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Schroon River fishing guide

A 68-mile river in Essex and Warren counties, New York. The state agency lists 4 species here and last stocked it in October 2025. It has 2 public access points and 1 live sensor on the water.

Map of Schroon River: the water in blue, public access points in orange, sensors in green, county lines dashed
Water Access Sensor Drawn from USGS and agency data; not for navigation.
68 mi
long
4
species listed
210
stocking records in 10 years
2
public access points

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Fish species in Schroon River

Species on the official fishing-waters list from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Species links open our guide to that fish in New York.

SpeciesStatusLast stocked
Atlantic SalmonAgency listApr 2025
Brook TroutAgency listOct 2025
Brown TroutAgency listMay 2025
Rainbow TroutAgency listOct 2025

Stocking history

Last stocked October 2025: brook trout catchable, brook trout yearling and rainbow trout catchable. 210 stocking records in the last 10 years, 301,985 fish in all, from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Each row below sums the agency's records for one month, species and size.

DateSpeciesSizeFish stocked
Oct 2025Brook Troutcatchable60
Oct 2025Brook Troutyearling500
Oct 2025Rainbow Troutcatchable300
May 2025Brook Troutcatchable526
May 2025Brown Troutcatchable2,680
May 2025Rainbow Troutcatchable250
Apr 2025Atlantic Salmonfry36,000
Apr 2025Brown Troutcatchable1,360
Apr 2025Brown Troutyearling2,630
Apr 2025Rainbow Troutcatchable1,260
May 2024Brown Troutcatchable1,950
May 2024Rainbow Troutcatchable660
Apr 2024Atlantic Salmonfry2,000
Apr 2024Brown Troutcatchable3,830
Apr 2024Rainbow Troutcatchable660
Mar 2024Brook Troutyearling500
Mar 2024Brown Troutcatchable400
Jun 2023Brook Troutcatchable500
May 2023Atlantic Salmonfry19,500
May 2023Brown Troutcatchable3,490
69 earlier rows, back to Apr 2017
DateSpeciesSizeFish stocked
May 2023Rainbow Troutcatchable1,920
Apr 2023Brown Troutcatchable1,940
Mar 2023Brook Troutyearling600
Oct 2022Rainbow Troutcatchable300
Jun 2022Brown Troutcatchable940
May 2022Atlantic Salmonfry9,500
May 2022Brown Troutcatchable1,700
May 2022Brown Troutyearling1,700
May 2022Rainbow Troutcatchable660
Apr 2022Brown Troutcatchable2,040
Apr 2022Rainbow Troutcatchable660
Mar 2022Brook Troutyearling600
Nov 2021Brown Troutyearling2,750
Nov 2021Rainbow Troutyearling2,150
Oct 2021Rainbow Troutcatchable300
Sep 2021Brown Troutcatchable125
Jun 2021Brown Troutcatchable90
Jun 2021Brown Troutyearling850
May 2021Atlantic Salmonfry20,000
May 2021Brown Troutcatchable390
May 2021Brown Troutyearling850
May 2021Rainbow Troutcatchable940
Apr 2021Brook Troutyearling600
Apr 2021Brown Troutcatchable2,370
Apr 2021Rainbow Troutcatchable1,260
Apr 2021Rainbow Troutyearling940
Oct 2020Brook Troutyearling1,000
Oct 2020Rainbow Troutcatchable350
Oct 2020Rainbow Troutfingerling1,812
Oct 2020Rainbow Troutyearling7,520
Jun 2020Rainbow Troutfingerling10,000
May 2020Atlantic Salmonfry30,000
May 2020Brook Troutyearling2,400
May 2020Rainbow Troutcatchable4,172
Apr 2020Brown Troutcatchable500
Apr 2020Rainbow Troutyearling7,660
Mar 2020Brook Troutyearling250
Mar 2020Brown Troutcatchable1,000
Mar 2020Brown Troutyearling4,100
Oct 2019Brook Troutfingerling1,572
Oct 2019Rainbow Troutcatchable350
Jun 2019Brook Troutyearling1,000
Jun 2019Rainbow Troutyearling2,500
May 2019Atlantic Salmonfry15,000
May 2019Brook Troutcatchable1,938
May 2019Brown Troutyearling1,680
May 2019Rainbow Troutcatchable2,500
Apr 2019Brown Troutcatchable500
Apr 2019Brown Troutyearling2,300
Mar 2019Brook Troutyearling1,150
Mar 2019Brown Troutyearling2,700
Sep 2018Brook Troutyearling1,150
May 2018Atlantic Salmonfry10,500
May 2018Brook Troutcatchable1,900
May 2018Brown Troutcatchable1,700
May 2018Brown Troutyearling2,260
May 2018Rainbow Troutcatchable4,670
Apr 2018Brown Troutcatchable400
Apr 2018Brown Troutyearling1,650
Sep 2017Brown Troutcatchable200
Sep 2017Brown Troutyearling1,000
May 2017Atlantic Salmonfry24,000
May 2017Brook Troutcatchable1,400
May 2017Brown Troutcatchable500
May 2017Brown Troutyearling2,150
May 2017Rainbow Troutcatchable4,900
Apr 2017Brook Troutyearling1,350
Apr 2017Brown Troutcatchable1,500
Apr 2017Brown Troutyearling1,570

Plus 19 stocking records before October 2016 in the agency data.

Search stocking by water and date · Agency stocking reports

Public access and boat launches

2 shoreline access sites from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; orange dots on the map above.

Access along the river

  1. End near Underwood
  2. mi 23Schroon River fishing access (NYS Route 74)Shore
  3. mi 49Schroon River at Riverbank NYSensor
  4. mi 50Schroon River fishing access (East Schroon River Rd)Shore
  5. End near Athol
Positions along the river, not to scale. Miles are approximate, measured along our mapped river line from the first end listed.

Access points

  • Schroon River fishing access (East Schroon River Rd)
    East Schroon River Rd · near Bolton
    ParkingStocked: Atlantic salmon, brook, brown, rainbow trout
    Shore
  • Schroon River fishing access (NYS Route 74)
    NYS Route 74 · near Schroon
    ParkingStocked: Atlantic salmon, brook, brown, rainbow trout
    Shore

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Regulations

No special regulations for Schroon River in our data. New York statewide rules apply unless the agency lists a special rule for this water. Seasons, limits and size rules change: check New York fishing regulations before every trip.

Licence: New York fishing licences from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Schroon River fishing FAQ

What fish are in Schroon River?

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation lists 4 species for Schroon River: Atlantic salmon, brook trout, brown trout and rainbow trout.

When was Schroon River last stocked?

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation last stocked Schroon River in October 2025 with brook trout and rainbow trout. Our data has 210 stocking records in the last 10 years.

Is there public access to Schroon River?

The agency lists 2 shoreline access sites for Schroon River. Each one is listed in the access section with parking and toilets where the agency records them.

Sources: New York State DEC, Recommended Fishing Lakes and Ponds (mw8j-wduf); Recommended Fishing Rivers and Streams (tjny-fki3), on data.ny.gov · New York State DEC, Public Fishing Rights parking areas (9vef-6whi), on data.ny.gov · New York State DEC, Fish stocking lists on data.ny.gov · U.S. Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System, domestic names · U.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset, high resolution, state geodatabases (NHDWaterbody, NHDFlowline); 3DHP when it replaces it · U.S. Geological Survey, Water Data OGC API (monitoring locations, discharge, gage height, water temperature). Checked: Oct 4, 2026. Official links open the agency page. How we use data

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