must be
recognized that, in most situations, many factors fall outside the management authority of DEC.
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Limitations of managing harvest
Angling regulations that restrict harvest (including mandatory catch and release) are most
effective when they prevent harvest that would have otherwise occurred. Where natural factors
such as predation or adverse stream conditions account for a larger share of total annual mortality
than angler harvest, it is extremely difficult for fishing regulations to influence the trout population.
To further confound the ability of regulations to influence trout populations, in recent years the
prevalence of voluntary catch and release angling practice has generally increased while fishing
pressure has generally declined on many New York trout streams (Alexiades, et al. 2014).
Angler access
Maintaining public access to trout streams becomes more difficult in a society with declining levels
of interpersonal trust (Smith, et al. 2018). Although DEC continues to acquire additional public
fishing rights (PFR), over the last thirty years informal stream access has declined due to posting
by landowners. DEC capability to acquire new PFR easements is increasingly constrained by
unrealistic and outdated property valuations and insufficient staff time to identify and pursue
additional opportunities.
Limitations of cultured trout
The ability to satisfy the desired outcome of extended fishing opportunity for stocked trout is
limited by the reduced ability of domesticated trout to evade predators, survive the other
challenges of life in a natural stream, and persist in a stocked reach (Alexiades, et al. 2014) (Stiller
2011) (Flowers, et al. 2019). Furthermore, the capacity of the DEC fish culture program is limited
with respect to the total biomass (pounds) of trout that can be safely reared as well as the total
number of stocking trips that can be completed per season.
Declining recruitment of new trout anglers
Compared to other angler types, trout anglers tend to be older suggesting a decline in the
recruitment of new trout anglers (Maillett and Aiken 2015). With a few notable exceptions, creel
surveys conducted by the DEC show a long-term trend of declining angling effort on most trout
streams around the state. While decreased fishing pressure would seem to make management
easier, at least in the short run, it suggests a troubling loss of connection between the public and
the resource.
Plan Development Process
The Plan was developed iteratively in a series of committee meetings held between May 2018
and December 2019. DEC staff who participated in these meetings are listed in the
acknowledgements. The process began with the
assessment and summary of public input received in the
fall of 2017 (Henson 2018). We heard from anglers that
trout stream fishing is not a standardized experience
that can be adequately represented with a universal
metric like catch rate. Instead, anglers characterized
trout stream angling as a composite of distinct angling
experiences and typically wanted access to more than
one kind. Anglers drew a sharp distinction between wild
and stocked trout fisheries and affirmed that self-
sustaining trout have special value. In stocked reaches,
anglers wanted to see the fishing opportunity provided
…anglers characterized
trout stream angling as a
composite of distinct
angling experiences and
typically wanted access to
more than one kind.
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by hatchery trout extended in terms of the season length and the spatial distribution within the
reaches. Finally, anglers emphasized that, apart from its expected contribution to good fishing,
healthy, unimpaired, high quality stream habitat was important to their fishing experience of its
own accord.
After reaching agreement on these top desired outcomes, the committee used this information,
and its collective professional experience in fisheries management and public service, to establish
the management philosophy and guiding principles presented below. In particular, the committee
emphasized the values of simplicity, clarity, and pragmatism in the guiding principles. Having an
explicit management philosophy and guiding principles supported the committee’s momentum
and forward direction as ideas for management objectives and strategies were presented, revised
and critiqued. These statements were posted on the wall in large print during the proceedings to
help the committee maintain focus on whether specific proposals adhered to the agreed principles
and philosophy. Frequently, ideas that seemed promising at one meeting were rejected at the
following meeting after further reflection, discussion with additional DEC staff, and reference to
the guiding principles.
When the new management framework was fully developed, a Focus Group of trout stream
anglers was convened to hear a presentation of the Plan tenets and provide feedback to the
committee. This group was composed of participants in the 2017 public meetings selected to
represent, as fully as possible, the diversity of perspectives expressed during those meetings.
The reaction of the Focus Group was positive, affirming that both the development process and
resulting product were sound.
Figure 1. Focus Group Participants and DEC Trout Stream Plan Committee –
Plan approach presentation and review meeting July 2, 2019 Cortland, NY;
committee member Webster Pearsall not pictured; photograph courtesy of
Chuck Godfrey.
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The next step was to engage the broader public. Ten public meetings around New York State
were conducted between October 1 and November 12, 2019 to present the Plan tenets, answer
questions and receive informal comments. The meetings were announced through multiple
outreach channels including a statewide news release, the DEC website, targeted e-mails to
participants in the 2017 public meetings, and the DEC Delivers subscriber fishing list. Regional
fisheries managers also reached out with invitations to sportsman’s federations and other angling
oriented organizations in their regions with e-mails or phone calls. Feedback was overwhelmingly
positive but a couple of areas of concern were identified that prompted some additional research
and reflection. After a final committee conference call to resolve these remaining questions, this
draft Plan was completed by the Coldwater Unit Leader and released for formal public comment.
Philosophy
Trout stream reaches will be managed based on a
combination of their ecological and recreational
potential with a clear distinction between wild trout and
stocked trout management. Wild trout can be present in
a stocked reach, but hatchery trout will not be stocked
in a reach managed for wild trout.
Guiding principles
Wild Trout
• We will always strive for self-sustaining populations with an emphasis toward native trout
(brook trout).
• Trout stream reaches will be managed according to their ecological potential.
• A stocked reach may have wild trout, but a wild reach does not have stocked trout (i.e.
DEC will not stock in a reach managed for wild trout).
Habitat
• Habitat protection is a fundamental component of trout stream management.
• Trout habitat enhancement will be used where appropriate and feasible.
Stocked Trout
• Stocked fish will be used judiciously to achieve specific management outcomes.
• Domestic trout strains will be stocked to support a fishery, not to establish new self-
sustaining populations.
• The numbers and sizes of hatchery trout stocked under this plan will not exceed what can
be reared using existing hatchery capacity.
Angling Opportunity
• Management decisions will consider a stream reach’s recreational potential.
• We will manage for a diversity of fishing opportunities across the state, but individual
stream reaches will have a specific management focus.
Wild trout can be present in a
stocked reach, but hatchery
trout will not be stocked in a
reach managed for wild trout.
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• Management will be directed toward stream reaches that are publicly accessible. Any
management actions taken on private land must yield clear recreational benefits for the
public.
• Expanding and maintaining public access is a key component of trout stream
management.
• Management decisions affecting angling and harvest opportunity will be made from a
population level rather than an individual fish perspective.
Management Approach
• Management decisions will be based on best available information and professional
judgement.
• Management will be transparent to the public.
• Management will be simple and understandable.
• Management actions will be undertaken to achieve desired outcomes.
• Management actions must consider impacts to stream ecological health.
Management Categories
To manage within the potential of a broad array of trout stream reaches, provide a diversity of
fishing experiences, and provide anglers with simple, understandable information to establish
expectations, it quickly became apparent to the committee that a handful of management
categories must comprise the core of the Plan. In developing the categories, another
consideration was that they should be also be useful as benchmarks for habitat improvement
actions: Did the project elevate the reach to a category consistent with a more productive fishery?
Reaching agreement on the number and precise nature of the categories needed for these
purposes required extensive debate and discussion.
The dynamic tension between striving for simplicity
and doing justice to the diversity of trout stream
fisheries was ever-present. It was also recognized
that, while a set of management categories will not fit
all stream reaches equally well, it is disingenuous to
have management prescriptions for individual waters
with no realistic capacity to collect enough data to
effectively manage them on an individual basis.
Five independent categories of trout stream
management are included in this plan to address trout
anglers’ expressed desire to be able to find and
access a diverse array of distinct trout stream fishing
experiences while striving for clarity and simplicity.
Consistent with the views expressed by anglers in
2017 (Henson 2018), the categories make a sharp
distinction between stocked trout management (two categories) and wild trout management (three
categories) (Figure 2). Wild trout have unique value to many anglers and as part of an ecologically
healthy coldwater stream. The chief value of hatchery trout, on the other hand, is to provide
additional fishing opportunity that would not be otherwise realized due to habitat limitations
(Dietsch and Parker 1964). The three wild trout categories differ in fishery and habitat
characteristics, but none are managed with DEC hatchery trout. Recognizing that domesticated
Five independent categories
of trout stream management
are included in this plan to
address trout anglers’
expressed desire to be able
to find and access a diverse
array of distinct trout stream
fishing experiences while
striving for clarity and
simplicity.
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hatchery trout provide an immediate recreational benefit and seldom persist or reproduce, one
stocked category provides a short-term spring fishery from a single stocking while the other relies
on multiple stockings to address the desire for a longer period to catch stocked trout.
The criteria for assigning stream reaches to categories are listed in Table 1a for wild trout
management categories and Table 1b for stocked trout management categories. Management
category specific objectives and strategies are discussed below. Objectives and strategies that
apply across categories are discussed in the following sections of the Plan. Angling regulations
are summarized in Table 2.
Trout Stream Reach
Wild Trout
Management
Wild-Quality
Wild
Wild-Premier
Stocked Trout
Management
Stocked-
Extended
Stocked
Figure 2. Management categories for wild and stocked trout
management
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Wild Category
The reaches in this category comprise the largest quantity and greatest diversity of wild trout
stream fishing opportunity in New York State. This category includes a wide array of reach types
from small headwaters sustaining native brook trout at carrying capacity to larger unproductive
stretches that contain trout but are habitat limited and/or access limited.
Small headwater stream reaches whose trout populations are at their ecological potential but
whose recreational potential is limited by their small size, low chemical fertility, or remote location
nonetheless constitute an important coldwater aquatic resource. Such reaches, especially in the
Catskill and Adirondack regions, are also of interest to anglers motivated by the chance to
encounter native brook trout while fishing in relative solitude. Stocking is an inappropriate
management strategy for these reaches because, in addition to their inability to yield an adequate
public benefit relative to the cost of stocking them (Engstrom-Heg 1990) (Kirn 2018), they
comprise a valuable reservoir of native trout biodiversity (Bruce, et al. 2019) (Beer, et al. 2019).
This biodiversity is not only valuable from a conservation perspective but is increasingly valued
by many trout anglers as a unique opportunity and an important part of their fishing experience
(Henson 2018).
The Wild category also includes larger streams with very limited public access or very limited trout
habitat such that stocking is not an appropriate management strategy. These reaches do not
meet the trout biomass criteria for Wild-Quality, yet the sparse trout populations they support still
offer pockets of angling opportunity.
In general, stream reaches in the Wild category do not require intensive management.
Collectively however, the reaches in this category provide extensive fishing opportunities for
anglers willing to explore and, because overall fishing pressure is generally light, they can be
sustainably managed without imposing restrictive regulations (Detar, et al. 2014). Stream
reaches in the Wild category are best managed by protecting resident wild trout and their habitat
using the regulatory tools available to DEC while providing the angling public with the information
to find publicly accessible stream reaches that support wild trout.
Objectives:
• Provide wild trout fishing opportunity in stream reaches incompatible with stocked trout
management.
• Identify streams in this category with the greatest potential to be upgraded to Wild-Quality
if specific habitat deficiencies can be corrected.
Strategies:
• Limit harvest to 5 trout/day with no more than 2 over 12 inches in length.
Brook Trout Management
Brook trout, as New York State’s only native stream resident salmonid, are of particular interest
to trout stream anglers and are of particular conservation concern due to their stringent habitat
requirements and a wide array of environmental threats including global climate change (Hudy,
et al. 2008). Recognizing that the headwater streams in this category comprise much of New
York State’s prime brook trout habitat, a more restrictive harvest regulation was carefully
considered. While the imposition of a more restrictive limit may seem intuitive to protect the native
brook trout populations included in this category, the literature suggests that even catch and
release regulations have little biological impact at the low levels of fishing pressure that these
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reaches typically experience (Detar, et al. 2014). Meanwhile, wild brook trout in Vermont have
demonstrated long term resilience under a much more liberal daily limit of 12 per day (Kirn 2017).
These findings are consistent with the observation that natural mortality rates exert a much
greater influence on these populations than harvest rates. Consequently, there is little opportunity
to achieve a conservation or fishery benefit from more stringent regulations. A daily limit of 5
trout/day with no more than 2 over 12 inches provides a curb on excessive individual harvest and
aligns with the same regulation in the Stocked category to minimize the complexity of regulations
for anglers and law enforcement.
The fisheries management and conservation needs of stream-dwelling brook trout were
considered extensively in the development of the Plan and influenced several of its features
including: An emphasis on habitat protection, no stocking in reaches 10 feet wide or less, no
stocking if fishing pressure is less than 75 hours/acre, investigating the production of sterile
hatchery trout, and retention of a special catch and release only regulation for brook trout in the
suburban counties of Nassau and Suffolk. However, an updated statewide species management
plan for brook trout addressing both stream and pond-dwelling populations is the next coldwater
species management plan on the DEC agenda.
Wild-Quality Category
Stream reaches in this category are more productive than those in the Wild category and support
an abundance of wild trout to provide a quality wild trout fishing experience. These reaches tend
to be well-known to anglers, at least locally, and are unlikely to offer the degree of solitude
available on reaches in the Wild category. These reaches are best managed to maintain abundant
wild trout within the ecological potential of the reach and to provide a quality wild trout fishing
experience.
Objectives:
• Maintain a long-term average wild trout abundance greater than 40 pounds/acre or 300
yearling and older trout per mile.
• Where feasible, identify significant habitat deficiencies and implement durable or long-
term improvements.
Strategies:
• Limit harvest to 3 trout/day with no more than 1 over 12 inches in length.
• Complete trout population assessment surveys within a ten-year recurrence interval.
The rationale for the more restrictive harvest regulation in this category is to help maintain the
trout population above the abundance objective under higher levels of fishing pressure than
typically seen in the Wild category.
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Determining a trout population benchmark to define a Wild-Quality reach was a challenging task
for the committee. Initial discussions considered carrying capacity estimates as well as measures
of abundance. Regardless of the approach, the inherent year-to-year variability of streams
requires that data are informed by context (recent floods, droughts etc.). Abundance measures
are used to identify high quality wild trout streams for management in several neighboring states
and the 40 pounds/acre agreed by the committee falls within the range of benchmarks used by
those states.1
Wild-Premier Category
This category constitutes the very short list of New York State’s most productive large wild trout
streams. These reaches are established angling destinations and offer exceptionally abundant
wild trout populations and the opportunity to catch trophy sized wild trout. To be classified as
Wild-Premier, a reach must support an exceptional wild trout population and have the level of
public access necessary to handle the high fishing pressure associated with this level of quality.
These reaches are managed to provide an exceptional wild trout fishing experience with greater
potential to catch larger trout than in either the Wild-Quality or Wild categories.
Objectives:
• Maintain an average wild trout abundance greater than 60 pounds/acre or 500 yearling
and older trout per mile.
• Maintain a trout population size structure that offers anglers a high probability of catching
wild trout >9” and the potential to catch a memorable wild trout (12” or larger brook trout,
15” or larger rainbow or brown trout).
• Where feasible, identify significant habitat deficiencies and implement durable (long-term)
improvements.
Strategies:
• Limit harvest to 1 trout/day of any size.
• Develop individual fisheries management plans for Wild-Premier reaches that identify the
biological and fishery information needed for long-term management.
The harvest regulation for this category severely restricts harvest to sustain the exceptional trophy
potential of these highly pressured destination fisheries while still allowing an angler to make the
decision to harvest a single trout whether it is the trout of a lifetime or a small injured trout that
seems unlikely to survive release.
1 Vermont – 30 pounds/acre considered “excellent”; Pennsylvania – 36 pounds/acre considered “Class A”; Connecticut – 49 pounds/acre considered high quality.
