See the TSMP (NYSDEC 2020) for a discussion of each category and the objectives and strategies associated with those categories. Page 4. 2. D. Management
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This document supports the New York State Trout Stream Management Plan ( TSMP) (NYSDEC 2020) by providing DEC Fisheries staff and anglers with a current list of the management categories assigned to New York trout stream reaches. Revision 1 ( March 24, 202 1) Management categories assignments may change as new information (biological, use and access) becomes available . This document will be updated annually in mid – Feb ruary. T his revision contains 9 changes. See section F for det ails. The TSMP establishe d f ive independent categories of trout stream management . T he categories make a sharp distinction between wild trout management (three categories) and stocked trout management (two categories) . See the TSMP (NYSDEC 2020) for a discussion of each category and the objectives and strategies associated with those categories.
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The criteria for assigning management categories to stream reaches are listed in Table 1 for wild trout management categories and Table 2 for stocked trout management categories (NYSDEC 2020) . Wild Wild -Quality Wild -Premier Public access Public access Significant access Πat least 3 cumulative miles of reach length in one or more of the following: Public fishing rights Public land Public fishing permitted by landowner Adequate angler parking Not applicable Mean width >10 feet Mean width >20 feet Meets C( T)1 or higher water quality standard or data exists to support C(T) classification wild trout biomass >40 lbs/acre or 300 yearling or older trout/mile wild trout biomass >60 lbs/acre or 500 yearling or older trout/mile abundance of wild trout 9 in potential to catch memorable fish (12 ST, 15 RT or BT) 2 Not applicable Not applicable Reach can physically and biologically accommodate mod erate to high angler use (>150 hr/acre) Stocked Stocked -Extended Access by one or more of the following: Public fishing rights easements Public land Public fishing permitted by landowner Significant access Πat least 3 cumulative miles of reach length in one or more of the following: Public fishing rights Public land Public fishing permitted by landowner Adequate angler par king Mean width >10 feet Mean width >20 feet Survival to end of May Does not already support adequate fisheries for black bass or walleye, even though technically a trout stream Must meet Bp 3 standard Reach conditions offer potential for spring -stocked trout to survive into summer Temperatures generally suitable for regular stocking through mid -June or for two consecutive months Must meet Bs 4 standard >75 hours/acre >150 hours/acr e 1 The C(T) classification applies to waters that support trout and requires evidence of trout presence. 2 ST=brook trout, RT= rainbow trout, and BT=brown trout 3 Marginal put and take trout streams with relatively little potential for wild or holdover contribution (Engstrom -Heg 1990) . 4 Trout streams capable of supporting a spring fishery and some holdover trout, but with habitat deficiencies limiting wild trout (Engstrom- Heg 1990) . Table 1. Criteria for Wild Trout Management Categories Table 2. Category Criteria for Stocked Trout Management Table . Criteria for Stocked Trout Management Categories
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What is in Table 3 Table 3 contains trout stream reaches that have at least a portion that is publicly accessible and have been assigned one of the following categories: Stocked, Stocked – Extended, Wild -Quality and Wild -Premier. Reaches categorized as Wild with a catch -and-release regulation are also included. Each reach can have a mix of public access, informal access and private land. Anglers should respect private property and any posting of private property. Wild and Un -categorized trout stream reaches Many trout streams are categorized either as Wild (publicly accessible) or un -categorized (trout streams not in Table 3 that are on private land). Wild trout stream reaches are not listed in Table 3 due to the number of Wild streams, many of which are unnamed headwater strea ms. If a trout stream reach is not listed, it is likely categorized as Wild or uncategorized. The stream reach may also be listed in Section F: Table of Management Category Changes as the management category may have changed based on new information. DEC R egions Table 3 is organized by NYSDEC Region. The counties contained within DEC Regions is as follows: Nassau and Suffolk counties Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sulliv an, Ulster and Westchester counties Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and St. Lawrence counties Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga and Tompkins counties Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara and Wyoming counties
