Lake Ontario appears 225 times in DEC's annual stocking actuals going back to 2019. These are year-end records of what was stocked, not a live schedule; dates below mark the reported year, not a truck day.
Lake Ontario last appears in DEC's 2025 stocking actuals with 16,870 Brown Trout.
Species on record here: Brown Trout (159), Lake Trout (42), Landlocked Salmon (9), Lake Sturgeon (6), and 3 more.
225 stockings are on file for this water since 2019, totaling 5,404,254 fish where counts were published.
Reported stockings by month (annual actuals carry a reporting month, not a truck date):
JFMAMJJASOND
Stocking log
Brown Trout16,870 fish · Oswego
Brown Trout12,130 fish · Oswego
Brown Trout11,000 fish · Jefferson
Lake Trout31,812 fish · Jefferson
Brown Trout75,680 fish · Jefferson
Landlocked Salmon20,630 fish · Orleans
Brown Trout25,630 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout25,630 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout50,490 fish · Oswego
Brown Trout23,650 fish · Niagara
Brown Trout38,500 fish · Oswego
Brown Trout30,360 fish · Wayne
Brown Trout34,100 fish · Cayuga
Brown Trout25,630 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout22,660 fish · Wayne
Brown Trout38,500 fish · Orleans
Brown Trout19,250 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout25,520 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout23,650 fish · Niagara
Brown Trout10,700 fish · Jefferson
Brown Trout73,620 fish · Jefferson
Lake Trout39,600 fish · Jefferson
Lake Trout39,850 fish · Jefferson
Landlocked Salmon40,000 fish · Orleans
Brown Trout14,980 fish · Orleans
Brown Trout22,470 fish · Orleans
Landlocked Salmon10,000 fish · Orleans
Brown Trout14,980 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout49,110 fish · Oswego
Brown Trout3,981 fish · Oswego
Brown Trout19,470 fish · Niagara
Lake Trout39,781 fish · Niagara
Brown Trout3,530 fish · Niagara
Lake Trout39,376 fish · Niagara
Lake Trout30,800 fish · Oswego
Lake Trout39,700 fish · Oswego
Brown Trout37,450 fish · Oswego
Brown Trout14,770 fish · Wayne
Brown Trout14,760 fish · Wayne
Lake Trout39,610 fish · Wayne
Lake Trout39,661 fish · Wayne
Brown Trout33,170 fish · Cayuga
Brown Trout7,690 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout24,930 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout17,130 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout22,040 fish · Wayne
Brown Trout4,500 fish · Niagara
Brown Trout18,500 fish · Niagara
Brown Trout24,930 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout24,930 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout22,470 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout8,266 fish · Jefferson
Lake Trout40,109 fish · Jefferson
Lake Trout40,296 fish · Jefferson
Brown Trout68,834 fish · Jefferson
Lake Trout41,105 fish · Orleans
Lake Trout40,206 fish · Orleans
Brown Trout17,500 fish · Orleans
Brown Trout17,500 fish · Orleans
Landlocked Salmon17,850 fish · Orleans
Landlocked Salmon21,040 fish · Orleans
Brown Trout7,300 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout7,300 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout17,500 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout15,000 fish · Niagara
Brown Trout6,500 fish · Niagara
Lake Trout39,714 fish · Niagara
Lake Trout40,048 fish · Niagara
Lake Trout40,736 fish · Oswego
Lake Trout40,364 fish · Oswego
Brown Trout35,000 fish · Oswego
Brown Trout45,917 fish · Oswego
Brown Trout17,000 fish · Wayne
Brown Trout10,600 fish · Wayne
Brown Trout30,996 fish · Cayuga
Brown Trout7,300 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout7,200 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout16,000 fish · Monroe
Brown Trout14,000 fish · Wayne
Brown Trout6,600 fish · Wayne
Field note · New York posts current-season plans by county on dec.ny.gov. Use this page for the long-term pattern: which species this water has gotten, in what numbers, year over year.
Log reflects data.ny.gov dataset e52k-ymww 'Fish Stocking Lists (Actual)' as of 2026-10-04. Waters can be stocked without an advance posting - treat this as a record, not a promise.
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