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Table 1a. Criteria for Wild Trout Management Categories
Stocked Category
Stream reaches in this category generally have significant habitat limitations usually including
summer water temperatures that are marginal for trout survival. However, springtime conditions
are suitable for trout stocking and the level of public access (via public property, easement or
willing landowners) and angler use justifies the investment in a single stocking of at least 300 trout
to provide an early season trout fishing opportunity that would not otherwise exist. Some reaches
in the Stocked category with better habitat lack the extensive public access needed to justify more
intensive management under the Stocked-Extended category. Reaches in the Stocked category
are best managed to provide a short-term opportunity to catch and, if desired, harvest trout. While
they are ill-suited to extend good fishing opportunity into the summer, they are well-suited to
2 C(T) classification requires evidence of trout presence. C(TS) classification requires evidence of successful trout reproduction. 3 ST=brook trout, RT= rainbow trout and BT=brown trout
Wild Wild-Quality Wild-Premier
Access
Public access Public access Significant access – at least 3 cumulative miles of reach length in one or more of the following:
• Public fishing rights
• Public land
• Public fishing permitted by landowner
Adequate angler parking
Size Not applicable Mean width >10 feet
Mean width >20 feet
Stream Reach Quality (Trout Carrying Capacity)
• Meets C(T)2 or higher water quality standard or data exists to support C(T) classification
• wild trout biomass >40 lbs/acre or
• ≥ 300 yearling or older trout/mile
• wild trout biomass >60 lbs/acre or ≥ 500 yearling or older trout/mile
• abundance of wild trout ≥9 in
• potential to catch memorable fish (12 in ST, 15 in RT, BT)3
Fishing Intensity
Not applicable Not applicable Reach can physically and biologically accommodate moderate to high angler use (>150 hr/acre)
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geographically expand springtime trout stream fishing opportunity to reaches with minimal wild
trout. Fish culture objectives, detailed in the Fish Culture and Stocking Strategies section of the
Plan, include stocking yearlings at 9 inches and that 10% of the total number stocked in each
planting will be trout 12 inches long or larger.
Objectives:
• Generate and maintain an amount of angler use equivalent to at least 75 hours/acre/year.
• Provide an angling and harvest opportunity for stocked trout that typically does not persist
through summer.
Strategies:
• Stock one time a year with the stocking rate calculated from Table 5 of the CROTS manual
(Engstrom-Heg 1990) where 100 hours/acre/year is the assumed angler use unless a valid
pressure estimate specific to the reach supports use of a higher value.
• Publish the date of stocking on DEC’s website as soon as possible after stocking.
• Limit harvest to 5 trout/day with no more than 2 over 12 inches in length.
Stocked-Extended Category
Stream reaches in this category lack the habitat needed to consistently support an abundant wild
trout population. They typically support some wild trout, but the abundance falls short of the
benchmark for management as a Wild-Quality reach.
Compared to reaches in the Stocked category however, stocked-extended reaches can support
stocked trout later in the season. These reaches can also handle higher fishing pressure as a
function of their size and more extensive public access. In combination, the habitat, angler use,
and access characteristics of these reaches make them the most promising candidates in which
to provide an extended fishing opportunity to catch stocked trout using a strategy of frequent
stockings and a reduced daily limit. Of the top desired outcomes expressed by trout stream
anglers, prolonging the fishing opportunities for stream-stocked trout, is one of the most difficult
to achieve because hatchery trout are an inherent compromise between the traits needed to thrive
in fish culture and the traits needed to survive in a stream. The purpose of this management
category is to match up additional stocking and regulatory strategies with the stream reaches
where they have the greatest potential to prolong the fishing opportunity for stream-stocked trout.
As in the Stocked category, fish culture objectives, detailed in the Fish Culture and Stocking
Strategies section of the Plan, include stocking yearlings at 9 inches and that 10% of the total
number stocked in each planting will be trout 12 inches long or larger.
Frequent stocking is the most reliable means of satisfying the desire expressed by trout anglers
for a longer period of good fishing for stocked trout. However, working within the capacity of the
agency means that it cannot be applied everywhere. More stockings on these reaches are
balanced by a reduction to a single stocking for reaches in the stocked category that formerly
received multiple stockings.
Objectives:
• Maintain a density of stocked trout capable of sustaining an average catch rate greater
than 0.5 trout/hour for at least two consecutive months.
• Generate and maintain an amount of angler use equivalent to at least 150 hours/acre/year,
including at least 75 hours/acre during the second month of stocking.
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Strategies:
• Stock every 2 weeks, 4 times over a two-month period in spring and early summer to
extend the duration of quality fishing.
• Stock at rates that account for wild trout as part of the overall carrying capacity (Engstrom-
Heg 1990).
• Complete early summer trout density surveys within a ten-year recurrence interval.
• Limit harvest to 3 trout/day with no more than 1 over 12 inches in length to extend the
duration of quality fishing.
Table 1b. Category Criteria for Stocked Trout Management
Stocked Stocked-Extended
Access Access by one or more of the following:
• Public fishing rights easements
• Public land
• Public fishing permitted by landowner
Significant access – at least 3 cumulative miles of reach length in one
or more of the following:
• Public fishing rights
• Public land
• Public fishing permitted by landowner
Adequate angler parking
Size Mean width >10 feet Mean width >20 feet
Stream Reach Quality (Trout Carrying Capacity)
• Survival to end of May
• Does not already support adequate fisheries for black bass or walleye, even though technically a trout stream
• Must meet Bp4 standard
• Reach conditions offer potential for spring stocked trout to survive into summer
• Temperatures generally suitable for regular stocking through mid-June or for two consecutive months
• Must meet Bs5 standard
Fishing Intensity
>75 hours per acre >150 hours per acre
4 Marginal put and take trout streams with relatively little potential for wild or holdover contribution (Engstrom-Heg 1990). 5 Trout streams capable of supporting a spring fishery and some holdover trout but with habitat deficiencies limiting wild trout (Engstrom-Heg 1990).
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Reach Classification Process
Stream reaches accessible to the angling public were assigned to a category using the criteria
listed in Tables 1a and 1b. These assignments are listed by DEC Region in Appendix 2. Initial
assignments were made by DEC regional biologists using the best information available. As part
of this process, biologists prioritized reaches for resurvey (High, Medium, Low) based on the date
of the last biological survey and the potential for subsequent changes to trout abundance and
carrying capacity. As needed surveys are completed and the current status is reevaluated, reach
category assignments and boundaries may change.
Angling Regulations
In the last decade, special regulations on inland trout streams in New York State reached a peak
of twenty-six different combinations of possession limit, length regulation, and season length. In
many cases, only slight differences distinguish these regulations. Four regulations would apply
to the Plan management categories. Only three additional special regulations would be retained.
These regulations and the waters to which they would apply are listed in Appendix 3.
The guiding principle of simple, understandable management demands that management
categories and their associated angling regulations must be simple and understandable. The
Bureau acknowledges the general tendency of fisheries management agencies to establish large
portfolios of complex but well-
intentioned special regulations that
cannot be effectively evaluated with
the resources available to the agency
(Radomski, et al. 2001). Such
complexity is accepted and sometimes
actively sought by avid trout anglers
with the assumption that trout
population characteristics can be
reliably fined-tuned by imposing water-
specific measures. However, it can discourage participation and recruitment of new anglers to
the sport (Knoche and Lupi 2016) (Radomski, et al. 2001). Moreover, because trout populations
are simultaneously influenced by the unregulated mortality associated with natural predators and
environmental stressors, water specific angling regulations seldom achieve the desired outcome
in a consistent or precise manner. This is particularly true when non-harvest mortality varies
greatly from year to year and, in many years, exerts a greater influence on the population than
harvest.
Seasonal Framework
Under this plan, the same angling seasons are proposed for all five management categories.
• April 1 – October 15 Regular Season (daily harvest limits according to category)
• October 16 - March 31 Catch and Release Season (artificial lures only)
In the last decade, special regulations on
inland trout streams in New York State
reached a peak of twenty-six different
combinations of possession limit, length
regulation, and season length.
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The single biggest change proposed for the trout stream angling regulations is the addition of a
catch and release, artificial lures only season from October 16 through March 31 to provide year-
round trout fishing opportunity statewide. While New York State has traditionally closed trout
stream fishing during the winter period as a precaution against the disruption of wild trout
reproduction, many states, including neighboring Pennsylvania, have sustainably managed wild
trout populations without a closed season. In New York, we have monitored trout populations in
inland trout streams that have been open to year-round angling by special regulation for over a
decade. Through this experience, the DEC has gained confidence and found that it is feasible to
sustainably manage wild trout with a winter catch and release season. Applying this regulation
statewide expands fishing opportunity for avid anglers who are motivated to fish on a catch and
release basis outside of the regular season. Appendix 1 summarizes the information considered
in developing the proposal and in response to concerns expressed by the public during the fall
2019 public meetings. While the argument for prohibiting angling during the spawning and egg
incubation seasons is intuitive and long-established in angling tradition, the science shows no
evidence of harm at the population level
where catch and release angling is
permitted (Kelly 1993) (Roth, et al. 2019).
Category Harvest Regulations
Daily harvest limits under this plan are
tied to the management category
objectives as described earlier and
summarized below (Table 2). Except for
the Wild-Premier category, where only
one trout per day may be harvested, the
daily limit is lower for trout over 12 inches
in length than for smaller trout. This
approach serves two purposes: to spread
the opportunity to catch a large hatchery
trout and to provide a greater degree of
protection for mature wild trout. The daily limit of 5 trout with no more than 2 longer than 12 inches
is the new statewide trout stream regulation applicable to all reaches not explicitly classified,
including reaches without public access. Anglers planning to harvest trout during a day of fishing
different reaches must understand that the daily possession limit of the reach being fished
includes trout placed or stored in a vehicle. These fish count even if they were previously caught
in a water with a greater possession limit than the reach you are currently fishing (Revenaugh
2020).
Anglers planning to harvest trout
during a day of fishing different
reaches must understand that the
daily possession limit of the reach
being fished includes trout placed or
stored in a vehicle. These fish count
even if they were previously caught in
a water with a greater possession
limit than the reach where you are
currently fishing.
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Table 2. Harvest regulations for trout stream management categories apply from
April 1 through October 15. A daily limit of 5 trout, no more than 2 trout over 12”
applies statewide to all trout streams lacking public access or otherwise excluded
from this plan or another DEC fisheries management plan.
Category Daily Limit
Wild
5 trout, no more than 2 trout over 12”
Wild-Quality
3 trout, no more than 1 trout over 12”
Wild-Premier
1 trout, any size
Stocked
5 trout, no more than 2 trout over 12”
Stocked-Extended
3 trout, no more than 1 trout over 12”
Use of Catch and Release Regulations
Nearly all reaches already managed under a catch and release regulation will be grandfathered
into this plan under a year-round catch and release, artificial lures only regulation with no further
evaluation required (Appendix 3). Over the life of the Plan, a catch and release regulation on a
specific reach may be reevaluated if its value comes into question. New year-round catch and
release regulations in Stocked or Stocked-Extended reaches will not be considered. However,
an experimental catch and release regulation may be considered on a formerly stocked reach or
a Wild reach that has been converted to a Wild-Quality as a strategy to reach the trout biomass
objective if there is evidence that harvest pressure is a significant obstacle. In this case, an
evaluation will be required.
The Plan retains the special catch and release only regulation specific to brook trout in Nassau
and Suffolk counties. The handful of reaches that support brook trout in these counties are very
small in extent, isolated from each other, and are surrounded by densely populated suburban
neighborhoods. Given the scarcity of similar trout stream fishing opportunities to diffuse angling
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pressure in a region with a human population exceeding 2.86 million, these populations were
considered uniquely vulnerable.
Other Angling Regulations That Were Considered
Statewide delayed harvest regulations for stocked trout were considered but not included in this
plan. A delayed harvest regulation providing for several weeks of catch and release fishing for
stocked trout prior to the opening of the regular harvest season could extend fishing opportunity
if the combination of natural mortality, hooking mortality and outmigration from stocked reaches
was low compared to harvest losses during the regular season. However, this combination of
non-harvest losses is known to be relatively high in New York (Alexiades, et al. 2014) (Stiller
2011) and other states (Flowers, et al. 2019). This harsh reality offers little opportunity for a
delayed harvest regulation to extend the angling opportunity provided by a planting of stocked
trout. In effect, delaying harvest for an extended period would waste fish from the perspective of
anglers who wish to harvest stocked trout with little hope of achieving the desired outcome of
extending the fishing opportunity provided by a planting of hatchery trout. It is worth noting that
the April 1st opening day of the regular trout season does result in a brief delayed harvest scenario
for March-stocked trout in the southern portion of the state that are immediately available for
anglers to enjoy under the new catch and release regulations.
At almost every one of the fall 2019 public meetings, one or more participants asked the Bureau
to consider a special case of the delayed harvest regulation: A temporary harvest closure
imposed on a water by water basis for the first 24 to 48 hours after that water receives a planting
of hatchery trout. This strategy would allow time for vulnerable freshly stocked trout to acclimate
and disperse prior to harvest, but the brevity of the closure curtails the losses to non-human
predators before harvest can begin. The obstacle to implementing this approach lies in the
communication and law enforcement requirements. These would include:
• shortening daily stocking schedules to account for the time required to post signs at each
stocking location;
• communicating the freshly stocked reaches to law enforcement in real time
(communicating the schedule in advance would result in wasted law enforcement effort
whenever the stocking schedule changed due to a weather delay or a truck breakdown);
• scheduling trips to remove expired signs; and
• communicating to anglers when the stocked reach will be closed before they make the trip
to the stream only to find out it is closed to fishing.
Based on the public interest expressed in this strategy, these issues were reexamined after the
fall 2019 public meetings, but workable solutions were not identified.
Fish Culture and Stocking Strategies
Stocking is a valuable tool to provide additional trout stream fishing opportunity to the angling
public. The Bureau of Fisheries recognizes that hatchery trout and wild trout are not ecological
equivalents, that their relative value to anglers cannot be measured on the same scale, and that
wild trout are held in high esteem. These premises were enthusiastically affirmed by trout anglers
during the 2017 public meetings. However, many anglers who expressed a strong preference to
fish for wild trout also noted the importance of fishing opportunities provided by stocked trout,
particularly as a means of introducing young people to the sport. The following strategies and
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associated tradeoffs were developed to better align our fish culture capacity with the angler
priorities expressed during the 2017 public meetings.
Hatchery capacity places an upper limit on the quantity of healthy trout (total pounds of fish) that
can be safely produced. To mitigate risk and maintain quality, stocking policy numbers will not
exceed the capacity of the system. A new stocked reach may only be added if enough hatchery
trout are made available by the removal of another stocked reach.
Strain Development
The Bureau does not rear and stock domestic hatchery
trout for the purpose of establishing new reproducing
populations. However, it is important that the fish we raise
possess a balance of characteristics that enable them to be
efficiently cultured in the hatchery environment and to
survive well enough in the wild to provide a reasonable
duration of angling opportunity. The Bureau has initiated
the following steps to improve the hatchery product and will
continue to implement them under this plan:
Rainbow Trout
The Bureau investigated alternative rainbow trout strains in 2017 and is currently replacing the
Wytheville strain with the Arlee strain to address the declining reproductive performance of the
Wytheville strain rainbow trout in the DEC hatchery system. The first Arlee eggs were obtained
from Erwin National Fish Hatchery in 2017. Full DEC production of Arlee rainbow trout eggs will
begin in 2021. Preliminary results suggest that adopting the Arlee strain will result in more reliable
and consistent production.
Brown Trout
The Rome strain brown trout reared by DEC is strongly resistant to furunculosis (Aeromonas
salmonicida), a pathogen that can cause devasting disease in trout hatcheries. However, recent
evidence shows that post-stocking survival has declined since the late 1970’s. To restore the
benefits of natural selection to our Rome strain broodstock while conserving their important
disease resistance traits, we are experimentally refreshing the genetics of our Rome strain
broodstock by breeding domestic females with males from a wild population founded by Rome
strain brown trout. The half-wild offspring are being evaluated for performance in the hatchery
and the evaluation in the natural environment is to be concluded in 2023.
Brook Trout
The domestic brook trout reared by DEC are also propagated from a Rome strain broodstock that
is resistant to Aeromonas salmonicida. As with the Rome strain brown trout, there are increasing
concerns with the performance of this strain (e.g. poor post-stocking survival in streams,
unreliable reproduction in the hatchery). A practical strategy for improving or replacing this strain
without creating an unacceptable disease risk is currently lacking but is identified as a need. If
this problem cannot be solved and the Rome strain continues to deteriorate, then the Bureau may
suspend production of domestic brook trout for stream stocking.
Species Composition
In addition to steps to improve the performance of trout strains reared and stocked by the Bureau,
the relative mix of the three trout species raised for stream stocking is open to revision under this
plan. Currently, hatchery production is dominated by brown trout. However, the performance
characteristics of the improved strains observed in the hatchery and in the stream may suggest
The Bureau does not
rear and stock domestic
hatchery trout for the
purpose of establishing
new reproducing
populations.
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that a different mix could better meet the management objectives for the two reach categories
managed with hatchery trout.