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Guide to Table 3 A stream reach is a segment of stream that shares, at a basic level, a common set of physical and biological characteristics that influence its ability to support trout and trout angling opportunity for the public. The miles of the trout stream reach. The total number of trout is the total number of yearlings and 12+ inch trout planned to be stocked . Management categories marked with a CR (for Catch and Release) denote trout stream reaches that have a grandfathered catch -and-release regulation. Table 3. Management Categories Assigned to Trout Stream Reaches Carlls River Suffolk From Argyle Lake upstream to Southards Pond Stocked 0.8 541 Carlls River Suffolk From Southards Pond upstream to Belmont Lake Stocked 1.7 370 Carmans River Suffolk From cement dam upstream to LIPA transmission lines at Gate G Stocked -Extended 1.0 1, 536 Carmans River Suffolk From LIPA transmission lines at Gate G upstream to Yaphank Avenue Wild CR 1.3 0 Amawalk Inlet (Muscoot Riv .) Westchester From Amawalk Reservoir upstream to Putnam/Westchester County Line Stocked 3.1 509 Amawalk Outlet (Muscoot Riv. ) Westchester From Muscoot Reservoir upstream to Amawalk Reservoir Wild -Quality 3.0 0 Beaver Brook Sullivan From confluence with Delaware River upstream to 1.0 miles upstream of NY Route 97 Stocked 1.2 359 Beaver Kill Delaware/ Sullivan From the Delaware/Sullivan County line downstream of Roscoe upstream to the Route 206 Bridge Stocked -Extended 3.6 5, 848 Beaver Kill Sullivan From the downstream end of the Beaver Kill Campground upstream to 0.5 mile upstream of the Beaver Kill covered bridge at the Beaver Kill Campground Stocked -Extended 1.7 1, 920 Beer Kill Ulster From confluence with Sandburg Creek upstream to confluence with West Branch Beer Kill Stocked 1.8 630 Black Creek Ulster From confluence with Hudson River upstream to Valli Road Bridge Stocked 2.6 350 Callicoon Creek Sullivan From confluence with Delaware River upstream to confluence with North and East Branch Callicoon Creek Stocked 1.8 692 CR Catch and Release regulations apply all year.
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Little Beaverkill Sullivan From confluence with Willowemoc Creek upstream to 450 yards downstream of Main Street in Parksville Stocked 5.4 1,509 Mahwah River Rockland From Montebello Road upstream to 0.8 miles upstream of Route 202 crossing Stocked 3.6 733 Mianus River Westchester From Mianus Reservoir upstream to 70 yards downstream of Millers Mill Road Stocked 2.2 507 Middle Mongaup River Sullivan From confluence with Mongaup River upstream to Stanton Corners Road Stocked 3.2 680 Mill Brook Ulster From confluence with Rochester Creek upstream to 0.75 miles upstream of Boice Mill Road bridge Stocked 3.2 1,075 Minisceongo Creek Rockland From 600 yards downstream of Rosman Road upstream to confluence with Horse Chock Brook Stocked 3.7 693 Mongaup Creek Sullivan From confluence with Willowemoc Creek upstream to confluence with the tributary immediately south of the Catskill Fish Hatchery Wild -Quality 2.1 0 Mongaup River Sullivan From 0.6 miles downstream of Route 17B upstream to 600 yards upstream of Route 17B Stocked 0.9 833 Mongaup River Sullivan From confluence with Middle Mongaup River upstream to upstream end of Thompson Park Stocked 2.6 817 Mongaup River West Branch Sullivan From confluence with Mongaup River upstream 0.5 miles Stocked 0.5 592 Moodna Creek Orange From the Route 32 crossing upstream to 580 yards upstream of I -87 crossing Stocked 2.8 4,152 Neversink River Orange From the Guymard Tpke crossing upstream to the Sullivan/Orange County Line Stocked -Extended 5.5 6,668 Neversink River Sullivan Neversink River and tributaries within the Neversink River Unique Area and owned by the people of the State of New York situated in the Towns of Thompson and Forestburgh and abutting that reach of the Neversink River from the Sullivan/Orange County line upstream to its confluence with Mercer Brook, except any portion thereof where the right to fish is privately owned Wild CR 8.9 0 Neversink River Sullivan From 1.0 miles downstream of Bridgeville Road upstream to Wynkoop Brook Stocked -Extended 14.8 8,272 North Br Callicoon Creek Sullivan From the confluence with Callicoon Creek upstream to Gossweyler Pond Stocked -Extended 5.8 1,912 CR Catch and Release regulations apply all year.
