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Essex County, New York trout stocking

New York stocks 227 waters in Essex County (140 lakes and ponds, 79 streams). The most recent stocking was Schroon Lake, 12 months ago (Nov 2025). Most stockings here come in April to May and September. On our record, 9 of these waters have been stocked in November and December.

Updated nightly from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) stocking data.

When Essex County is stocked

JanFeb: 1 stocking day1FebMar: 136 stocking days136MarApr: 528 stocking days528AprMay: 675 stocking days675MayJun: 72 stocking days72JunJul: 5 stocking days5JulAug: 9 stocking days9AugSep: 475 stocking days475SepOct: 241 stocking days241OctNov: 10 stocking days10NovDec: 1 stocking day1Dec
Stocking days in Essex County by month, all years on record. This month is shown in blue.

Essex County waters stocked in November and December

Across every year on record, most stocking days first. Past years are a guide, not a schedule.

  1. 1.Schroon Lake2 stocking days in 2 years, last Nov 2025
  2. 2.Moose PondSt. Armand2 stocking days in 2 years, last Nov 2017
  3. 3.Paradox LakeSchroon1 stocking day, last Nov 2024
  4. 4.Schroon LakeSchroon1 stocking day, last Nov 2024
  5. 5.Lake Eaton1 stocking day, last Nov 2023
  6. 6.Moose Pond1 stocking day, last Nov 2023
  7. 7.Paradox Lake1 stocking day, last Nov 2023
  8. 8.Paradox LakeParadox1 stocking day, last Nov 2020
  9. 9.Putnam CreekCrown Point1 stocking day, last Nov 2020