Sterile Domestic Trout
The fish culture section will investigate the feasibility of largescale production of sterile (triploid)
domestic trout. Other states, notably Idaho and Vermont, make extensive use of sterile domestic
rainbow trout to mitigate the risk of unwanted natural reproduction. The poor long term survival
of domestic trout strains currently stocked in New York State limits this risk and, in the case of
Rome strain domestic brook trout, two recent studies found minimal genetic evidence for
interbreeding with wild brook trout in historically stocked waters (Bruce, et al. 2019) (Beer, et al.
2019). Nonetheless, a sterile hatchery product could have management value for stocked
reaches with adjacent wild reaches of particular sensitivity. If strain improvement strategies are
successful in prolonging the survival of stocked domestic trout, then sterility would become an
even more desirable feature in such circumstances.
Size Objectives for Spring Stocked Trout
To increase angler satisfaction, DEC fish culture will raise larger trout within its existing production
capacity. Raising larger trout comes at the cost of being able to produce fewer trout. Two factors
were considered in the decision to accept this trade-off.
• There is mounting evidence that the number of trout stocked into a reach does not reliably
predict the average catch rate (Alexiades, et al. 2014) (Hyman, McMullin and DiCenzo
2016) (Kirn 2018). Meanwhile, the DEC’s CROTS stocking methodology depended on
the ability to accurately and consistently relate the number of trout stocked to the average
number of trout caught per hour by anglers.
• During the public meetings held in 2017, the inadequacy of catch per hour as the measure
of satisfaction for trout stream angling was a recurrent theme in public comments while
the opportunity to catch large trout was a commonly expressed desire6.
Thus, stocking fewer, but larger, trout can reasonably be expected to enhance the fishing
experience for anglers fishing stocked trout streams with minimal impact on satisfaction
associated with catch rate.
Spring Yearlings
The Plan establishes a minimum length objective of nine inches at stocking for spring stocked
yearling trout (brook, brown and rainbow). Currently, yearlings typically range from six to eight
inches. While this outcome was not specifically identified by anglers at public meetings, DEC feels
that it is obtainable and a benefit worth adding.
The production capacity of hatchery system is limited in terms of the total weight of trout that can
be raised. Larger yearling trout would weigh more; therefore, fewer yearlings will be able to be
raised. The obvious tradeoff required to implement this strategy is a reduction in the total number
of yearlings stocked. Current stocking numbers are based on generic fishing pressure estimates
from the early 1990’s that are no longer realistic given the general decline in fishing pressure
observed in trout stream creel surveys since that time. When updated pressure estimates are
used to recalculate stocking rates and the trout formerly stocked in reaches categorized as Wild
6 The opportunity to catch large trout was not among the top five recurring themes but would rank among the top ten (Henson 2018).
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or Wild-Quality are subtracted, the demand for spring yearling production decreases to
approximately 70% of the 2019 yearling target; a reduction from 2.23 million to 1.56 million
yearlings. The hatchery production capacity required to achieve the 9-inch objective for yearlings
depends on these tradeoffs.
12-inch plus trout
Building on the success of the two-year-old brown trout
program, the Plan establishes an objective that each planting
of hatchery trout will include trout 12 inches long or greater as
10% of the total number stocked.
All stocked reaches will provide anglers with the opportunity
to catch a large stocked trout. The production of trout that are
at least 12 inches long will continue at the level of the current
two-year-old brown trout program. Currently, many stockings
receive no two-year-old brown trout, while some receive two-
year-olds and yearlings (i.e., simultaneously or as an entirely
separate planting). In the future, trout that are at least 12
inches long will comprise 10% of every planting, resulting in a
wider distribution of these valuable fish across the landscape. For the Stocked-Extended
category, the distribution of these fish over the spring stocking period will be broader. The
opportunity for anglers to target large concentrations of freshly stocked two-year-olds will be
diminished by this strategy. It will however extend the opportunity for anglers to fish for two size
classes of stocked trout in reaches managed with stocking. In the future, this size class of stocked
trout may include rainbow trout and brown trout.
Stocking Permits
To stock trout into the waters of the State of New York, third parties must obtain a stocking permit
from the regional fisheries manager of the DEC region where the stocking is proposed. Third
parties include private individuals and organizations as well as public fish hatcheries operated by
the counties of Essex, Monroe, Onondaga and Warren.
Regional managers will not approve stocking permits under any circumstances for stream
reaches in the Wild-Premier and Wild-Quality management categories. With respect to reaches
categorized as Wild or reaches with no public access, regional managers will not issue stocking
permits for reaches supporting healthy wild brook trout populations. Otherwise, a stocking permit
may be issued at the manager’s discretion if the following circumstances apply:
• the wild trout population is marginal with little potential for improvement; and
• the reach was disqualified for management in the Stocked category due to insufficient
public access, insufficient angling pressure or insufficient coldwater habitat.
In all circumstances where a stocking permit may be considered, regional managers will give
priority to protecting wild and native trout populations. Managers may require applicants to
provide information on the existing trout population. If warranted, managers may impose permit
conditions appropriate to the circumstances. For example, the permit may stipulate the species
to be stocked or limit stocking to sterile trout.
County Hatcheries
The Plan recognizes the capacity of the county operated hatcheries to add value to the trout
fishing experience. For example, county hatchery capacity supports more Stocked-Extended
In the future, trout
that are at least 12
inches long will
comprise 10% of
every planting
resulting in a wider
distribution of these
valuable fish across
the landscape.
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reaches than could be stocked by DEC hatcheries alone. It is the responsibility of the Bureau to
evaluate whether a stream reach should be managed as a wild or stocked trout fishery. Where
stocking by a county hatchery is appropriate, the Bureau is also responsible for protecting wild
trout by ensuring that only healthy trout are stocked in quantities that do not exceed the carrying
capacity of the stocked reach and which are based on reasonable estimates of fishing pressure.
The following guidance applies to stockings conducted under DEC permit by county hatcheries:
• The total number of trout stocked into a reach annually by county operated hatcheries will
not exceed the DEC calculated stocking rate for that reach by more than 10%.
• For a given stocked reach, spring-stocked catchable size trout will be stocked by either
the county or DEC; not both.
• The Bureau will include county-stocked reaches that meet the criteria for the Stocked or
Stocked-Extended categories on the statewide trout stream map (see Information and
Outreach section).
• County-stocked reaches that qualify for a stocking permit but which do not meet criteria
for the Stocked or Stocked-Extended categories will not be shown on the statewide trout
stream map – for example, a reach that does not meet Bureau standards for public access
or which is stocked with less than 300 trout.
Habitat Enhancement and Protection
The guiding principle of striving for self-sustaining trout populations demands an emphasis on
habitat enhancement and a continuing commitment to stream habitat protection. The habitat
goals of this plan are threefold:
• focus resources on habitat enhancement projects that offer the greatest enduring public
benefit for the cost;
• in collaboration with committed partners, create a learning environment to expand
expertise and capacity to complete habitat projects with meaningful fishery benefits; and
• effectively apply DEC regulatory authority to protect stream reaches from habitat
disturbances detrimental to trout.
Project Prioritization
Under the Plan, the Bureau will evaluate and prioritize possible projects based on their potential
to achieve a management category upgrade (in terms of the ecological and recreational potential
of a reach) by correcting a specific, well-defined habitat problem or deficiency. For example,
successful management of a reach formerly managed with hatchery trout as a Wild-Quality or
Wild-Premier reach constitutes a category upgrade. A project that enables a Wild reach to qualify
as Wild-Quality or Wild-Premier would also be considered a category upgrade. Where a
developing habitat problem is responsible for a Wild-Quality or Wild-Premier reach failing to meet
category objectives, then the resolution of that problem would be valued as equivalent to a
category upgrade. Some streams in the Wild category that are already functioning at their
ecological and recreational potential, such as low fertility, headwater streams in wilderness areas,
are not appropriate candidates for habitat enhancement projects.
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Specific guidance for assessing the potential of a project to achieve a category upgrade must be
developed as a part of Plan implementation with input from experts and partners. Over the life of
the plan, those criteria will likely require modifications to reflect advances in the field. Additional
considerations include:
• risk that the short-term benefits of the project will be negated by hydrological influences
beyond the riparian corridor;
• vulnerability of the project site to disturbance by future landowners or other parties;
• thermal vulnerability of the reach to climate change (influence of groundwater, stormwater,
and riparian vegetation considered); and
• technical feasibility of proposed technique.
Scale of Operation
The objectives for habitat enhancement under this plan can be divided into a large-scale/high
complexity level and a small-scale/lower complexity level.
At the large-scale level, there are two objectives:
• assess New York State’s watersheds with extensive coldwater habitat to identify 2-3
stream/tributary systems where the trout fishery can be improved by a targeted but
comprehensive set of habitat enhancement actions; and
• develop and begin implementation of a stepwise habitat enhancement plan in the 2-3
systems identified by the watershed assessment.
At the small-scale level, the objectives are to:
• provide technical assistance to partners seeking to mitigate specific well-defined habitat
problems with significant trout fishery implications; and
• provide material support to partners with well-defined, technically sound plans to mitigate
specific, well-defined habitat problems and achieve trout fishery benefits.
Partnerships
To bring together the knowledge, expertise and resources necessary to achieve meaningful trout
stream fishery improvements through strategically focused habitat enhancement work, the
Bureau will continue to emphasize partnerships with committed stakeholders. In working with
existing and future partners, the Bureau will strive to help identify and develop projects that can
be confidently implemented with respect to the technical approach and beneficial fishery outcome.
The Bureau will also be attentive to the needs of partners and develop strategies to overcome the
largest obstacles to completing high value work.
Increasing Bureau of Fisheries habitat expertise
Recognizing the importance of expertise in successfully accomplishing effective stream habitat
enhancement, the Bureau will seek to secure the services of a research scientist with applied
fluvial geomorphology qualifications and experience. These skills are needed to identify potential
projects that can yield the types of trout fishery improvements described above and distinguish
them from projects that are unlikely to do so. This expertise will also be crucial to ensure that
projects contribute to the knowledge base of the discipline and inform subsequent decisions and
strategies. To achieve maximum benefits from habitat enhancement projects, advancing the
applied science on the interactions between in-channel features, riparian features, and
groundwater inputs is particularly important.
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Habitat Protection
Finally, the application of fisheries expertise and DEC regulatory authority to infrastructure
projects affecting New York State’s trout streams is critical to maintain the quality of trout habitat,
preventing persistent habitat degradation and avoiding the need for costly habitat restoration.
Examples include:
• the review of permit applications and establishment of appropriate permit conditions under
Article 15 of the Environmental Conservation Law for projects affecting the bed and banks
of trout streams;
• participation in the evaluation of energy project applications, including those for relicensing
under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with respect to stream flow water
quality and fish passage needs;
• participation in the review of State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES)
permits to regulate a broad range of effluents including stormwater and other thermal
discharges to trout waters;
• participation in the review of water withdrawal permits;
• participation in the review and evaluation of reservoir release regulations and
requirements;
• providing biological data to support stream classification updates7;
• participation in the review of proposed actions subject to the State Environmental Quality
Review Act (SEQRA).
Public Access
To gain access to trout streams in New York, anglers rely on a mix of properties in public
ownership, permanent public fishing rights (PFR) (easements purchased by DEC from private
landowners for the purpose of fishing access), and privately held properties whose owners freely
permit fishing. Since 1935, over 1,300 miles of PFR have been acquired by DEC. The acquisition,
development and maintenance of these easements will continue as an important public access
strategy under this plan.
7 DEC Division of Water regulatory classifications: The C(T) classification depends on evidence of trout presence and the C(TS) classification depends on evidence of successful trout reproduction. Both classifications afford protections more stringent than for the C classification alone.
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For all types of public access, the goal is to provide the angling public with safe, legal and readily
recognizable access to a diversity of trout stream angling opportunities for wild and stocked trout.
Implementation will focus on the following strategies:
• give priority to PFR acquisition that fills significant gaps on reaches with good existing
access and to acquiring additional formal access on stream reaches where recreational
potential is constrained by inadequate access;
• review PFR scoring strategy to determine whether any adjustments are needed to better
address current circumstances;
• revisit PFR payment schedule to determine whether landowner incentives provide
sufficient motivation to complete PFR agreements;
• continue working to obtain access to landlocked PFR;
• validate and enforce landowner compliance with the terms of existing PFR easements;
• develop angler parking areas on parcels that have already been purchased for this
purpose;
• obtain and develop angler parking areas where a lack of safe and convenient parking
limits recreational potential;
• partner with the New York State Fish and Wildlife Management Board and other entities
to address the above priority tasks and to reach out to private landowners to verify whether
angling is permitted on their properties and post “fishing permitted” signs;
• develop “you are here” type kiosk maps for parking areas to help anglers orient themselves
to the adjacent PFR, understand PFR rules, and locate additional trout stream angling
opportunities on nearby reaches;
• develop new sign standard to allow anglers to better identify PFR and the management
category associated with that stream reach;
• pursue acquisition of suitable boat launch sites on larger trout stream reaches where this
form of public access is a recognized need and appropriate to the fishery; and
• maintain and replace signage needed for anglers to recognize public access points.
Information and Outreach
Providing user-friendly access to information necessary for anglers to find their preferred trout
stream angling experiences is the primary information/outreach goal of this plan because of the
importance placed on it by anglers during the 2017 public meetings.
The first priority is the development of an interactive online map that identifies management
categories of publicly accessible trout stream reaches. The map may be used to plan fishing trips
and anticipate the type of fishing experience in each reach. Specific features include:
• stream reaches color-coded by management category for easy identification;
• PFR and angler parking areas;
• non-PFR stream reaches where “fishing is permitted” by landowners;
• public lands where fishing is allowed;
• name of water, associated angling regulations, and where applicable, stocking information
can be displayed by clicking on a reach;
• stocking information including numbers, species and sizes of trout stocked;
• for Stocked reaches, the date that the reach was last stocked will be displayed; and
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• for Stocked-Extended reaches, the block of time during which the reach will be stocked
every other week will be displayed.
Development and maintenance of this map is part of the DEC’s Fisheries Information
Management System. The primary purpose of the map will be to help anglers find their preferred
trout stream fishing opportunities, so it will not show trout stream reaches that are inaccessible to
the general public. However, DEC habitat protection and angling regulations apply to all trout
stream reaches regardless of public access. Stocked, Stocked-Extended, Wild-Quality and Wild-
Premier reaches will be shown in their entirety, so anglers can expect to encounter some private
properties posted against trespassing within the mapped reach. The map coverage of Wild
reaches will be limited to reaches on publicly owned properties or easements.
A second outreach priority is to encourage responsible angler behavior by providing anglers with
sound information and advice to sustain both trout populations and access to those resources.
Topics include:
• respect for landowners (PFR and informal access);
• trout handling tips for successful catch and release;
• recognizing and avoiding trout redds;
• wild brook trout as a distinctive part of New York State’s natural heritage and their
presence represents high quality coldwater habitat, that should be protected;
• fair chase ethics (freshly stocked trout, spawning wild trout, thermally stressed trout)
• preventing the spread of invasive species; and
• the role of stocked trout in trout stream management.
To develop and disseminate effective messages on these and other topics, the Bureau will
engage with interested partners with insights and access to target audiences.
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Implementation and Evaluation
Anticipated timeline8:
2020
• address Draft Plan public comments and finalize Plan;
• conduct resurveys of stream reaches ranked as HIGH priority for resurvey;
• begin rulemaking process to adopt trout stream regulations proposed in Plan;
• update 2021 stocking policies to reflect Plan adjustments;
• begin adjustments to fish culture operations needed to meet objectives for Stocked and
Stocked-Extended reaches;
• develop interactive map of publicly accessible trout stream reaches identified by
management category;
• develop new sign standard for management categories;
• adopt standard guidance for early season fishing effort estimation on Stocked reaches;
2021
• new angling regulations take effect April 1;
• new stocking policies in effect;
• interactive trout stream reach map available online;
• Wytheville strain rainbow trout fully replaced by Arlee strain rainbow trout in hatchery
system;
• secure fluvial geomorphology expertise;
• complete resurveys of stream reaches ranked as HIGH priority for resurvey;
2022
• develop standard guidance for assessing the potential of a proposed habitat enhancement
project to result in a management category upgrade for a marginal stream reach;
2023
• brown trout strain evaluation completed;
2024
• new brown trout strain fully adopted (assuming satisfactory evaluation results in 2023).
8 Some actions in this timeline are likely to be deferred due to the unanticipated fiscal
consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Evaluation of Plan Strategies
The strategies set forth in this plan are subject to ongoing evaluation over the life of the Plan.