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North Br Callicoon Creek Sullivan From Gossweyler Pond upstream to the first Lower Weissman Road bridge crossing Wild -Quality 3.6 0 Pascack Brook Rockland From W Washington Ave upstream to 500 yards upstream of Pascack Road Stocked 0.9 411 Peekskill Hollow Brook Westchester From dam in Van Cortlandtville upstream to 375 yards downstream of Oscawana Lake Road (Route 20) Stocked 2.2 609 Peekskill Hollow Brook Putnam From 350 yards upstream of Oscawana Lake Road (Route 20) upstream to 0.7 miles upstream of Jeanne Drive/Route 21 intersection Stocked 5.8 733 Plattekill Creek Ulster From 400 yards downstream of Town Road bridge in Mt. Marion upstream to Saugerties Reservoir Dam (Blue Mountain Reservoir) Stocked 6.9 1,886 Plattekill Creek Ulster From Saugerties Reservoir (Blue Mountain Reservoir) upstream 0.5 miles Stocked 0.5 240 Pocantico River Westchester From Old Croton Aqueduct upstream to Old Sleepy Hollow Road Ext Stocked 1.8 376 Ramapo River Orange/ Rockland From the downstream end of H. Pierson Mapes Flat Rock County Park upstream to Arden Valley Road Stocked -Extended 11.3 7,672 Rochester Creek Ulster From the confluence with Rondout Creek upstream to confluence with Mettacahonts Creek Wild -Quality 6.7 0 Roeliff Jansen Kill Dutchess From Turkey Hill Road bridge upstream to 290 yards upstream of Jackson Corners/Mt Ross Road bridge Stocked 2.4 417 Rondout Creek Ulster From 250 yards downstream of Route 44/55 bridge upstream to confluence with Sandburg Creek Stocked 5.5 3,516 Rondout Creek Ulster From Route 55 bridge (near intersection with Sportsman Road) upstream to Route 55 bridge (near intersection with Route 55A) Stocked 3.8 1,637 Rondout Creek Ulster From confluence with Sundown Creek upstream to upstream most crossing of County Route 42 Wild -Quality 6.1 0 Rutgers Creek Orange From 800 yards upstream of County Route 22 upstream to 430 yards upstream of Logtown Road Stocked 10.3 1,725 Sandburg Creek Ulster From confluence with Rondout Creek upstream to Arrowhead Road bridge Stocked 3.3 1,275 Sandburg Creek Sullivan From 400 yards downstream of Tempaloni Road upstream to the upstream end of PFR near Aldrich/Mountaindale Road intersection Stocked 3.2 442 Sandburg Creek Sullivan From 530 yards upstream of confluence with Braden Brook upstream to 700 yards upstream of confluence with Braden Brook Stocked 0.2 344
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Sawkill Creek Ulster From Kingston Reservoir Number 1 (Zena Reservoir) upstream to 0.5 miles upstream of Tannery Brook Road bridge Stocked 4.7 933 Shawangunk Kill Orange From 0.6 miles downstream of Ulsterville Road upstream to 660 yards upstream of Carboy Road Stocked 19.8 3,133 Shingle Kill Orange From confluence with Delaware River upstream to Peenpack Trail Stocked 3.9 480 Sparkill Creek Rockland From Route 9W upstream to Spruce Street Stocked 5.7 400 Sprout Creek Dutchess From 440 yards upstream of Broadway Bridge upstream to the Route 82 bridge in Union Vale Stocked 19.6 3,722 Stone Hill River Westchester From confluence with Katonah Brook upstream to 350 yards upstream of Beaver Dam Road Stocked 1.0 600 Stony Brook Rockland From confluence with Ramapo River upstream to 0.5 miles upstream of confluence with Spring Brook Stocked 2.2 428 Swamp