Stocked waters in Essex County

WaterTypeLast stockedOn recordSpecies
Schroon LakelakeNov 20254Landlocked salmon
Chapel Pond(Keene)pondOct 202520Brook trout, Rainbow trout
Lower Cascade Lake(Keene)lakeOct 202517Brook trout
Palmer Dam Pond(North Hudson)pondOct 202521Brook trout, Brown trout
Upper Cascade Lake(North Elba)lakeOct 202510Brook trout
Avalanche Lake(Keene)lakeSep 20254Brook trout
Baily Pond(Schroon)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Bartlett Pond(North Elba)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Bass Lake(North Hudson)lakeSep 202514Brook trout, Rainbow trout
Bear Pond(Ticonderoga)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Big Cherry Patch Pond(North Elba)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Big Marsh Pond(North Hudson)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Black Pond(Minerva)pondSep 20259Brook trout
Black Pond(North Elba)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Bloody Pond(North Hudson)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Bradley Pond(Newcomb)pondSep 20254Brook trout
Brother Ponds(Moriah)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Burge Pond(Schroon)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Center Pond(Minerva)pondSep 20259Brook trout
Clements Pond(Jay)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Cotters Pond(Schroon)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Crab Pond(Schroon)pondSep 202516Brook trout, Brown trout
Deer Pond(Minerva)pondSep 20259Brook trout
Dunk Pond(Minerva)pondSep 20256Brook trout
Eagles Nest Pond(Moriah)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Eighth Lake Essex Chain(Newcomb)lakeSep 20259Brook trout
Grizzle Ocean(Ticonderoga)Sep 202510Brook trout
Gull Pond(Schroon)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Hatch Pond(North Hudson)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Henderson Lake(Newcomb)lakeSep 202519Brook trout, Brown trout, Lake trout
Hewitt Pond(Minerva)pondSep 20259Brook trout
Horseshoe Pond(Schroon)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Howard Pond(North Hudson)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Jackson Pond(Minerva)pondSep 20259Brook trout
Latham Pond(Newcomb)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Lilypad Pond(Ticonderoga)pondSep 202511Brook trout
Little Rock Pond(Ticonderoga)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Lower Twin Pond(North Hudson)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Marion Pond(Schroon)pondSep 20257Brook trout
Moose Mountain Pond(North Hudson)pondSep 20258Brook trout
Moose Pond(North Elba)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Otter Pond(Ticonderoga)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Oxshoe Pond(Schroon)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Pharaoh Lake(Schroon)lakeSep 202510Brook trout
Rhododendron Pond(Keene)pondSep 20259Brook trout
Rock Pond(Ticonderoga)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Shingle Tree Pond(North Hudson)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Spectacle Pond(Schroon)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Springhill Pond(Ticonderoga)pondSep 202516Brook trout, Rainbow trout
Stony Pond(Minerva)pondSep 20259Brook trout
Triangle Pond(North Hudson)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Upper Twin Pond(North Hudson)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Upper Wallface Pond(North Elba)pondSep 20259Brook trout
Warren Pond(North Elba)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Whortleberry Pond(Schroon)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Winslow Pond (Roosevelt Derby)(Newcomb)pondSep 20251Rainbow trout
Wolf Pond(North Hudson)pondSep 202510Brook trout
Essex County Fair(Westport)Aug 202510Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Ausable River (Ausable Forks - Chesterfield)(Jay)streamJun 20256Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Lake Placid(North Elba)lakeJun 202524Rainbow trout
Paradox Lake(Schroon)lakeJun 202535Brown trout, Lake trout, Landlocked salmon, Rainbow trout
Saranac River(St. Armand)streamJun 202559Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Ausable River(Chesterfield)streamMay 202543Brown trout, Landlocked salmon, Rainbow trout
Barkeater Pond(Keene)pondMay 202523Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Black River(Lewis, Elizabethtown)streamMay 202511Brook trout
Boquet River(Elizabethown)streamMay 20251Brook trout
Clear Pond(Newcomb)pondMay 202510Rainbow trout
Connery Pond(North Elba)pondMay 202521Brown trout, Splake
Deadwater Pond(North Hudson)pondMay 202511Brown trout
Deep Hollow (KilKenny) Pond(Elizabethtown)pondMay 202515Rainbow trout
Deer Creek(Minerva)streamMay 202511Brown trout
Dimmick Pond(Minerva)pondMay 202511Brown trout