Strategies will be evaluated based on their contribution to the stated goals and objectives that
they were developed to fulfill. Strategies that prove ineffective will be modified, replaced, or
deleted.
Evaluation of categorized reaches and category specific strategies
The initial management category assignments of stream reaches are subject to change as new
biological surveys and fishing pressure estimates are conducted. Based on their level of
confidence in the initial assignment, regional biologists ranked the priority for resurvey as LOW,
MEDIUM or HIGH to better focus survey efforts during the Plan implementation. The information
gained will result in reassignment of some reaches. Additional reach reassignments are expected
as an outcome of plan strategies, particularly with respect to habitat enhancement.
When fully implemented, strategies will be evaluated against reach category management
objectives described in this plan. If category management objectives are not attained on a
systematic basis for a given category, then the strategies for that category will be reassessed. In
scheduling and conducting survey work on trout stream reaches, priority will be given to the reach
categories that experience more intensive angler use. Trout population assessments on Wild-
Quality and Stocked-Extended reaches will be conducted within ten years of the last population
assessment as a minimum requirement and more frequently if needed to address reach specific
information needs. For Wild and Stocked reaches however, surveys will be conducted when
required to investigate specific concerns or to evaluate opportunities to manage in a different
category. The survey schedule for Wild-Premier reaches will be determined in the fisheries
management plans required for these waters.
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Appendix 1: Year-Round Trout Fishing: Risk Assessment and Considerations
The importance of successful natural reproduction to sustaining wild trout populations is self-
evident and was the primary focus of the deliberations on the pros and cons of the proposed
October 16 – March 31 catch and release (artificial lures only) season. The Bureau of Fisheries
recognizes that the expansion of fishing opportunity is only worthwhile if the quality of the fishery
can be sustained.
The closed season is the strictest regulatory approach to avoid two specific fishery-dependent
risks: mortality to potential spawners from hooking and handling, and the loss of eggs and pre-
emergent fry from inadvertent disturbance of redds by wading anglers. However, in considering
the extent to which the fishery can be enhanced by avoiding these risks, it is important to put them
in perspective by recognizing that they compete with other causes of natural mortality that co-
occur during the same period. These include adverse flow conditions, non-human predation,
extreme cold, and the well-documented tendency of late spawning trout to destroy previously
deposited eggs by digging new redds over existing redds. The importance of these fishery-
independent factors to the population dynamics of stream resident trout is well supported by the
published literature (Carline 2006) (Lobon-Cervia 2009). On an annual basis, the natural mortality
rate of wild brown trout averages 31% in good quality New York trout streams (Engstrom-Heg
1990). The critical management question then is whether the fishery-dependent risks associated
with the proposed catch and release season are likely to result in long term harm to the wild trout
population that is evident amidst the above described fishery-independent influences.
While experiments focused on this question are absent from the published literature, our risk
assessment benefitted from long term trout population monitoring data from inland trout streams
managed without a closed season in Pennsylvania and in New York under special regulations.
In a study of 23 headwater brook trout streams in Pennsylvania, population indices from 1990 to
2011 based on electrofishing catch per 100 square meters strongly suggest that brook trout
populations are sustainable with a catch and release season (Detar, et al. 2014). The persistent
high quality of the popular brown trout fishery of Spring Creek, Pennsylvania, managed under a
year-round catch and release regulation since 1982, provides further evidence that fall and winter
angling is not incompatible with quality trout fishing (Carline, Beard and Hollender 1991).
Meanwhile in New York, we have seen that resident wild brown and rainbow trout populations on
inland trout streams where angling is permitted during the spawning season by special regulation
have maintained their quality over the long haul. Examples include McKinistry Creek (since
2004), Hosmer Brook (since 2004), and Clear Creek Ellington (since 2015). The wild trout
population of the Cohocton River has thrived under a year round season (with harvest permitted)
since the late 1980’s. These examples provide additional evidence that allowing angling during
the current closed season will not be detrimental at the population level. Perhaps the most
compelling evidence that allowing catch and release angling during spawning season will not
negatively impact wild trout populations comes from a carefully controlled experiment designed
to quantify any such effects on spawning Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Idaho (Roth, et al. 2019).
The authors found no negative effect of angling and air exposure up to 60 seconds on short-term
survival, long-term survival, or reproductive success.
The available evidence supports the conclusion that, under actual stream conditions, egg and fry
mortality associated with wading anglers is too low to affect the trout population. Reduced fry
production was demonstrated for redds exposed to simulated wading in a laboratory experiment
(Roberts and White 1992). However, detrimental effects were not observed in the cutthroat trout
population of the Yellowstone River despite the exposure of spawning habitat to a popular wading
fishery during the incubation period (Kelly 1993). It should also be acknowledged that, in New
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York, the current opening day of trout season does not protect incubating rainbow trout eggs and
fry from wading anglers. Indeed, rainbow trout spawning activity may be ongoing on April 1st.
Given the lack of evidence that wading anglers are harming trout at the population level, outreach
to help anglers identify and avoid redds is preferable to retaining the closed season as a means
of further reducing accidental redd disturbance. While no effect on trout populations is
anticipated, an increased appreciation and understanding of wild trout reproduction by anglers is
a desirable outcome.
The sustainability of wild trout populations managed without the traditional closed season may
seem counterintuitive given the obvious importance of successful natural reproduction. The low
impact is probably a function of low cold-weather angling pressure combined with low handling
stress associated with cold water temperatures (Mitro 2015). Under these circumstances and,
given the powerful fishery-independent factors at work, it is not surprising that fishery-dependent
impacts are not evident. While year-round angling will hold the greatest appeal for the most
committed catch and release anglers, there will be circumstances that may tempt some anglers
to exercise poor ethics. Similar temptations currently exist now to fish for thermally stressed trout
during summer. Rather than impose broad summer season closures at the expense of reduced
fishing opportunity and angler judgement, the DEC has emphasized outreach and education to
mitigate potential for harm. A similar outreach and education strategy is warranted for the
proposed catch and release season. Despite the long tradition of a closed season on New York
trout streams, there is ample evidence to suggest that the hardy subset of anglers motivated to
pursue the sport over the winter on a catch and release basis can do so with the confidence that
they are not harming the fishery.
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Appendix 2: Initial Stream Reach Category Assignments (May 2020). All reaches in the Wild-Quality, Wild-Premier, Stocked,
and Stocked-Extended Categories are included. For the Wild category, only reaches previously stocked or previously
evaluated for stocking are included in this table. Publicly accessible trout streams not shown in this table are managed under
the Wild category. Reaches stocked by a county operated fish hatchery are indicated as follows: E=Essex County,
O=Onondaga County, W=Warren County. Reach categories can change in response to new information; the Resurvey
Priority column shows the relative priority for surveys to validate the initial category assignments. For stocked reaches, the
numbers of 9-inch yearlings and trout ≥12 inches are shown without reference to species.
Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
1 Suffolk Carlls River Carlls River below Southards Pond Stocked High 487 47
1 Suffolk Carlls River Carlls River between Belmont Lake Southards Pond
Stocked High 334 36
1 Suffolk Carlls River Carlls River upstream of Belmont Lake Wild Med 0 0
1 Suffolk Carmans River Carmans River upstream of Hards Lake to LIRR
Stocked-Extended Low 1,384 152
1 Suffolk Carmans River North of power lines to LI expressway Wild Low 0 0
3 Dutchess Crum Elbow Creek 1.0 Mi Abv P424 - T13 Stocked Low 1,125 120
3 Dutchess Crum Elbow Creek P423 - 1.1 Mi Abv T2 Stocked Low 390 42
3 Dutchess Fishkill Creek 0.5 Mi Abv Mth (Slocum Rd) - 0.3 Mi Blw T3a (Washington Ave)
Stocked Low 1,003 109
3 Dutchess Fishkill Creek T5 - T6 Stocked Low 2,294 223
3 Dutchess Fishkill Creek T12 - 0.3 M1 Blw T21 Stocked Low 2,850 304
3 Dutchess Mill Pond Brook (Amenia Bk)
0.5 Mi Blw Ta - P1123 Lk Amenia) 2.5 Mi Wild Low 0 0
3 Dutchess Roeliff Jansen Kill 0.5 Mi Blw T33 - 0.2 Mi Blw T36 (2.0 Mi Open)
Stocked Med 375 40
3 Dutchess Sawkill Blw P823 (Mill Pond) Wild Low 0 0
3 Dutchess Sprout Creek T2 - 0.5 Mi Abv T8 Stocked Low 1,140 114
3 Dutchess Sprout Creek 0.5 Mi Abv T8 - T13 Stocked Low 642 64
3 Dutchess Sprout Creek 0.8 Mi Abv Mth - T2 Stocked Low 1,568 167
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
3 Dutchess Swamp River Mth - T1a Stocked Low 480 51
3 Dutchess Ten Mile River T2A Upstream 2.7 Mi Stocked Low 2,063 220
3 Dutchess Ten Mile River T5 - 0.3 Mi Abv T8 Stocked Low 968 103
3 Dutchess Ten Mile River 0.5 Mi Blw T10 -T12 Stocked Low 870 93
3 Dutchess Wappingers Creek Old Mill Rd. Bridge in Red Oaks Mill to East Branch Wappingers Creek in Hibernia
Stocked-Extended Med 7,032 780
3 Dutchess Wappingers Creek Old Mill Rd. Bridge in Red Oaks Mill to East Branch Wappingers Creek in Hibernia
Stocked-Extended High 4,618 502
3 Dutchess Wappingers Creek T30 - T33 Wild High 0 0
3 Dutchess Wappingers Creek 3/4 miles downstream of Jameson Hill Rd. Bridge in Clinton Corners to 1/2 mile upstream of Creamery Rd Bridge in Stanfordville
Wild-Quality High 0 0
3 Dutchess Webatuck Creek Mth - 1.0 Mi Abv Mouth Stocked Low 234 23
3 Dutchess Webatuck Creek 0.6 Mi Blw T11a - T18 6.2 Mi (5.2 Mi Open) Stocked Low 1,268 135
3 Dutchess Whaley Lake Brook Mth - 0.1 Mi Blw T3 Stocked Low 450 48
3 Orange Moodna Creek T3 - 0.5 Mi Abv T7 Stocked Low 3,737 364
3 Orange Neversink River From the Oakland Valley Rd crossing downstream to the Guymard Tpke crossing.
Stocked-Extended Low 6,000 600
3 Orange Ramapo River Arden Valley Rd to Orange/Rockland County line
Stocked-Extended Low 5,123 569
3 Orange Rutgers Creek 0.1 Mi Blw T4 - 0.5 Mi Abv T18 Stocked Low 1,553 166
3 Orange Shawangunk Kill 1.3 Mi Bel T8a - T26 Stocked Low 1,635 174
3 Orange Shawangunk Kill T26 - 2.0 Mi Abv T30 Stocked Low 1,185 126
3 Orange Shingle Kill 0.1 Mi Blw T6 - Mouth Stocked Low 432 43
3 Orange Wawayanda Creek State Line - T12 Stocked Low 323 34
3 Orange Woodbury Creek Mth - T7 Stocked Low 431 46
3 Putnam Croton River East Branch
P89 - T31 Stocked Low 2,700 288
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
3 Putnam Croton River East Branch
Diverting Reservoir to East Branch Reservoir
Stocked-Extended High 1,384 152
3 Putnam Croton River East Branch
Muscoot Reservoir to Diverting Reservoir Stocked-Extended Med 4,984 552
3 Putnam Croton River West Branch
P67 (W. Br. Re) - P76 (Boyd Corn. Rs) Boyd's Outlet
Stocked Low 685 67
3 Putnam Croton River West Branch
Croton Falls Reservoir to East Branch Croton River
Stocked-Extended Low 870 85
3 Putnam Croton River West Branch
West Branch Reservoir to Croton Falls Reservoir
Wild-Quality High 0 0
3 Putnam Foundry Brook P215 - 0.4 Mi Abv T3a Stocked Low 218 24
3 Putnam Peekskill Hollow Brook
Westchester Co Line - 0.3 Mi above T15, 4.5 Mi, 3.0 Mi Open
Stocked Low 660 66
3 Rockland Cedar Pond Brook Rockland County Route 108 Bridge to 300 yards downstream of Tiorati Trail.
Stocked Low 239 27
3 Rockland Mahwah River T1 - P998b Stocked Low 660 70
3 Rockland Minisceongo Creek T8 - T11 Stocked Low 293 31
3 Rockland Minisceongo Creek North Branch
Mth - T5 Stocked Low 330 35
3 Rockland Ramapo River Orange/Rockland County line to H. Pierson Mapes Flat Rock County Park
Stocked-Extended Low 1,765 196
3 Rockland Sparkill Creek P24 - T10 Stocked Low 360 38
3 Rockland Stony Brook Mth - 0.5 Mi Abv T2 Stocked Low 285 31
3 Sullivan Beaver Brook Mth - 1.1 Mi Abv Mth Stocked Low 323 34
3 Sullivan Beaver Kill 1/2 mile upstream of the Beaverkill covered bridge at the Beaverkill Campground downstream to the Delaware/Sullivan County Line
Stocked-Extended High 6,989 758
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
3 Sullivan Callicoon Ck North Branch
From Gossweyler Pond downstream to junction with Callicoon Creek.
Stocked-Extended Low 1,722 191
3 Sullivan Callicoon Ck North Branch
Lower Weissman Road bridge crossing to Gossweyler Pond
Wild-Quality High 0 0
3 Sullivan Callicoon Creek Entire Stocked Low 623 66
3 Sullivan Callicoon Creek East Branch
Mth - T1 Stocked Low 113 12
3 Sullivan Callicoon Creek East Branch
0.3 Mi below T5 - 0.1 Mi below T7 Stocked Low 705 75
3 Sullivan Callicoon Creek East Branch
T8 - T13 Stocked Low 1,208 129
3 Sullivan Callicoon Creek East Branch
P240a (Lk Jefferson) - 0.5 Mi Abv T14a Stocked Low 368 39
3 Sullivan Chestnut Creek 0.1 Mi below T2 - 0.3 Mi below T5 Stocked Low 458 49
3 Sullivan Fir Brook 0.4 Mi Abv Mth - T2 Wild Low 0 0
3 Sullivan Halfway Brook Mth - 0.5 Mi Abv T8 Stocked Low 900 96
3 Sullivan Little Beaverkill Mth - Falls Blw T8 Stocked Med 1,358 145
3 Sullivan Mongaup Creek 0.5 mi Abv mouth - T5 Stocked High 255 26
3 Sullivan Mongaup River P108a Upstream 1.0 Mi Stocked Low 750 72
3 Sullivan Mongaup River East Branch
Mth - 0.5 Mi Abv T28 Stocked Low 735 78
3 Sullivan Mongaup River Middle Branch
Mth Upstream 3.0 Mi (Swan Lake Rd) Stocked Low 612 61
3 Sullivan Mongaup River West Branch
Mouth Upstream 0.5 Mi Stocked Low 533 57
3 Sullivan Neversink River Junction with Wynkoop Brook downstream to the Sullivan/Orange County line.
Stocked-Extended High 4,595 476
3 Sullivan Sandburg Creek T15 - 0.6 mi abv T18 (2.4 mi open) Stocked Low 398 42
3 Sullivan Sandburg Creek 0.3 mi Abv T22 - 0.4 mi Abv T22 Stocked Low 310 30
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
3 Sullivan Ten Mile River Mth - P212 (Luxton Lk) (1.9 Mi Open) Stocked Low 398 42
3 Sullivan Ten Mile River 0.1 Mi Blw T8 - 0.5 Mi Abv T11 Stocked Low 278 30
3 Sullivan Ten Mile River East Branch
Mouth - 0.6 Mi Blw P211 (Neweiden Pond) Wild Low 0 0
3 Sullivan Willowemoc Creek 1200 feet upstream of Elm Hollow Brook downstream 3.5 miles to second Rt 17 bridge crossing.
Stocked-Extended High 2,637 264
3 Sullivan Willowemoc Creek Junction with Fir Brook downstream approx. 20 miles to junction with Beaver Kill except catch and release section below.
