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Boquet River

Official trout-water information for Boquet River in Essex, New York.

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CountyEssex
RegionDEC Region 5 - Northeastern New York
Water typeStream / River
Wild statusNot documented
3current plan records
15stocking history records
2documented reaches
7access evidence records

Location and source context

Waterbody overview

Towns
E'town, ESSEX, Elizabethown, Elizabethtown, Essex, Lewis, Lewis, Elizabethtown
Drainage basin
Lake Champlain
Water-quality standards
C, C(T)
Waterbody type evidence
official managed-stream layer; official managed-stream or public-access source; official public-fishing-rights source
Published planned total
7,310 trout

Classification

Designations and characteristics

Designations

  • Planned Spring Stocking
  • Public Fishing Rights
  • Recent Actual Stocking
  • Stocked
  • Trout Water Standard

Characteristics

  • Protected Water
  • Public Fishing Rights
  • Trout Water Standard

Fishery

Documented trout

  • Atlantic Salmon
  • Brook Trout
  • Brown Trout

Management

2 documented reaches

From 0.5 miles downstream of Interstate 87 upstream to County Route 8 bridge

Length: 7.00 miles

Classification: Stocked

Documented trout: Brown Trout

Stocking schedule: 4th week in April

Published reach total: 3,000 trout

Agency note: Anglers can fish along stream banks displayed as pink polygons in the stream access layer when activated. Access may also be available at additional locations not shown on this map where fishing permitted signs have been posted.

Management-plan page: 20

Official reach source Official reach source

From 0.5 miles downstream of Lobdell Ln upstream to 0.5 miles downstream of Split Rock Falls

Length: 7.90 miles

Classification: Stocked

Documented trout: Brook Trout

Stocking schedule: 1st week in May

Published reach total: 4,710 trout

Agency note: Anglers can fish along stream banks displayed as pink polygons in the stream access layer when activated. Access may also be available at additional locations not shown on this map where fishing permitted signs have been posted.

Management-plan page: 20

Official reach source Official reach source

Stocking

Published stocking information

Current plans and schedules

  • April - fourth week2,220 troutBrown TroutTown: Lewis, ElizabethtownPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - fourth week380 troutBrown TroutTown: Lewis, ElizabethtownPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - first week4,710 troutBrook TroutTown: E'townPublished size: 9 - 10 inches

Published history

  • 201111,940 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 201212,310 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 20139,810 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 201413,330 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 201513,430 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 201612,250 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 201718,060 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 201811,260 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 201915,670 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 202014,685 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 20218,870 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 20229,700 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 20239,200 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 20248,970 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 20257,500 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout

Access evidence

7 matched records

Brainards Forge Rd

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: Brainards Forge Rd

Town: Lewis

Trout present: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

County Route 10

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: County Route 10

Town: Essex

Trout present: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

County Route 8

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: County Route 8

Town: Elizabethtown

Trout present: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

High Meadows Lane

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: High Meadows Lane

Town: Elizabethtown

Trout present: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

US 9

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: US 9

Town: Elizabethtown

Trout present: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

US 9

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: US 9

Town: Elizabethtown

Trout present: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

US 9

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: US 9

Town: Elizabethtown

Trout present: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

Regulations

Reach-specific notes

Harvest regulation

Trout, April 1 - October 15, Daily Limit - 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12"

Catch-and-release regulation

Trout, October 16 - March 31, Catch and Release only, Artificial Lures only

Harvest regulation

Trout, April 1 - October 15, Daily Limit - 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12"

Catch-and-release regulation

Trout, October 16 - March 31, Catch and Release only, Artificial Lures only

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