East Branch Ausable River(Keene)streamMay 202535Brook trout, Brown trout, Rainbow trout
East Branch Ausable River(Jay)streamMay 202536Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Fifth Lake Essex Chain(Minerva)lakeMay 202518Landlocked salmon, Rainbow trout
Fish and Game Club Pond(Chesterfield)pondMay 20257Rainbow trout
Fish and Game Club Pond(Westport)pondMay 202517Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Fish and Game Club Pond(Willsboro)pondMay 202519Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Hudson River(Minerva)streamMay 202528Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Lake Placid Outlet(North Elba)lakeMay 202515Brown trout
Mckenzie Pond(North Elba, St. Armand)pondMay 202510Landlocked salmon
Minerva Stream(Minerva)streamMay 202532Brook trout, Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Mirror Lake(North Elba)lakeMay 202530Lake trout, Rainbow trout
Moose Pond(St. Armand)pondMay 202542Brook trout, Landlocked salmon, Rainbow trout
Roes Pond(Moriah)pondMay 202543Brown trout, Rainbow trout
South Meadow Brook(North Elba)streamMay 202510Brook trout
Spruce Hill Brook (Route 73 & Shaffer Rd)(Keene)streamMay 20251Brown trout
Spruce Mill Brook(Lewis)streamMay 202547Brook trout, Brown trout
Spruce Mill Brook (Rt 73 & Shaffer Rd)(Keene)streamMay 20251Brown trout
Stevens Pond(Wilmington)pondMay 202513Brown trout
The Branch(Elizabethtown)streamMay 202520Brook trout
Third Lake Essex Chain(Minerva)lakeMay 202518Landlocked salmon, Rainbow trout
Trout Brook(Minerva)streamMay 202519Brook trout
West Branch Ausable River(Wilmington)streamMay 2025233Brook trout, Brown trout, Rainbow trout
West Branch Ausable River(Jay)streamMay 202563Brown trout, Rainbow trout
West Branch Ausable River(North Elba)streamMay 2025101Brook trout, Brown trout, Rainbow trout
West Branch Ausable River (Ausable Acres)(Jay)streamMay 20251Rainbow trout
Balfour Lake(Minerva)lakeApr 202517Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Bartlett Pond(Moriah)pondApr 202513Brown trout
Big Sherman Pond(Minerva)pondApr 202515Brook trout, Brown trout
Boquet River(Lewis)streamApr 202520Brown trout
Boquet River(Essex)streamApr 202526Brown trout, Landlocked salmon
Boquet River(Lewis, Elizabethtown)streamApr 202528Brown trout, Landlocked salmon
Boquet River and Tribs(Lewis)streamApr 20256Landlocked salmon
Boreas River(Minerva)streamApr 202560Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Cheney Pond(Minerva)pondApr 202517Brook trout, Brown trout
Chubb River(North Elba)streamApr 202531Brook trout, Brown trout
Clear Pond(Ticonderoga)pondApr 202522Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Coldspring Pond(North Elba)pondApr 202517Brook trout, Brown trout
Courtney Pond(North Hudson)pondApr 202527Brook trout, Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Crane Pond(Schroon)pondApr 202519Lake trout, Rainbow trout
Eagle Lake(Ticonderoga)lakeApr 202516Brown trout
Eagle Lake(Crown Point, Ticonderoga)lakeApr 202511Brown trout
East Branch Ausable River(Jay, Keene)streamApr 202526Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Ensign Pond(Moriah)pondApr 202511Brown trout
Glidden Marsh(Schroon)Apr 202511Brown trout
Gooseneck Pond(Ticonderoga)pondApr 202511Rainbow trout
Goose Pond(Schroon)pondApr 202525Brook trout, Rainbow trout, Splake
Grove Brook(Moriah)streamApr 202510Rainbow trout
Hudson River(Newcomb)streamApr 202538Brown trout, Rainbow trout
La Chute River(Ticonderoga)streamApr 202558Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Long Pond(North Elba)pondApr 202517Brook trout, Brown trout
Lost Pond(Ticonderoga)pondApr 202522Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Mill Brook(Moriah)streamApr 202525Brown trout
Munson Pond(North Hudson)pondApr 202517Brook trout, Brown trout
Oliver Pond(Schroon)pondApr 202511Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Owen Pond(North Elba)pondApr 202511Brown trout
Putnam Creek(Crown Point)streamApr 202531Brook trout, Brown trout
Quarry Pond (along West Branch of Au Sable(North Elba)pondApr 20252Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Rankin Pond(Minerva)pondApr 202515Brook trout, Brown trout
Schroon Lake(Schroon)lakeApr 202525Brook trout, Lake trout, Landlocked salmon
Schroon River(North Hudson)streamApr 202540Brook trout, Brown trout
Schroon River(Schroon)streamApr 202539Brook trout, Brown trout, Landlocked salmon
Tom Peck Pond(North Elba)pondApr 202511Brook trout, Brown trout
Twentyninth Pond(Minerva)pondApr 202513Brook trout, Brown trout
Vanderwacker Pond(North Hudson)pondApr 202511Brown trout
Ward Pond(Newcomb)pondApr 202511Brown trout
West Branch(North Elba)streamApr 20252Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Westport Club Pond(Westport)pondApr 202512Brook trout, Rainbow trout
Westport Reservoir 1(Westport)lakeApr 202510Brook trout, Rainbow trout
Westport Reservoir 2(Westport)lakeApr 202511Brook trout, Rainbow trout