Stocked-Extended High 11,379 318
3 Ulster Beer Kill Mouth - T1 Stocked Low 567 60
3 Ulster Beer Kill West Branch
Windsor Lake downstream to junction with Beer Kill
Wild-Quality High 0 0
3 Ulster Black Creek Mouth upstream 1.8 miles Stocked Low 315 34
3 Ulster Esopus Creek Junction with Lost Clove Creek downstream to Ashokan Reservoir
Stocked-Extended Low 19,771 2,156
3 Ulster Holliday Creek Mth - T1 Wild Low 0 0
3 Ulster Lucas Kill Mth - 0.5 Mi Abv T3 Wild Low 0 0
3 Ulster Mill Brook Mth - up 2.0 miles Stocked Low 968 108
3 Ulster Plattekill Creek T5 - P834 (Blue Mtn Res) Stocked Low 1,698 170
3 Ulster Plattekill Creek P834 (Blue Mtn Res) - T13 Stocked Low 216 22
3 Ulster Rochester Creek Mettacahonts Road downstream to junction with Rondout Creek
Wild-Quality High 0 0
3 Ulster Rondout Creek P 812 (Honk Lake) - P 814 (Rondout Reservoir)
Stocked High 1,473 158
3 Ulster Rondout Creek 0.3 Blw T29 - T38 (Sandburg Crk) Stocked Med 3,165 344
3 Ulster Rondout Creek T53 (Sundown Creek) - T58b Wild-Quality High 0 0
3 Ulster Sandburg Creek Mth - 0.7 Mi Blw T9 Stocked Low 1,148 122
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
3 Ulster Sandburg Creek Arrowhead Road upstream to the Sullivan/Ulster County line.
Wild-Quality High 0 0
3 Ulster Sawkill Creek P837 (Zena Res) - T19 Stocked Low 840 90
3 Ulster Sawkill Creek T20 - T22 Wild High 0 0
3 Ulster Stony Kill Mth - T3 Wild High 0 0
3 Ulster Verkeeder Kill Mth - 2.0 Mi Abv Mth (Route 52 crossing) Stocked Low 236 25
3 Ulster Vernooy Kill Mth up 1.0 Mi Stocked Low 217 23
3 Ulster Vernooy Kill 0.3 below T1 (below Cutler Road) to 0.5 mi below T5b (Potterville)
Stocked Low 1,038 104
3 Ulster Woodland Valley Stream
Entirety of Woodland Valley Creek (Small stream. Can we have one reg on this stream instead of splitting up the segments?
Wild-Quality Low 0 0
3 Ulster Yager Stream 0.4 Mi Bel T2 - T5 Wild High 0 0
3 Westchester Amawalk Inlet P50 - Co Line Stocked Low 458 49
3 Westchester Amawalk Outlet Amawalk Reservoir to Muscoot Reservoir Stocked High 540 54
3 Westchester Cross River Reservoir Outlet
P44 - P109 Stocked Low 413 40
3 Westchester Croton River 2.3 Mi Abv Mth - Croton Dam Stocked Low 986 96
3 Westchester Mianus River Mianus Res Upstream 0.1 Mi Abv T3 Stocked Low 456 46
3 Westchester Peekskill Hollow Brook
Dam Abv T4 - Putnam Co Line 2.0 Mi, 1.5 Mi Open
Stocked Low 548 58
3 Westchester Pocantico River Old Croton Aquaduct to 0.3 Miles Blw P30 Stocked Low 338 36
3 Westchester Stone Hill River Mth - 0.2 Mi Abv Beaver Dam Rd Stocked Low 540 54
3 Westchester Titicus River Titicus Reservoir to Muscoot Reservoir Stocked Med 394 44
3 Westchester Waccabuc River Mouth to 0.5 Mi Abv T5a (Kimberly Bridge) Stocked Low 266 120
4 Albany Basic Creek T6-1.4M Abv T8 Wild Low 0 0
4 Albany Basic Creek T16-T18 Stocked Low 255 27
4 Albany Basic Creek Mouth-T4 Stocked Low 308 33
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
4 Albany Catskill Creek Basic Creek to source Stocked-Extended Low 7,064 784
4 Albany Hannacrois Creek T1-T7 Stocked Low 585 62
4 Albany Lisha Kill 2.3 MI ABV T3-4 Stocked Low 128 14
4 Albany Vly Creek P259 Inlet-T3 Stocked Low 322 34
4 Columbia Kinderhook Creek T13-0.6 BLW T16 Stocked-Extended Low 3,808 424
4 Columbia Kinderhook Creek 0.5M BLW T22-T26B Stocked-Extended Low 3,462 384
4 Columbia Kinderhook Creek 0.6M BLW T16-0.5M BLW T22 Stocked-Extended Low 8,160 908
4 Columbia Roeliff Jansen Kill Bingham Mills Dam-Ancram Dam 20.9m (pp)
Stocked Low 5,340 534
4 Columbia Roeliff Jansen Kill Ancram Dam -Robinson Pond 10.0m(pp) Stocked Low 1,632 163
4 Columbia Roeliff Jansen Kill Robinson Pond to source Wild Low 0 0
4 Columbia Taghkanic Creek Mth-water diversion at New Forge 13.0 MI (PP)
Stocked Low 2,138 228
4 Delaware Beaver Kill Beaverkill in Delaware County Stocked-Extended Low 6,560 954
4 Delaware Bush Kill Mouth - Source Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Delaware Charlotte Creek T8-T19 Stocked Low 3,270 349
4 Delaware Charlotte Creek T19-T21 Stocked Low 492 49
4 Delaware Delaware River E. Branch
T80 - 0.2 MI ABV T88 Stocked Low 1,425 152
4 Delaware Delaware River E. Branch
T94 - 0.5 MI ABV T95 Stocked Low 548 58
4 Delaware Delaware River E. Branch
0.6 MI BLW T90 - T94 Stocked Low 804 80
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
4 Delaware Delaware River W. Branch
Hobart to Delaware County Fairgrounds Stocked-Extended Low 15,196 1,688
4 Delaware Delaware Tailwaters
E. Branch and W. Branch below reservoirs to DR Junction and Delaware R downstream to Lordville-Equinunk Bridge
Wild-Premier Low 0 0
4 Delaware East Brook Mouth-Source Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Delaware Emory Brook Mouth-Source Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Delaware Little Delaware R. T11-T13 Stocked Low 131 15
4 Delaware Little Delaware R. Mth-T1 Stocked Low 218 23
4 Delaware Lower Beech Hill Brook
Mouth-Source Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Delaware Mill Brook Mouth-Source Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Delaware Peakes Brook Mouth-Source Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Delaware Platte Kill Mouth-Source Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Delaware Russell Brook Mouth-Source Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Greene Batavia Kill Mouth to Source Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Greene Bushnellsville Creek
T2-Source Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Greene East Kill Mth-T15A Stocked Low 1,104 110
4 Greene Schoharie Creek Roaringkill - source Wild Low 0 0
4 Greene Schoharie Creek Prattsville Barrier Dam-T128 Stocked Low 5,558 593
4 Greene Schoharie Creek Dolans Lake Diversion-T147B Stocked Low 653 70
4 Greene Schoharie Creek T128-T133 Stocked Low 2,970 317
4 Greene Schoharie Creek T133-Dolans Lake Diversion Stocked Low 3,383 361
4 Greene West Kill Mth-T4 2.8M (PP) Stocked Low 435 46
4 Greene West Settlement Creek
Mouth-Source Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Montgomery Canajoharie Creek T17-T25 Stocked Low 802 85
4 Otsego cherry valley ck 0.01 MI BLW T3-T6 Wild Low 0 0
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
4 Otsego Elk Brook Mth-T4 Stocked Low 948 95
4 Otsego Elk Brook T4-source Stocked Low 392 44
4 Otsego Oaks Creek 1.8 MI Abv Mth - 1.0 MI Abv T7 Wild Low 0 0
4 Otsego Otsdawa Creek entire Stocked Low 246 25
4 Otsego Otsdawa Ck E. Br. M - T1 Wild Low 0 0
4 Otsego Schenevus Creek 0.3M Blw T19-T31 Wild Low
4 Otsego Schenevus Creek T14-T17 Wild Low
4 Otsego Schenevus Creek T7-T14 Stocked-Extended Low 5,538 616
4 Otsego Wharton Creek Mth-T9 Stocked Low 3,000 320
4 Otsego Wharton Creek T9-T22 Stocked Low 2,003 214
4 Rensselaer Black River Entire Black River Wild-Quality Med 0 0
4 Rensselaer Black River MTH-T2 Wild-Quality Med 0 0
4 Rensselaer East Creek Mouth-Source Wild-Quality Low
4 Rensselaer Kinderhook Creek T26B-T39 Stocked-Extended Low 1,770 177
4 Rensselaer Little Hoosic River 0.9 MI Abv MTH - 0.1 MI Abv T8 Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Rensselaer Little Hoosic River 0.1 Abv T8 - 1.3 MI Abv T22 Wild-Quality Low 0 0
4 Rensselaer Mill Creek P304B-T4 Wild Low 0 0
4 Rensselaer Poesten Kill T13-T17 Stocked Low 252 28
4 Rensselaer Poesten Kill 0.4M Abv T19-T24 Stocked Low 302 34
4 Rensselaer Poesten Kill T17-T19 Stocked Low 149 17
4 Rensselaer Poesten Kill T24 TO PN445E Stocked Low 405 43
4 Rensselaer Poesten Kill T6-T11 Stocked Low 1,950 208
4 Rensselaer Walloomsac River Mth - 0.7 MI Abv T1 (0.6 MI Inaccessible) Stocked Low 786 79
4 Rensselaer Walloomsac River 0.5 MI Blw T2 - state line (0.9 MI inaccessible)
Stocked Low 2,063 220
4 Rensselaer Walloomsac River 0.7 MI Abv T1 - 0.5 MI Blw T2 Stocked Low 1,013 108
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
4 Rensselaer Wynants Kill T13-T16 Stocked Low 188 20
4 Rensselaer Wynants Kill Inlet OF PN336-T13 Wild Low 0 0
4 Schenectady Lisha kill T3-2.3M Abv T3 Stocked Low 293 31
4 Schoharie Panther Creek Mouth-Source Wild-Quality Low
4 Schoharie West Kill 0.5M BLW T4-T11 Stocked Low 558 62
5 Clinton Black Brook Mouth to Black Pond Dam Stocked Low 375 42
5 Clinton Crystal Creek Mth to 0.5 mile upstream of Bull Run Road Wild Low 0 0
5 Clinton Dry Mill Brook Ta to 1/2 mile above T4a Stocked Low 545 58
5 Clinton Little Chazy River T6 - T7a Stocked Low 322 32
5 Clinton N. Br. Great Chazy River
Graves Brook (1000 ft east of Cannon Corners Rd) to Lake Roxanne
Stocked-Extended Low 2,180 244
5 Clinton N. Br. Great Chazy River
Mouth to Graves Brook (1000 ft east Cannon Corners Rd)
Stocked-Extended Low 3,532 392
5 Clinton North Br. Saranac River
Mth - 0.5 mile abv T3 (Cold Brook) Stocked Low 3,359 358
5 Clinton Riley Brook Irish Settlement Rd - T1 Wild Low 0 0
5 Clinton Salmon River T6 to T9c Stocked Low 289 32
5 Clinton Saranac River T5 - 0.3 miles above Kent Falls Powerhouse Stocked Low 2,978 318
5 Clinton Saranac River Moffitsvl Powerhouse Downstream 1.2 Mi Stocked Low 1,964 209
5 Clinton Saranac River 1500 ft east of Cane Rd bridge crossing to 2000 ft south of North Branch Saranac confluence AND 2700 ft of river below Union Falls Dam
Stocked-Extended Low 7,539 836
5 Clinton True Brook Mouth to Smithkill Brook (.8 mile west of Number 37 Rd)
Wild-Quality Low 0 0
5 Essex Alder Creek End of Crane Pond Rd. downstream to Alder Meadow Rd. crossing
StockedE High 287 29
5 Essex Ausable River Ausable Forks downstream 3.3 miles StockedE Low 6,127 654
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5 Essex Ausable River Along Dugway Rd. downstream to 1/2 mile above Alice Falls
StockedE Low 6,382 681
5 Essex Beaver Brook Hardy Rd. crossing downstream to Rt. 86 crossing
StockedE Med 263 26
5 Essex Black River Mouth to Trib 11 Stocked Low 352 35
5 Essex Boquet River 0.3 mile below T26 to 0.5 mile above T36 Stocked Low 2,993 319
5 Essex Boquet River 0.6 mile below T42 to .5 mile below Split Rock Falls
Stocked Low 2,963 316
5 Essex Boquet River Slide Brook confluence to Split Rock Falls StockedE Low 393 39
5 Essex Boquet River Whallonsburg to hamlet of Bouquet (Jersey St. crossing)
StockedE Low 2,378 254
5 Essex Boreas River 1/2 Mi Blw T4 to T22a Stocked Low 1,314 140
5 Essex Boreas River Trib 29, upstream 1.0 mile (County Rt 2) Stocked Low 437 47
5 Essex Cascade Brook Just below Owls Head Rd. down to East Branch Ausable confluence
StockedE Low 287 29
5 Essex Chilson Brook Reservoir Upstream 2.0 Mi Wild Low 0 0
5 Essex Chubb River Mth - Newman Pond Stocked Low 502 50
5 Essex Chubb River Newman Pond Upstream 3.0 Mi Stocked Low 565 57
5 Essex Deer Creek N. Woods Club Rd. crossing downstream to 14th Rd. crossing
StockedE Low 334 33
5 Essex East Branch Ausable River
Mth - Jay Stocked Low 6,303 672
5 Essex East Branch Ausable River
Jay to Hulls Falls Stocked Low 7,013 701
5 Essex East Branch Ausable River
Trib 36 to St Huberts Stocked Low 1,353 135
5 Essex East Branch Ausable River
Porter Brook confluence (near Airport Rd.) downstream to Hulls Falls Rd.
StockedE Low 697 70
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5 Essex Hudson River Co Line - Boreas River Stocked Low 8,340 09
5 Essex Hudson River Boreas River - Indian River Stocked Low 11,280 010
5 Essex Hudson River Co. Rt. 76 Canoe/Kayak Access downstream to Opalescent River confluence
StockedE Low 1,796 192
5 Essex Hudson River Tahawus Rd. crossing downstream to Blue Ridge/Tahawus Rd. junction
StockedE Low 810 86
5 Essex Johns Brook 1/2 Mile Abv and Blw Trib 1 Wild Low 0 0
5 Essex La Chute Between B Mill dam and Lower (F Mill) Dam Stocked Low 709 76
5 Essex La Chute The LaChute Falls downstream to Rt. 22 crossing
StockedE Low 280 30
5 Essex Lake Placid Outlet Mouth to P254 Stocked Low 327 36
5 Essex McKenzie Brook West of Moriah between the two Windy Hill Rd. crossings
StockedE High 216 22
5 Essex Mill Brook Mill Pond to T9 Stocked Low 665 66
5 Essex Minerva Stream Trib 1 to P380 Stocked Low 527 56
5 Essex Minerva Stream North end of Byrnes Rd. downstream to Shevlin Rd. crossing
StockedE Low 305 31
5 Essex N. Br. Boquet River Rt. 9 crossing in Deerhead downstream to Moss Rd. crossing
StockedE Med 1,254 125
5 Essex N. Br. Boquet River Reber Valley Rd. downstream to Sunset Drive
StockedE Med 1,091 109
5 Essex North Branch Boquet River
0.3 miles downstream of Trib 5 to Trib 10 Stocked Low 1,898 202
5 Essex North Branch Boquet River
2.0 miles above Trib 10 to 0.3 miles above Trib 16
Stocked Low 1,059 106
9 Trout ≥12” incompatible with airstocking
10 Trout ≥12” incompatible with airstocking
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5 Essex Norton Brook Mouth Upstream 1 Mi Stocked Low 102 10
