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West Branch Ausable River Fishing and Stocking

Essex County, New York. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation reports stockings here as yearly totals (Brook Trout, Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout), the latest for May 2025.

2025 Stocking

PeriodSpeciesFishSize
May 2025Brown Trout1,0008.67 in
May 2025Brown Trout12013.8 in
May 2025Brown Trout9014.1 in
May 2025Brown Trout6309.4 in
May 2025Brown Trout8418 in
May 2025Brown Trout10013.61 in
May 2025Brown Trout6013.6 in
May 2025Brown Trout7509.15 in
May 2025Rainbow Trout10011 in
May 2025Brook Trout5009 in
Apr 2025Brown Trout8509.1 in
Apr 2025Rainbow Trout5011 in
Apr 2025Brown Trout6711 in
Apr 2025Brown Trout9013.5 in
Apr 2025Brown Trout9013.3 in
Apr 2025Rainbow Trout1718 in
Apr 2025Brown Trout8418 in
Apr 2025Brown Trout10013.8 in
Apr 2025Brown Trout4809.17 in
Feb 2025Brown Trout13411 in
Feb 2025Rainbow Trout13411 in

2024 Stocking

PeriodSpeciesFishSize
May 2024Brown Trout14014 in
May 2024Brown Trout7809 in
May 2024Brown Trout1,0409.5 in
May 2024Brown Trout78010 in
May 2024Brook Trout1,1909 in
Apr 2024Brown Trout9013.5 in
Apr 2024Brown Trout20017 in
Apr 2024Brown Trout12014 in
Apr 2024Brown Trout1,0109 in
Apr 2024Rainbow Trout10014 in
Apr 2024Rainbow Trout10018 in
Apr 2024Brown Trout40011 in
Apr 2024Rainbow Trout10012 in
Apr 2024Brown Trout40013 in
Apr 2024Brook Trout2507 in

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About This Data

Every row comes from the stocking information published by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, checked Nov 3, 2026. The agency lists this water as “West Branch Ausable River” and “West Branch Ausable River (Ausable Acres)”. Species and sizes are given as the agency names them; a dash means the agency does not say.

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Stocking dates and places can change without notice; check with the agency before a trip. ReelTourney is not affiliated with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.