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DEC Reminds New Yorkers About April 1 Start of Spring
Trout Fishing Season
Published: March 28, 2024 at
02:00 p.m.
By: Press Release from NYS DEC
DEC Reminds New Yorkers About April 1 Start of Spring
Trout Fishing Season
April 1 Marks Start of Harvest Season and End of
Catch-and-Release-Only Season for Trout
New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos reminds New Yorkers of the April 1 start of the
trout fishing season, a spring tradition bolstered by DEC's extensive
stocking program and New York’s world-renowned wild trout fisheries. DEC's
spring trout stocking, which began in March and runs through early June,
will include more than 1.9 million trout being stocked in waters statewide,
enhancing the diversity of excellent fishing opportunities available to
anglers in New York State.
“The mild winter
afforded New Yorkers some trout fishing opportunities during the
catch-and-release season,” Commissioner Seggos
said. “However, April 1, the traditional opening day of inland
trout fishing season, brings the excitement to another level as spring
arrives and the state’s streams and ponds are stocked to provide additional
opportunities for anglers.”
April 1 marks the
opening of the harvest season after year-round fishing was greenlit on most
streams in 2021, with the implementation of an Oct.16 to March 31
"artificial lures only, catch-and-release" season.
DEC trout
stocking began in March and will include the placement of 1,909,450
catchable size brook, brown, and rainbow trout in streams and ponds across
the state by early June. “Stocked-Extended” streams, listed in the Inland
Trout Streams Regulations section of the freshwater fishing regulations
guide, will receive fish every other week for two months to enhance
season-long opportunities for angler success. Most streams will also
receive a seeding of larger stocked trout. Spring trout stocking lists, including the week of stocking
for trout streams, can be found at DEC's website.
Stocking
information, along with fishing regulations, maps, and access information
is available in “The Tackle Box” feature of the DEC “HuntFishNY”
smartphone app. Other features include driving directions to state
boat launch sites and an offline feature that allows a user to access
information when cell coverage isn't available.
Visit the DEC
website for more information on the HuntFishNY app and Tackle Box feature.
Anglers can view trout stream reaches, color-coded by management category,
and fishing access associated with those reaches on the DECinfo Locator.
Links to
the Trout Stream Fishing Map and a User Guide as well
as fishing regulations and planned stockings listed by county are available
on the DEC website.
A digital version of the 2024 guide is available to download on
the DEC website. Hard copies are available wherever sporting licenses are
sold.
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