5 Essex Otis Brook Mouth Upstream 1 Mi Wild Low 0 0
5 Essex Putnam Creek 0.2 Miles above Trib 10 Upstream 1.3 Miles. Wild Low 0 0
5 Essex Putnam Creek Putnam Pond downstream to Route 74 crossing
StockedE Med 496 50
5 Essex Putnam Creek Amy Hill Rd. crossing downstream to Crown Point Center
StockedE Med 458 46
5 Essex Putnam Creek Crown Point Center downstream to Rt. 22 crossing
StockedE Med 631 63
5 Essex Ray Brook 0.25 Mile Blw Ray Brook Dam Downstream 0.75 Mile
Wild Low 0 0
5 Essex Rogers Brook Mouth Upstream 1.1 Mi Wild Low 0 0
5 Essex Saranac River T48 downstream 2 miles Stocked Low 1,546 165
5 Essex Saranac River Moose Pond trailhead on Rt. 3 downstream to Moose Pond Rd. crossing
StockedE Low 3,114 332
5 Essex Schroon River Trib 57 to P5458 Stocked Low 1,371 146
5 Essex Schroon River Near end of Ensign Pond Rd. (north spur) to Frontiertown Campground
StockedE Low 1,194 127
5 Essex Schroon River Approx. 1.5 miles north of Schroon Falls down to south end of Miller Rd.
StockedE Low 1,957 209
5 Essex South Meadow Brook
Mth - T1 Stocked Low 347 35
5 Essex Spruce Mill Brook Mouth Upstream 2.6 Miles Stocked Low 558 56
5 Essex Spruce Mill Brook From 2.6 Miles above Mouth to Trib 11 Stocked Low 560 62
5 Essex Spruce Mill Brook Jay Mountain Rd. crossing downstream to Route 9
StockedE Med 447 45
5 Essex The Branch Mouth Upstream 1.0 Mile Stocked Low 203 20
5 Essex The Branch (North Hudson)
Waterfall at Blue Ridge downstream to Palmer Dam Pond
StockedE High 492 49
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5 Essex Trout Brook Trib. 6 to 0.25 Miles above Trib 8 Stocked Low 713 71
5 Essex Trout Brook 0.75 Mi Blw T4 to 0.25 Mi Abv T4 Wild Low 0 0
5 Essex West Branch Ausable River
0.5 Mi Abv Rt 73 Bridge - Holcomb Pond Outlet
Stocked Low 2,468 263
5 Essex West Branch Ausable River
0.5 Mi Abv and Blw Bridge on Adk Loj Rd Stocked Low 488 52
5 Essex West Branch Ausable River
2.2 miles below Monument Falls to Wilmington
Stocked-Extended Low 9,952 1,104
5 Essex West Branch Ausable River
Holcomb Pond Outlet to 2.2 miles below Monument Falls
Stocked-Extended Low 3,100 344
5 Essex West Branch Ausable River
Wilmington Dam to Ausable Forks Stocked-Extended Low 4,050 448
5 Essex West Branch Ausable River
Wilmington Dam downstream to Ausable Forks
Stocked-ExtendedE Low 4,014 454
5 Frankin Alder Brook Mouth Upstream 1.0 Mile Wild Low 0 0
5 Frankin Ampersand Brook T2 - 0.4 Mi Blw T7 Stocked Low 406 45
5 Frankin Chateaugay River Pulp Mill power lines to Forge Dam, 2.5 miles inaccessible
Stocked Low 2,117 226
5 Frankin Chateaugay River From High Falls Dam to end of posted PFR 1 mile from US/Canada Border
Stocked-Extended Med 3,840 424
5 Frankin Deer River 0.25 mi below T9b to T16b (3.8 mi inaccessible)
Stocked Low 2,219 237
5 Frankin Hatch Brook Mth - 0.5 Mi Abv Porcaville Bk Wild Low 0 0
5 Frankin Lawrence Brook 1.5 Mi Abv T6 to 0.25 Mi Blw T9 Wild Low 0 0
5 Frankin Little Salmon River T5a to Trib 11 Stocked Low 1,351 135
5 Frankin Little Trout River 1.4 mi below T2 to 1.2 mi above T4b, parts inaccessible.
Stocked Low 777 83
5 Frankin Little Trout River T4d - T7a Stocked Low 360 36
5 Frankin Negro Brook T3 - T9 (3.4 miles inaccessible) Wild Low 0 0
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Total Trout ≥ 12"
5 Frankin North Branch Saranac River
Trib 9 (West Brook) to 0.5 mi above Slab Bridge
Stocked Low 1,008 101
5 Frankin Plum Brook From 1/4 Mile Upstream of Trib. A to Trib 2 Stocked Low 618 66
5 Frankin Salmon River Ballard Pond to Dam at Chasm Falls Stocked Low 4,432 443
5 Frankin Salmon River Lamica Lake to Ballard Pond Stocked Med 1,966 210
5 Frankin Salmon River Rt. 37 Bridge Westville Center to Flatrock Road Bridge
Stocked-Extended Med 5,808 648
5 Frankin Salmon River No Kill Signs 200 yds. downstream of Cargin Road Bridge to Lamica Lake Dam
Stocked-Extended Med 6,852 760
5 Frankin Saranac River Pine Street Bridge - Dam Stocked Low 636 68
5 Frankin St. Regis River Dam at St. Regis Falls downstream 2 miles. Stocked Low 1,637 175
5 Frankin Stony Brook Mth Upstream 1.0 Mi Wild Low 0 0
5 Frankin Trout River 0.5 Mi Blw Nys Rt 30 - T12, 2.8 Mi Inaccessible
Stocked Low 2,060 206
5 Frankin Two Bridge Brook 1/2 Mi Abv Mth - 1/2 mi abv Rt 86 (4.8 miles inaccessible, includes Sumner Brook from Lyon Brook Confluence to Rt 3 Bridge)
Stocked Low 1,215 113
5 Fulton Anthony Creek, T1 Mth - Upstream 1.0 Mi Wild Low 0 0
5 Fulton Ayers Creek T2 - 0.5 Mi Blw T6 Stocked Med 364 39
5 Fulton Bacon Brook T1 - T4 Wild Low 0 0
5 Fulton Caroga Creek 0.4 Mi below T25 - Upstream 1.5 Mi Wild Low 0 0
5 Fulton Cayadutta Creek 0.5 miles upstream and downstream of State Route 334
Stocked Low 400 32
5 Fulton Cayadutta Creek Downstream end of reach is foot path off of W. Montgomery St./Upstream is at crossing of with Co. Hgwy 122
Stocked-Extended Med 2,562 284
5 Fulton Crum Creek Trib 5 upstream 2.2 miles Stocked High 460 49
5 Fulton East Canada Creek Trib 8 to Trib 22 (7.0 miles inaccessible) Stocked Med 4,145 442
5 Fulton Hale Creek T2 - 0.5 Mi Abv T5 Wild Low 0 0
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5 Fulton Hans Creek Mth - Upstream 3.0 Mi Wild Med 0 0
5 Fulton Kecks Center Creek
Mth to 0.25 Mi Abv T3 Wild Low 0 0
5 Fulton Kennyetto Creek from Sherman Brook (Trib 5) outlet upstream to Hagedorn Rd crossing
Wild Low 0 0
5 Fulton Mayfield Creek Mth Upstream 1.5 Mi Wild Low 0 0
5 Fulton Mayfield Creek, T1 Mth Upstream 1.3 Mi Wild Low 0 0
5 Fulton Meco Creek 0.5 Mi Abv Mouth to T2 Wild Low 0 0
5 Fulton Middle Sprite Creek
Mouth upstream 1 mile Stocked Med 247 26
5 Fulton Timmerman Creek T6 to T7 Wild Low 0 0
5 Fulton Zimmerman Creek Montgomery Co - Dam at P698 a Wild Low 0 0
5 Hamilton Benedict Creek Mth up 1.0 Mi Wild Low 0 0
5 Hamilton Cedar River 0.3 mi below T28 to 0.25 mi above T31a. Stocked Low 845 90
5 Hamilton Cedar River In large pool at end of Pelon Road in Town of Indian Lake.
Wild Low 0 0
5 Hamilton Indian River Trib 2 to Lake Abanakee Dam Stocked Low 2,373 253
5 Hamilton Jessup River 1/4 Mi Blw T4 to T8 Stocked Low 848 90
5 Hamilton Jessup River 1/2 Mi Abv and Blw Nys Rt 30 Stocked Low 350 37
5 Hamilton Mill Creek Mth to 0.5 Mi Blw T6 Stocked Low 554 59
5 Hamilton Moose River County Line to Trib 58 Stocked Low 659 70
5 Hamilton Moose River T60 to 1.5 Mi Abv T63 (3.5 Mi Inaccessible) Stocked Low 793 85
5 Hamilton Otter Brook Mouth to Otter Brook bridge Stocked Low 557 59
5 Hamilton Raquette River From 0.25 miles below Trib 169 to Forked Lake
Stocked Low 1,799 192
5 Hamilton Sacandaga River T20 - Lk Algonquin Dam Stocked Low 2,025 216
5 Hamilton Sacandaga River 0.4 mi above Trib 29 (East Branch Sacandaga) upstream 1.0 mile.
Stocked Low 664 71
5 Hamilton Sacandaga River T35 - Power Dam near T39 Stocked Low 1,079 115
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5 Hamilton South Branch West Canada Creek
0.5 Mi blw. T5 to T8 and T10 to T13 Stocked Low 1,952 208
5 Hamilton Sumner Stream Trib 1 Upstream 1.0 Miles Wild Low 0 0
5 Hamilton West Branch Sacandaga River
T3 to 0.5 miles above T5 Stocked Low 1,200 128
5 Saratoga Alplaus Kill 1.0 Mi Abv T10 - T15 (1.2 Mi Inaccessible) Wild Low 0 0
5 Saratoga Bog Meadow Brook 0.2 Mi Blw Trib 1aa to Trib 3 Wild Low 0 0
5 Saratoga Cole Brook T3 - T8 Wild Low 0 0
5 Saratoga Daly Creek Mouth to 0.5 Mi Abv T2 Wild Med 0 0
5 Saratoga Dwaas Kill Trib 1 to Trib 3 Stocked Med 432 46
5 Saratoga Geyser Brook 1/4 Mi Abv Mth to Dam Blw P38 Stocked Med 437 47
5 Saratoga Geyser Brook Trib F - T3 Wild Med 0 0
5 Saratoga Glowegee Creek Mouth to Trib 2 Stocked Med 890 95
5 Saratoga Kayaderosseras Creek
0.5 miles upstream of crossing at intersection of N. Creek Rd. and Squashville Rd. to Dam at Cottrells Paper mill.
Stocked-Extended Low 3,219 356
5 Saratoga Kayaderosseras Creek
From Dam at Cottrell Paper mill downstream to Northline Rd. crossing
Stocked-Extended Low 3,808 424
5 Saratoga Kayaderosseras Creek
1/4 Mi Abv T41 - 1/2 Mi Bel T36 (Co Rt 25 - Bockers Rd)
Wild Low 0 0
5 Saratoga La Rue Creek Mth - T5 Wild Low 0 0
5 Saratoga Paul Creek Lower 1.0 Mi Wild Med 0 0
5 Saratoga Sand Creek Mth to T2 Stocked Med 599 64
5 Saratoga Snook Kill 1/2 mile above T3 to T19a1 (3.6 miles inacessible)
Stocked Med 1,464 156
5 Warren English Brook Route 9 bridge upstream to Summerville Rd StockedW High 450 45
5 Warren Glen Creek Route 8 upstream to Dippikill Rd. Stocked Med 486 54
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5 Warren Hudson River Hamilton County Line downstream 3 miles Stocked-Extended Low 5,192 576
5 Warren Mill Creek Kibby Creek to tributary immediately south of Armstrong road
Stocked Med 600 60
5 Warren Mill Creek Route 28 bridge downstream to mouth StockedW Med 1,150 115
5 Warren Mill Creek Route 28 Bridge upstream to Kibby Creek Wild High 0 0
5 Warren North Creek From North Creek Town park upstream to Back to Sodom Road
StockedW Low 750 75
5 Warren Northwest Bay Brook
On FP from Padanarum Rd, down to Rte 9N StockedW High 400 40
5 Warren Schroon River Horicon Ave. bridge upstream to Starbuckville Dam
Stocked-Extended Low 3,400 340
5 Warren Schroon River Horicon Ave. Bridge to Exit 24 on I 87 Stocked-ExtendedW Med 3,600 100
5 Warren Schroon River 418 bridge downstream to parking area on north side of 418 at top of dam pool
StockedW Low 1,200 120
5 Warren Stewart Brook Downstream of Potash Rd. to Fourth lake inlet
Wild Low 0 0
5 Warren Stony Creek Mth - T11 Stocked Low 292 29
5 Warren Trout Brook Route 9 upstream 0.6 miles-Gambles beach road
StockedW Med 350 36
5 Washington Batten Kill County Rt 61 bridge - Eldridge Swamp Stocked-Extended Low 4,224 468
5 Washington Batten Kill 1/2 mi downstream of Battenville bridge - 1/2 mi upstream of Battenville bridge
Stocked-Extended Low 2,180 244
5 Washington Batten Kill Mouth of Black Creek to Rexleigh Bridge Stocked-Extended Low 10,248 1,140
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Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
5 Washington Batten Kill Whitaker Brook to mouth of Black Creek Stocked-Extended Low 4,016 448
5 Washington Batten Kill Upstream of Rexleigh bridge - downstream side of RT 61 bridge
Wild Low 0 0
5 Washington Batten Kill Eagleville bridge upstream 2.0 miles to Hart Hill Road
Wild-Quality Med 0 0
5 Washington Black Creek Mouth to Trib 2a Wild Low 0 0
5 Washington Halfway Creek T11 - T19 (1.0 Mi Inaccessible) Wild Low 0 0
5 Washington Halfway Creek, T5 of T8
Mouth Upstream 1.0 Mi, Stock @ Hadlock Pd Rd
Wild Low 0 0
5 Washington Hartshorn Brook Mth - T3 Wild Low 0 0
5 Washington Indian River 1.0 Mi Abv T1 - T4, 1.2 Mi Inaccessible Stocked Med 324 32
5 Washington Mettawee River North Granville - State Line Stocked-Extended Low 8,032 892
5 Washington Owl Kill Mouth to 1/2 mile above T7 Wild Low 0 0
5 Washington Poultney River One mile Abv and Blw rt 22a bridge Wild Low 0 0
5 Washington West Branch Black Creek
Mouth Upstream 1.5 Mi Wild Low 0 0
5 Washington Whipple Brook 1/2 mi. downstream of King Rd to 1/2 mile upstream of Belle Rd (T1a). Stock at King Rd and Belle Rd
Wild Low 0 0
5 Washington White Creek Mouth - T2 Wild Low 0 0
6 Herkimer Fulmer Creek T3-T9 Stocked Med 632 67
6 Herkimer Moose River Mckeever - Minnehaha on the Middle Branch
Stocked Med 1,436 153
6 Herkimer Otsquago Creek Starkville - T23 Stocked Med 545 58
6 Herkimer Otsquago Creek County line - Starkville Wild Low 0 0
6 Herkimer Ransom Brook 0.1m blw T3-T4 Wild Low 0 0
6 Herkimer Spruce Creek Mth - dam (P0706a) Stocked High 2,310 246
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6 Herkimer Steele Creek From Spinnerville Gulf Rd upstream 1.1 miles
Stocked High 315 34
6 Herkimer Sunday Creek Mouth - T2 Stocked Low 473 50
6 Herkimer Third Lake Creek Mth upstream 1.0M Wild Med 0 0
6 Herkimer Unadilla River T66 (Co Line) - P243 (Chepachet Pond) Stocked High 1,298 138
6 Herkimer West Canada Creek
From Middleville to Kast Bridge Stocked Med 7,243 780
6 Herkimer West Canada Creek
Hinkley Res - falls 0.25 MI ABV T70 Stocked Med 4,776 508
6 Herkimer West Canada Creek
0.25 Mi Abv T70 - Co Line Stocked Med 8,700 928
6 Herkimer West Canada Creek
