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Indian River

NY

Flows through: NY and VT

The pin is approximate, near the middle of the water. The shoreline on the map comes from OpenStreetMap.

At a glance

Last scheduled
around May 4, 2026
Species
Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout
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Conditions

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Planned stockings

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Brook Trout4409 - 10 inchesPlanned, around 05-04-2026
Rainbow Trout27409 - 10 inches, 12 -14 inchesPlanned, around 04-25-2026
Brown Trout3809 - 10 inches, 12 -15 inchesPlanned, around 04-18-2026

Gear for the fish scheduled here

Brook Trout

Rod: Fairly light spinning or spincast rod, the same light gear used for other trout.

Line: 4 to 6 lb test.

Baits: worms, crickets, grasshoppers

Lures: small spoons, small spinners, small jigs

Full Brook Trout gear guide

Rainbow Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet; 5 to 6.5 feet suits stocked ponds.

Line: 4 to 10 lb monofilament, with 6 to 8 lb a good middle. Go lighter in clear water.

Baits: worms or cut nightcrawlers, salmon eggs, kernel corn

Lures: small inline spinners, small spoons, curly tail jigs and grubs

Full Rainbow Trout gear guide

Brown Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet.

Line: 4 to 8 lb monofilament.

Baits: worms and nightcrawlers, minnows, crayfish

Lures: inline spinners, minnow-imitating stickbaits, small spoons

Full Brown Trout gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Bridle Shiner, Brown Trout, Channel Darter, Eastern Sand Darter, Silver Lamprey

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.