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Schroon River

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

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CountyEssex
RegionDEC Region 5 - Northeastern New York
Water typeStream / River
Wild statusNot documented
2current plan records
15stocking history records
1documented reach
1access evidence record

Location and source context

Waterbody overview

Towns
North Hudson, Schroon
Drainage basin
Upper Hudson River
Water-quality standards
C(T)
Waterbody type evidence
official managed-stream layer; official managed-stream or public-access source; official public-fishing-rights source
Published planned total
1,770 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
  • Rainbow Trout

Management

1 documented reach

From 0.3 miles downstream of Greenough Road upstream to Deadwater Pond

Length: 5.20 miles

Classification: Stocked

Documented trout: Brown Trout

Stocking schedule: 1st week in May

Published reach total: 3,070 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

  • May - first week 1,580 trout Brown Trout Town: North Hudson Published size: 9 - 10 inches
  • May - first week 190 trout Brown Trout Town: North Hudson Published size: 12 -15 inches

Published history

  • 2011 4,810 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2012 4,490 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2013 4,180 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2014 5,230 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2015 5,380 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2016 4,790 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2017 5,620 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2018 4,800 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2019 5,530 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2020 5,350 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2021 3,295 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2022 3,220 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2023 3,120 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2024 2,830 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2025 2,900 trout Brown Trout

Access evidence

1 matched record

NYS Route 74

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: NYS Route 74

Town: Schroon

Trout present: Atlantic Salmon, Brook, Brown, Rainbow Trout

Stocked trout: Atlantic Salmon, Brook, Brown, Rainbow 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