Middleville – Oneida County Line Stocked-Extended Med 12,892 1,432
6 Jefferson Black Creek T1 - 1.0 Mi Abv T3 Stocked Med 810 86
6 Jefferson Black Creek Fort Drum Stocked Low 2,040 218
6 Jefferson Black Creek West Branch
Rt 3A - Lake School Rd Stocked Low 338 36
6 Jefferson Black River Vanduzze St (Watertown)-Rt 3 Handicapped Deck
Stocked High 5,250 560
6 Jefferson Felts Mills Creek T1a - T3 Stocked Low 915 98
6 Jefferson Jacobs Creek Venton Rd FPA - Cook Rd Stocked Low 474 47
6 Jefferson Sandy Creek Adams - North Branch Stocked High 2,198 234
6 Jefferson Skinner Creek Mannsville down Stocked High 165 18
6 Jefferson South Sandy Creek Worth up 3.0M Stocked Med 420 42
6 Jefferson Townsend Creek Lower (Taylor Rd – Whittaker Rd) Stocked High 210 22
6 Lewis Alder Creek Mth-T8 Stocked Low 1,395 149
6 Lewis Black Creek Mth - T8 Stocked High 590 66
6 Lewis Black River Lyon Falls – Oneida County Line Stocked Low 7,905 799
6 Lewis Crystal Creek New Bremen Dam downstream (Van Amber Rd)
Stocked Med 963 105
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6 Lewis Deer River West Branch
1.5 Mi Abv Mth - 1.0 Mi Abv T5 Stocked High 233 23
6 Lewis Fish Creek East Branch
Oneida Co Line - Rome Res Dam Stocked Low 615 66
6 Lewis Fish Creek East Branch
Rome Res - T19 Stocked Med 1,395 149
6 Lewis Fish Creek East Branch
T23 - 0.5 Mi Abv T29 Stocked Med 2,130 227
6 Lewis Indian River Natural Bridge - T65 Stocked Med 855 91
6 Lewis Indian River T76 - Indian River Village Stocked Med 288 32
6 Lewis Mad River T20 - T26 Wild High 0 0
6 Lewis Moose River Fowlerville Road - Co Line Stocked Low 3,950 421
6 Lewis Oswegatchie River West Branch
Kimball Mills up 1.9 Mi Stocked Low 945 101
6 Lewis Oswegatchie River West Branch
Jerden Falls Vicinity Stocked Low 405 43
6 Lewis Oswegatchie River West Branch
Below Long Level Dam Wild High 0 0
6 Lewis Oswegatchie River West Branch
Blw French Pond (Grunerts) Wild High 0 0
6 Lewis Otter Creek 0.2 Mi Abv T6 - Partridgeville Stocked Low 255 27
6 Lewis Otter Creek Mth - 0.5 Mi Abv P661 Stocked Med 1,481 158
6 Lewis Point Rock Creek Co Line - Mud Lake Road Stocked Med 503 54
6 Lewis South Creek Lower Wild Low 0 0
6 Lewis Whetstone Creek Blue road - Glendale Rd Wild Low 0 0
6 Oneida Black River Lewis County Line - 0.8 MI Abv T99 Stocked Med 9,288 991
6 Oneida Black River Dam in Forestport downriver 1.0 MI Stocked Med 1,198 128
6 Oneida Black River Kayuta Lk - Herkimer County Stocked Med 1,800 192
6 Oneida Canada Creek 0.5 Mi Blw T1 - 0.1 Mi Abv T3 Stocked Low 473 50
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Total Trout ≥ 12"
6 Oneida Canada Creek 0.1 Mi Abv T5 - 0.5 Abv T6 Wild Med 0 0
6 Oneida Cincinnati Creek Mth - T2 Stocked High 730 78
6 Oneida Cincinnati Creek Rt 365 up 2.3 Mi Stocked High 818 87
6 Oneida Fish Creek East Branch
1.4 Mi Blw T1 - 0.5 Mi Abv T3 Stocked High 2,725 291
6 Oneida Fish Creek East Branch
T10 – Lewis County Line Stocked Med 1,855 198
6 Oneida Fish Creek West Branch
0.5 Mi below Westdale Dam to Oswego County Line
Stocked Med 713 76
6 Oneida Fish Creek West Branch
McConnellsville – Camden Stocked Med 4,365 466
6 Oneida Fish Creek West Branch
Camden - 0.1 MI blw T31 Stocked Med 1,598 170
6 Oneida Lansing Kill Mth - T7 Stocked Med 858 86
6 Oneida Mad River Mth - Dam blw T7 Stocked Med 1,935 206
6 Oneida Mohawk River Delta Lake - Northwestern Stocked Low 1,841 196
6 Oneida Mohawk River Northwestern - 0.1 MI ABV T272 Stocked Med 1,290 138
6 Oneida Mohawk River Barge Canal – Delta Dam Stocked-Extended Med 11,632 1,292
6 Oneida Mohawk River East Branch
West Leyden Dam down Stocked Med 533 57
6 Oneida Ninemile Creek T8 - Canal Feeder Stocked High 4,073 434
6 Oneida Oneida Creek T7 - Madison Co Line Stocked High 3,200 341
6 Oneida Oriskany Creek 0.5 MI ABV T13 - Clinton Stocked Low 1,600 171
6 Oneida Oriskany Creek Clinton - Deansboro Stocked Low 2,423 258
6 Oneida Point Rock Creek Mth - Co Line Stocked Med 855 91
6 Oneida Sauquoit Creek NY Mills(T4)-Chadwick (T11) Stocked Low 1,548 155
6 Oneida Sauquoit Creek Chadwick (T11)-T29 Stocked Low 1,044 116
6 Oneida Sconondoa Creek T5 - 0.2 MI ABV T9 Stocked Med 560 56
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Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
6 Oneida West Canada Creek
Co. line - First bridge below Cincinnati Creek
Stocked-Extended Med 7,824 868
6 Oneida West Canada Creek
Power Plant-First bridge below mouth of Cincinnati Creek
Stocked-Extended High 3,516 392
6 Oneida Wood Creek 1 Mi Blw T14 - T15a Stocked High 259 28
6 St Lawrence Little River Aldrich Up 1.5 Mi Stocked Low 983 105
6 St Lawrence Little River Mth -Oswegatchie Trail Stocked Low 1,020 109
6 St Lawrence Little River 0.2 Mi Blw T5 - T9 Stocked High 1,440 154
6 St Lawrence Oswegatchie River Wanakena - Inlet Stocked Low 581 62
6 St Lawrence Plumb Brook Mth - T7 Stocked Med 750 80
6 St Lawrence Plumb Brook T7 - T20 Stocked Med 1,853 198
6 St Lawrence St Regis River Nicholville - County Line (2Y go to selected stocking points within section).
Stocked High 4,253 454
6 St Lawrence St Regis River 0.5 Miles below Fort Jackson to Franklin County Line
Stocked Low 5,261 560
6 St Lawrence West Branch St. Regis River
Rt11B-Allen Falls Dam Stocked Med 2,531 270
6 St. Lawrence Bog River 1.5 MI Blw T5 - T5 (Vicinity Loew Dam) Stocked Low 420 45
6 St. Lawrence Grass River T36-0.3M Abv Russell Stocked High 1,283 137
6 St. Lawrence Grass River T48 downstream 1.0 MI Stocked Low 648 69
6 St. Lawrence Grass River South Branch
DeGrasse down 1.0M Stocked Low 2,535 270
6 St. Lawrence Hopkinton Brook 0.7M ABV Mth-0.9M Abv T1 Stocked Med 475 51
6 St. Lawrence Oswegatchie River Cranberry Lake down Stocked Med 2,925 312
6 St. Lawrence Trout Brook 1.0M blw T5-T7 Stocked High 1,200 120
6 St. Lawrence Van Rensselaer Creek
County Rt 23 – Plains Rd. Stocked Med 527 56
7 Broome Dudley Creek 0.5 mi. blw. Center Lisle - 0.5 mi. abv. Popple Hill Rd.
Stocked Low 330 35
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Total Trout ≥ 12"
7 Broome East Branch Nanticoke Creek
Mouth - 0.5 mi. above mouth Stocked Med 158 17
7 Broome Nanticoke Creek Pollard Hill Rd -Cross Road Stocked High 1,778 190
7 Broome Nanticoke Creek 0.5 Mi Abv Mth - Rt 26 brdg Stocked High 840 90
7 Broome Oquaga Creek Mth - Rt 17 brdg [T6 (Excluding No - Kill)] Stocked High 504 50
7 Broome Oquaga Creek No Kill (Rt 17 brdg - Old Rt 17 brdg E of McClure)
Stocked High 780 78
7 Broome Oquaga Creek [McClure] Old Rt 17 brdg E of McClure - N. Sanford Rd. (T6 - T10)
Stocked High 1,110 111
7 Cayuga Fall Creek Cay./Tomp. Co. Line - 1 mi. S. of Lk. Como (T39)
Stocked Low 915 98
7 Cayuga North Brook Mills Rd Bridge - Rt 34 (T8 - 0.5 Mi Abv T11) Stocked Low 878 94
7 Cayuga Owasco Inlet Moravia to Groton Stocked-Extended Low 2,700 400
7 Cayuga Owasco Outlet State Dam to Mill Street Dam Stocked Low 578 62
7 Cayuga Salmon Creek Cay/Tomp Co. Line - Myers Rd. (T19 - T31) Stocked Low 1,763 188
7 Chenango Genegantslet Creek
Route 206 North to 1st Route 220 bridge Stocked Low 2,432 272
7 Chenango Genegantslet Creek
No Kill (1st Rt 220 brdg N of Smthvl Flats - Mth of 5 Strms)
Stocked Low 172 20
7 Chenango Genegantslet Creek
Route 206 to Route 41 Stocked Low 1,940 216
7 Chenango Genegantslet Creek
Rt 41 - 1st Rt 220 brdg N of Smithville Flats Stocked Low 492 56
7 Chenango Otselic River Cort./Chen. Co. line to the South Otselic Hatchery Angler Parking Lot
Stocked Low 1,485 165
7 Chenango Otselic River Rt 80 - Chen/Madison Co line Stocked Low 525 52
7 Chenango Otselic River South Otselic Hatchery Angler Parking Lot to Rt 80
Stocked-Extended Low 3,585 355
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Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
7 Cortland East Branch Tioughnioga River
Mth - Youngs Crossing (T6) Stocked Low 3,270 349
7 Cortland East Branch Tioughnioga River
Bells Mills Rd.(Truxton) - Rt 13 brdg (Cuyler) Stocked Low 1,373 146
7 Cortland Merrill Creek Mth - Rt 221 Crossing Wild Low 0 0
7 Cortland Otselic River Rt 23 in Lower Cinc. - Cort./Chen. Co. line (T34 - T38)
Stocked Low 2,115 226
7 Cortland West Branch Tioughnioga River
Mth - 0.6 Mi abv T6 (White Brdg Circle) Stocked Med 2,843 303
7 Madison Beaver Creek South Brookfield - Brookfield Village Stocked Low 1,065 114
7 Madison Canaseraga Creek Tag Rd - Creek Rd Wild Low 0 0
7 Madison Canastota Creek County Rt 5-NYS Rts 5&13 Wild Low 0 0
7 Madison Chenango River Randallsville brdg - Old County Rd S. (T87) Stocked Low 2,543 271
7 Madison Chittenango Creek Route 20 - Ballina Road Stocked Low 1,518 165
7 Madison Chittenango Creek End of no kill north to Russell St in Chittenango.
Stocked-Extended Low 1,172 196
7 Madison Chittenango Creek RT 13 - Mile Marker 1237 south of Chitt to Marker 1219 located at the Fenner/Sullivan Town line.
Stocked-Extended Low 1,592 176
7 Madison Chittenango Creek Route 20 in Cazenovia north to start of no kill.
Stocked-Extended Low 8,032 892
7 Madison Chittenango Creek Nelson Swamp unique Area off from Constine Bridge Road
Wild Low 0 0
7 Madison Cowaselon Creek N Court St Crossing - NYS Rt 5 Stocked Low 828 92
7 Madison Limestone Creek Gardner Gulf Rd - 0.1 Mi Abv East Rd Stocked Low 504 50
7 Madison Old Chenango Canal
From Route 46 Bridge to Oriskany Creek Wild-Premier High 0 0
7 Madison Oneida Creek Valley Mills Rd - Stockbridge Falls Rd. (T29) Stocked Low 863 92
7 Madison Oneida Creek Stockbridge Falls Rd. (T29) - S. Butler Rd. Wild Low 0 0
63
Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
7 Madison Oriskany Creek Rt 12B bridge - Old Chenango Canal Wild-Premier Low 0 0
7 Madison Otselic River Chen./Mad.Co. line - Rt 26 brdg 1 mi N of Lebanon Rd
Stocked Low 1,553 166
7 Madison Payne Brook 0.5 mi below Taylor L. - Spillway Rd. (T3 - T6)
Stocked Low 330 28
7 Madison Sangerfield River Rt 88 in Poolville - Wickwire Rd. (T7 - T18) Stocked Low 2,055 219
7 Madison Stone Mill Brook Morgan Rd. - Bradley Brook Rd. Wild Low 0 0
7 Madison T32 of E. BranchTioughnioga Riv.
Mth - 0.2 Mi Abv 1st Crumb Hill Rd Crossing Wild Low 0 0
7 Onondaga Butternut Cr Route 80 to Ryder Park Stocked-ExtendedO High 7,500 2,000
7 Onondaga Carpenters Br mouth to Rt 321 StockedO Low 1,597 163
7 Onondaga Fabius Br Rt 80 to Bardeen Rd StockedO High 2,400 250
7 Onondaga Furnace Br Pond to T1 StockedO Low 200 200
7 Onondaga Geddes Br shove park to canal StockedO High 750 250
7 Onondaga Harbor Br Grand Blvd to Avery Ave StockedO Low 517 56
7 Onondaga Limestone Cr Rt 80 to Fayettville (Canal Park) Stocked-ExtendedO Med 8,250 2,500
7 Onondaga Ninemile Cr below Marcellus Falls to State Fair Blvd Stocked-ExtendedO Low 10,000 5,300
7 Onondaga Ninemile Cr Otisco Lake - Marcellus StockedO Low 3,200 450
7 Onondaga Onondaga Cr Route 20 to Tully Farms Rd Stocked-ExtendedO Low 1,140 200
7 Onondaga Skaneateles Cr Village of Skan. To Canal Park Dam (Jordan)
StockedO Low 2,500 725
7 Onondaga Spafford Br masters rd to Sawmill Rd StockedO Low 475 75
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
7 Onondaga W Br Limestone Cr Manlius and No. 2 West Rd Stocked-ExtendedO High 2,664 259
7 Onondaga W Br Onondaga Cr Mouth to Pleasant Valley Rd StockedO Low 750 250
7 Oswego Black Creek P7 (Crook's Pd) - P8 (Mud Pd) Stocked Low 352 38
7 Oswego North Branch Salmon River
Mth - Mad R. (Mth - 0.4 Mi Abv Harvester Mill Rd.)
Stocked Low 1,410 150
7 Oswego North Branch Salmon River
Mad R. - T21 (0.4 Mi Abv Harv. Mill Rd. - 0.6 Mi Abv Abes Dr.)
Stocked Low 1,140 122
7 Oswego Rice Creek 0.3 Mi Abv P62a (Co Rt 7) - 0.2 Mi Blw T2 ( Co Rt 20)
Wild Med 0 0
7 Oswego Salmon River Waterbury Rd - Co Line Stocked Low 900 96
7 Oswego South Branch Grindstone Creek
Mth - Hong Kong Rd Stocked High 810 86
7 Oswego West Branch Fish Creek
0.5 Mi Blw Rt 13 - 0.5 Mi Abv Base Bridge Rd
Stocked High 938 100
7 Tioga Catatonk Creek Gridleyville Crossing - T22 (Rt 96 Bridge) Stocked Low 885 94
7 Tioga Cayuta Creek Main St (Lockwood) - Chemung County Line Stocked Low 1,628 174
7 Tioga East Branch Owego Creek
Mth - T6 (West Creek Rd. - Howard Hill Rd.) Stocked Low 1,170 117
7 Tioga East Branch Owego Creek
T12 - T14b (Rt 38 brdg at Payne Rd. - Mich. Hill S. F.)