Willsboro Club Pond 1(Willsboro)pondApr 202511Brook trout, Rainbow trout
Willsboro Club Pond 2(Willsboro)pondApr 202522Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Winch Pond(Wilmington)pondApr 202517Brook trout, Brown trout
Five Mile Run(Ticonderoga)streamMar 202512Brown trout
Trout Brook(Ticonderoga)streamMar 202525Brook trout, Brown trout
Winslow Pond(Newcomb)pondSep 20247Rainbow trout
Ausable River(Jay)streamApr 202424Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Beaver Brook(Wilmington)streamApr 20249Brook trout
Boquet River(Elizabethtown)streamApr 202433Brook trout, Brown trout, Landlocked salmon
Cascade Brook(Keene)streamApr 20249Brook trout
Cold Brook(Willsboro)streamApr 20249Brook trout
Johns Brook(Keene)streamApr 202412Brook trout
North Branch Boquet River(Willsboro)streamApr 202425Brook trout, Brown trout
Otis Brook(Jay)streamApr 202413Brook trout, Brown trout
Putnam Creek(Ticonderoga)streamApr 202414Brook trout, Brown trout
Ray Brook Pond(North Elba)pondApr 202420Brook trout
Red Brook(Wilmington)streamApr 20249Brook trout
Slide Brook(Keene)streamApr 20249Brook trout
Spruce Hill Brook(Keene)streamApr 202410Brown trout
Upper Cascade Lake(Keene)lakeApr 20247Brook trout
White Brook(Wilmington)streamApr 20247Brook trout
Alder Meadow Brook(Schroon)streamMar 20249Brook trout
Black River(Westport)streamMar 202410Brook trout
Boreas River(North Hudson)streamMar 202438Brook trout, Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Durgan Brook(Chesterfield)streamMar 20248Brook trout
Gay Brook(Chesterfield)streamMar 20248Brook trout
Hoisington Brook(Westport)streamMar 20249Brook trout
McKenzie Brook(Moriah)streamMar 20249Brook trout
North Branch Boquet River(Lewis)streamMar 202426Brook trout, Brown trout
Phelps Brook(Crown Point)streamMar 202411Brook trout
Rogers Brook(Schroon)streamMar 202414Brook trout, Brown trout
Spectacle Pond Brook(Schroon)pondMar 20248Brook trout
The Branch(North Hudson)streamMar 20248Brook trout
Westport Reservoir(Westport)lakeMar 202411Brook trout
Lake EatonlakeNov 20231Landlocked salmon
Moose PondpondNov 20233Landlocked salmon
Paradox LakelakeNov 20231Landlocked salmon
Giant Washbowl(Keene)Sep 20232Brook trout
Westport Fair(Westport)Aug 20232Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Lake PlacidlakeJun 20231Rainbow trout
Chesterfield Fish and Gmae(Chesterfield)May 20231Rainbow trout
Deep Hollow Pond(Elizabethtown)pondMay 20235Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Lake Champlain(Moriah)lakeMay 20237Brown trout
Westport Fish and Game Pond(Westport)pondMay 20234Rainbow trout
Willsboro Fish + Game(Willsboro)May 20231Rainbow trout
Boquet River North Branch(Elizabethtown)streamApr 20231Landlocked salmon
Huntley Pond(Minerva)pondOct 20224Brook trout
Livingston Pond(Newcomb)pondOct 20225Brook trout
Lower Preston Pond(Newcomb)pondOct 20227Brook trout
Moose Pond(Newcomb)pondOct 20227Brook trout
Shaw Pond(Newcomb)pondOct 20227Brook trout
Upper Preston Pond(Newcomb)pondOct 20227Brook trout
Brant lake(Brant Lake)lakeJun 20221Brown trout
Boquet RiverstreamMay 20221Landlocked salmon
Trout Pond(Moriah)pondSep 20216Brook trout
County Fair(Westport)Aug 20213Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Giant Washbowl Pond(Keene)pondMay 20214Brook trout
Lower Cascade Brook(Keene)streamMay 20212Brook trout
Marion Pond(North Hudson)pondMay 20211Brook trout
Upper Cascade Brook(Keene)streamMay 20212Brook trout
Paradox Lake(Paradox)lakeNov 20201Rainbow trout
East Branch Ausable RiverstreamOct 20202Rainbow trout
Lake ChamplainlakeSep 20201Lake trout
Lake Champlain(Chesterfield, Essex)lakeMay 20208Lake trout
Upper Saranac Lake(Harrietstown)lakeMay 20201Lake trout
West Branch Ausable RiverstreamMay 20201Rainbow trout
Lake Champlain(Chesterfield)lakeApr 20205Landlocked salmon
Trout Brook(Chester)streamApr 20201Brook trout
Norton Brook(Keene)streamMar 20205Brown trout
Barnes Pond(Minerva)pondOct 20193Brook trout
Winslow (Woodruff) Pond(Newcomb)pondSep 20191Rainbow trout
Scribner Pond(Plattsburgh)pondMay 20191Rainbow trout
Chilson Brook(Ticonderoga)streamApr 20194Brook trout
White Brook and T-3 of White Brook(Wilmington)streamOct 20182Brook trout
Goosepuddle Pond(Moriah)pondSep 20183Brook trout
Lake Champlain(Essex)lakeSep 20181Landlocked salmon
Spectacle Brook(Schroon)streamApr 20171Brook trout
Kilkenny Brook Pond(Elizabethtown)pondMay 20163Brown trout, Rainbow trout
Round Pond(Keene)pondMay 20161Brook trout
Ausable River East Branch(Jay)stream2Brown trout
Ausable River East Branch(Jay, Keene)stream2Brown trout
Ausable River East Branch(Keene)stream1Brown trout
Ausable River - West Branch(North Elba)stream9Brook trout, Brown trout
Ausable River - West Branch(Wilmington)stream8Brown trout
Ausable River - West Branch(Jay)stream8Brown trout
Boquet River(E'town)stream1Brook trout

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