Stocked Low 1,890 202
7 Tioga East Branch Owego Creek
Parking Area at Rt.38 Michigan Hill State Forest - Rt. 221
Wild Low 0 0
7 Tioga Owego Creek West Beecher Hill Rd. - T7 Stocked Low 1,920 192
7 Tioga West Branch Owego Creek
Jenksville to Point adjacent to Brigham Hill Rd
Stocked Low 2,004 200
7 Tioga West Branch Owego Creek
Point adjacent to Brigham Hill Rd to Pacific Rd
Wild Low 0 0
7 Tompkins Buttermilk Creek P347 Downstream 3/4 Mi Stocked Low 135 14
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
7 Tompkins Enfield Ck, T4 [Hines Road to] Mouth to Finger Lakes trail bridge on Butternut Creek RD
Stocked Low 73 8
7 Tompkins Enfield Creek [Finger Lakes trail bridge on Butternut Creek RD to] Ford to Hines Rd
Stocked Low 480 51
7 Tompkins Fall Creek Mclean - Groton City Stocked Med 1,800 192
7 Tompkins Salmon Creek Ludlowville (T4) - Tomp/Cay. Co. line) Stocked Low 1,770 189
7 Tompkins Sixmile Creek 0.2 mi above Rt. 79 - Banks Rd Stocked Med 888 89
7 Tompkins Virgil Creek Town Line Rd-to RT 13 Stocked Med 1,275 136
8 Chemung Cayuta Creek Tioga County Line to Schuler County Line Stocked-Extended Med 10,452 1,160
8 Chemung McCorn Creek Entire Wild Low 0 0
8 Chemung Newton Creek Entire Stocked Med 570 62
8 Chemung Sing Sing Creek State Route 352 to State Route 86 Stocked Low 709 77
8 Chemung/Steuben
Post Creek Old Field Drive (Campground) to Campground Road (Chambers)
Stocked Low 578 62
8 Genesee Oatka Creek Monroe County Line to Circular Hill Road Stocked-Extended Low 9,348 1,040
8 Livingston Hovey Gully Entire Wild Low 0 0
8 Livingston Reynolds Gully Creek
Falls upstream State Route 15A to source Wild Low 0 0
8 Livingston Sugar Creek Junction Scoville/Linzy Road to Canserragga Road
Stocked Low 918 92
8 Monroe Oatka Creek Scottsville-old dam abv Bowerman Rd, 1.0m open
Stocked-Extended Low 4,776 532
8 Monroe Oatka Creek Bowerman Road upstream to Wheatland Center Road
Wild-Premier Low 0 0
8 Monroe/Livingston
Spring Creek Source downstream to confluence with Oatka Creek
Wild-Quality Low 0 0
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
8 Ontario Canandaigua Outlet
Pioneer Road (FAS) to North Wayne St (Village of Phelps)
Stocked Low 3,713 396
8 Ontario Honeoye Inlet Route 36 to source Wild Low 0 0
8 Ontario/Yates Tannery Creek FL trib impassable barrier to Source Wild Low 0 0
8 Schuyler Cayuta Creek Chemung County Line to Swan Hill Road Stocked-Extended Med 6,160 684
8 Schuyler Hector Falls Creek Entire Wild 0 0
8 Schuyler Meads Creek Steuben County Line to source Wild Low 0 0
8 Schuyler Spring Brook Entire Wild 0 0
8 Seneca Canoga Creek Canoga Wildlife Management Area downstream of State Route 89
Stocked Med 300 0
8 Steuben Bennett Creek Cemetery Hill Road Bridge, Rexville along Route 248 to Rough and Ready Road Bridge
Stocked Low 570 61
8 Steuben Canaseraga Creek T21 - Falls 1/4 Mi Abv T29 Stocked Low 1,763 188
8 Steuben Canisteo River Pull off on West Ave. (Route 961F) Arkport to Bennett Strreet Bridge (North Hornell)
Stocked Med 788 84
8 Steuben Cohocton River County Route 39A (Atlanta) to new State Route 415 (Kanona)
Stocked-Extended High 13,076 1,447
8 Steuben Cryder Creek Allegany County Line to impoundment Wild Med 0 0
8 Steuben Meads Creek State Route 86 to Schyuler County Line Stocked Low 1,733 185
8 Steuben Neil Creek Entire Wild-Quality Med 0 0
8 Steuben Norton Hollow Brook
Entire Wild Low 0 0
8 Steuben/Livingston
Cohocton River County Route 39A to source Wild-Quality Med 0 0
8 Steuben/Livingston
Mill Creek Entire Wild-Quality Med 0 0
8 Yates Keuka Outlet Cherry Street (Penn Yan) to railroad trussel (Dresden)
Stocked Low 1,350 144
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
9 Allegany Black Creek Rt 408 - 2.0 Mi blw Birdsall Stocked Low 780 83
9 Allegany California Hollow Mouth to headwaters Wild Low 0 0
9 Allegany Canacadea Creek Alleg. Co. line to T-7 in Alfred Station Stocked Med 870 93
9 Allegany Canaseraga Creek County line to Swain Stocked Low 1,088 116
9 Allegany Caneadea Creek 0.5 mi below Rushford Village to Hardy's Corners
Stocked Med 585 62
9 Allegany Chenunda Creek Mouth to headwaters Wild Med 0 0
9 Allegany Cryder Creek State line to mouth of Wileyville Creek in Whitesville
Stocked Low 1,403 150
9 Allegany Dodge Creek Temple Street Bridge to West Clarksville Stocked Low 1,950 208
9 Allegany Dodge Creek, T-17 Entire Wild Low 0 0
9 Allegany Dyke Creek 0.4 Mi above mouth to 0.5 mi above Ray Hill Road.
Stocked Med 1,650 176
9 Allegany Genesee River Belmont Dam in Scio to Rt 417 bridge in Wellsville
Stocked-Extended High 14,430 1,404
9 Allegany Genesee River Rt 19 bridge in Shongo downstream to County Route 29 near Yorks Corner's
Stocked-Extended High 1,040 116
9 Allegany Genesee River Rt 417 in Wellsville to State Line, excluding C&R section
Stocked-Extended High 9,140 1,016
9 Allegany Hunt Creek Mouth to headwaters Wild Low 0 0
9 Allegany Little Genesee Creek
0.5 mi blw Sanford Hollow Rd to 0.6 mi abv Inavale & Pleasant Valley Rd
Stocked Low 1,920 205
9 Allegany Root Creek Mouth to headwaters Wild Low 0 0
9 Allegany Vandermark Creek First Co Rt 10 bridge abv mouth to Co Rt 10 bridge near Duke Road.
Stocked Low 825 88
9 Allegany Wiscoy Creek Wyoming County line to mouth Wild-Premier Low 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Bay State Brook Mouth to headwaters Wild Low 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Beaver Meadows Creek
Rt 240 abv Kruce Rd ups 1.2 mi and mouth up 1.6 mi to Fancy Tract Rd
Stocked Low 285 30
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
9 Cattaraugus Beehunter Creek 0.5 mi above mouth to headwaters Wild High 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Bone Run 0.5 mi blw Phillips Brook to mouth of N. Branch Bone Run
Stocked Low 330 35
9 Cattaraugus Bova Creek Mouth to headwaters Wild Med 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Cattaraugus Ck S. Br.
East Otto upstream 4.5 miles Stocked Med 675 72
9 Cattaraugus Clear Creek Mouth to Route 98 crossing near Phillipi Road
Wild-Premier High 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Connoisarauley Ck 0.2 miles blw County Rt 12 to 0.5 miles abv Neff Road
Stocked Low 278 30
9 Cattaraugus Coon Run Mouth to PA line Wild Med 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Elm Creek Mouth to Walker Road Wild-Premier High 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Elton Creek Mouth to Rt 16 in Delevan Stocked Med 1,440 154
9 Cattaraugus Elton Creek Farmersville Wild Low 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Elton Creek Rt 16 in Delevan upstream to former Swanson Hill Road bridge.
Wild-Quality High 0 0
9 Cattaraugus English Creek Mouth to headwaters Wild Med 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Fenton Brook Mouth to headwaters Wild-Quality High 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Five Mile Creek 0.2 mi blw T-2 (Chapin Cross Rd) to 0.2 mi abv T-10 (southern Church Rd crossing)
Stocked Low 893 95
9 Cattaraugus Forks Creek Mouth to Sugartown Road crossing above T-6
Stocked Low 1,110 118
9 Cattaraugus Great Valley Creek Mouth of Beaver Meadow Creek in Ashford Junction downstream 2 miles
Stocked Low 398 42
9 Cattaraugus Great Valley Creek Mouth of Wrights Creek upstream to Ellicottville (with breaks)
Stocked Low 1,830 195
9 Cattaraugus Guernsey Run Mouth to headwaters Wild Low 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Haskell Creek Creek Road to headwaters Wild Low 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Ischua Creek Mouth to Pierce Hill Road Stocked Low 3,864 420
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
9 Cattaraugus Ischua Creek Pierce Hill Road to Franklinville/Farmersville Town line
Stocked Low 2,944 320
9 Cattaraugus Lime Lake Outlet Mouth to Lime Lake Wild-Premier High 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Little Conewango Ck
Swamp Road to 0.6 miles abv Price Corners Stocked Low 1,418 151
9 Cattaraugus Lonkto Hollow Mouth to headwaters Wild Med 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Mansfield Creek Mouth to 0.5 mi abv. western most County Rt 13 (Maples Rd) crossing
Stocked Low 294 23
9 Cattaraugus Mansfield Creek 0.5 mi abv. western most County Rt 13 (Maples Rd) crossing to headwaters
Wild-Quality High 0 0
9 Cattaraugus McIntosh Creek Mouth to headwaters Wild Med 0 0
9 Cattaraugus McKinstry Creek Mouth to headwaters Wild-Quality High 0 0
9 Cattaraugus N. Br. Sawmill Run Mouth to headwaters Wild Low 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Quaker Run Cain Hollow to Science Lake Stocked Low 1,435 156
9 Cattaraugus Red House Brook Bay State Road to Red House Lake Stocked Low 495 53
9 Cattaraugus Red House Brook Red House Lake upstream 6.4 miles, including T-17
Stocked Low 1,028 109
9 Cattaraugus Rice Brook Mouth to headwaters Wild Low 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Stoddard Creek Mouth to headwaters Wild High 0 0
9 Cattaraugus The Ram Mouth to headwaters Wild-Quality High 0 0
9 Cattaraugus Wrights Creek O.5 mi below Howe Hill Rd up 3 miles. Stocked Low 383 41
9 Chautauqua Bear Lake Outlet 0.5 mi below Cemetery Road to 0.5 mi above Mill Rd
Stocked Low 338 36
9 Chautauqua Canadaway Creek T-10 to T-17 Stocked Low 353 38
9 Chautauqua Cassadaga Creek Kabob to 0.5 miles above Luce Road Stocked Low 630 67
9 Chautauqua Clear Creek Mouth to County Route 85 crossing above Cockaigne Ski Area
Wild-Premier High 0 0
9 Chautauqua Conewango Ck W. Br.
Hamlet to Farrington Hollow Brook Stocked Med 285 30
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
9 Chautauqua Farrington Hollow Mouth to headwaters Wild Low 0 0
9 Chautauqua Goose Creek Rt 474 in Ashville to Wall Street Stocked-Extended Med 2,908 324
9 Chautauqua Mill Creek 0.5 mi below Rt 60 bridge to 0.5 mi above T-6 (Hall Road)
Stocked Low 473 50
9 Erie Cattaraugus Creek Hake Road Bridge to mouth of Elton Creek Stocked Med 2,263 246
9 Erie Cayuga Creek Within Como Lake Park Stocked Low 1,403 150
9 Erie Cazenovia Ck, E. Br.
Emery Park to Savage Road Stocked Med 1,988 212
9 Erie Eighteen Mile Creek
Patchin Road upstream 1.0 mi to T-32 Stocked Low 338 36
9 Erie Ellicott Creek 0.5 mi abv Glen Ave. at Falls to 0.75 mi blw Glen Ave.
Stocked Low 533 57
9 Erie Little Buffalo Creek 0.7 mi blw Schwartz Rd to 0.5 mi abv Schwartz Rd and 0.5 mi blw Town Line Rd to East Ave.
Stocked Med 855 91
9 Erie Sardinia (Hosmer) Brook
Mouth - Genesee Rd. Wild-Quality High 0 0
9 Wyoming Beaver Meadow Creek
Mouth to headwaters Wild Med 0 0
9 Wyoming Buffalo Creek Factory Rd in Strykersville to Erie Co line Stocked Med 975 104
9 Wyoming Cattaraugus Creek Mouth of Elton Creek to 1.0 mi above East Arcade
Stocked-Extended High 6,508 723
9 Wyoming East Koy Creek Wyoming Co line to Green Bay Road Stocked-Extended Med 12,046 1,338
9 Wyoming East Koy Creek 0.5 mi below Hardy's Road to Whethersfield Road
Wild Low 0 0
9 Wyoming Flynn or Spring Brook
Mouth to headwaters Wild-Quality High 0 0
9 Wyoming Little Tonawanda Creek
W. Middlebury Road to Dale Stocked Low 375 40
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Region County Stream Reach Description Management Category
Resurvey Priority
Total 9” Yearling
Trout
Total Trout ≥ 12"
9 Wyoming N. Br. Wiscoy Creek
Mouth to headwaters Wild-Quality High 0 0
9 Wyoming Oatka Creek Mouth of Stony Creek to 0.5 mi above Keeney Road
Stocked Low 617 66
9 Wyoming Oatka Creek 0.5 mi above Keeney Road to headwaters Wild Med 0 0
9 Wyoming Tonawanda Creek Varysburg to Perry Road in N. Java Station Stocked Low 1,200 128
9 Wyoming Trout Brook Mouth to 0.1 mi above Hillside Road Wild-Quality High 0 0
9 Wyoming Wiscoy Creek Mouth to headwaters Wild-Premier High 0 0
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Appendix 3: Exceptions to management category regulations
Region County Water/Reach Management Category Daily Limit Season
1 Nassau all streams all streams C&R - zero brook trout
C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
1 Suffolk all streams all streams C&R - zero brook trout
C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
3 Putnam West Branch Croton River from Croton Falls Reservoir to East Branch Croton River
Stocked C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
3 Sullivan Willowemoc Creek/1200 ft above Elm Hollow Bk downstream to the 2nd Rt 17 Quickway Bridge
Stocked C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
3 Sullivan Neversink River/Neversink Gorge Unique Area
Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
4 Delaware Beaver Kill: 1) from Sullivan County line (below Roscoe) downstream 2.5 miles to the old railroad trestle and 2) from one mile upstream to 1.6 miles downstream of iron bridge at Horton
Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
4 Delaware Beaver Kill from Iron Bridge at Horton downstream to first Rt. 17 overpass
Stocked-Extended Angling prohibited July 1 through August 31 to protect thermally stressed trout
Apr 1-Oct 15; Oct 16 -Mar 31 (C&R Artificials Only)
4 Delaware From Route 17 overpass at Deposit downstream 2.0 miles
Wild-Premier C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
5 Clinton Saranac River from the Millstone Monument located at the intersection of Sand Pond Road and NYS Rt. 22B in Morrisonville upstream to Kent Falls Dam
Stocked C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
5 Clinton Saranac River from marked boundary 100 yards upstream of its confluence with the North Branch Saranac River upstream 1.4 miles to Stord Brook
Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
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Region County Water/Reach Management Category Daily Limit Season 5 Essex West Branch Ausable River from mouth of
Holcomb Pond Outlet downstream to marked boundary 2.2 miles downstream of Monument Falls
Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
5 Essex West Branch Ausable River from the Whiteface Ski Center bridge downstream to the Rt 86 bridge at the flume
Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
5 Franklin Salmon R.; Cargin-Flatrock (within a Stocked Extended reach)
Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
5 Hamilton Rock Pond Outlet Stream (between L. Tupper and Rock Ponds)
Wild C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
5 Washington Batten Kill Wild C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only 6 Herkimer West Canada Crk (Trenton Dam
downstream to 1st bridge below mouth of Cincinnati Crk)
Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
6 Oneida West Canada Crk (Trenton Dam downstream to 1st bridge below mouth of Cincinnati Crk)
Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
6 St. Lawrence S. Br. Grass (.5mi downstream Rt3 to Grass riv flow)
Stocked C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
7 Broome Oquaga Cr - Old Rt 17 brdg E of McClure to new Rt 17 brdg W of Deposit
Stocked C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
7 Chenango Genegantslet Cr - 1st Rt.220 brdg to mth of Five Streams
Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
7 Madison Chittenango Cr - Fenner/Sullivan Town Line to Mile marker 1237 S. of Villlage of Chitten.
Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
7 Onondaga Skaneateles Cr - Old Seneca Turnpike Brdg to Jordan Rd Brdg (10.2 miles)
Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
7 Onondaga Ninemile Cr - Amboy Dam to Onondaga Lake
Stocked C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
8 Livingston Spring Creek except Hatchery grounds Wild-Quality C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only 8 Livingston Spring Creek on Hatchery Grounds Wild-Quality C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only 8 Monroe Oatka Creek (Bowerman Rd to Union St.) Wild-Quality C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only 8 Monroe Oatka Creek (Wheatland Center Rd. to
Mouth of Spring Creek) Wild-Quality C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
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Region County Water/Reach Management Category Daily Limit Season 8 Monroe Oatka Creek from Union Road upstream
1.7 miles to Wheatland Center Road Wild-Premier C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
8 Monroe Spring Creek except Hatchery grounds Wild-Quality C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only 9 Allegany Genesee River (Rt 19 bridge in Shongo
dns 2.5 miles) Stocked-Extended C&R - zero trout C&R Year-Round, Artificials Only
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