River Dutchess From confluence with Ten Mile River upstream to 400 yards upstream of Route 22 bridge Stocked 2.1 533 Ten Mile River Dutchess From 475 yards downstream of Dog Tail Corners Road (Route 22) bridge upstream to 1.0 miles upstream of Reagans Mill Road bridge Stocked 2.7 2,292 Ten Mile River Dutchess From 0.6 miles downstream of JH Ketcham Memorial Park upstream to 530 yards upstream of confluence with Butts Hollow Creek Stocked 2.9 1,075 Ten Mile River Dutchess From downstream end of Wassaic Multiple Use Area upstream to confluence with Webatuck Creek Stocked 1.4 967 Ten Mile River Sullivan From 600 yards downstream of Tyler Road in Cochecton Center upstream to 550 yards upstream of the Route 115 crossing near Dailey Road Stocked 1.7 309 Ten Mile River Sullivan From confluence with Delaware River upstream to Lake Ridge Road Stocked 2.8 442 Titicus River Westchester From confluence with Croton River upstream to Titicus Reservoir Dam Stocked 0.5 438 Vernooy Kill Ulster From confluence with Rondout Creek upstream to Route 209 bridge Stocked 1.0 241 Vernooy Kill Ulster From 530 yards downstream of confluence with Lyon Creek upstream to 250 yards upstream of the end of Lundy Road (Potterville) Stocked 5.8 1,454 Waccabuc River Westchester From Old Post Road (Route 121) upstream to 200 yards upstream of first Reservation Road crossing Stocked 2.8 296 Wappinger Creek Dutchess From New Hackensack Road Bridge in Red Oaks Mill upstream to East Branch Wappingers Creek in Hibernia Stocked -Extended 16.5 12,942
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Wappinger Creek Dutchess From 3/4 miles downstream of Jameson Hill Rd. Bridge in Clinton Corners upstream to Hunts Lake Creek in Stanfordville Wild -Quality 3.9 0 Wawayanda Creek Orange From New York/New Jersey State Line upstream to Bairds Lane Stocked 3.0 359 Webatuck Creek Dutchess From confluence with Wassaic Creek upstream 1.0 miles Stocked 1.0 260 Webatuck Creek Dutchess From 0.5 miles downstream of Reagan Road bridge upstream to confluence with Sawmill Brook Stocked 6.9 1,409 West Branch Beer Kill Ulster From the confluence with Beer Kill upstream to Windsor Lake Wild -Quality 4.2 0 West Branch Croton River Putnam From confluence with East Branch Croton River upstream to Croton Falls Reservoir Dam Stocked -Extended CR 1.1 968 West Branch Croton River Putnam From Croton Falls Reservoir upstream to West Branch Reservoir Dam Wild -Quality 2.3 0 West Branch Croton River Putnam From Kittredge Drive bridge upstream to Boyd Corners Reservoir Dam Stocked 0.5 761 Whaley Lake Brook Dutchess From confluence with Fishkill Creek upstream to 350 yards upstream of Route 55 bridge Stocked 2.7 500 Willowemoc Creek Sullivan From the confluence with the Beaver Kill upstream to the second Route 17 Quickway Bridge east of Roscoe Stocked -Extended 2.4 2,764 Willowemoc Creek Sullivan From the second Route 17 Quickway Bridge east of Roscoe upstream 3.5 miles to 1200 feet upstream of the confluence with Elm Hollow Brook Stocked -Extended CR 3.5 2,928 Willowemoc Creek Sullivan From 1200 feet upstream of the confluence with Elm Hollow Brook upstream to Parkston Road Bridge Stocked -Extended 6.0 6,696 Willowemoc Creek Sullivan From the downstream end of the Willowemoc Wild Forest upstream to the confluence with Fir Brook Stocked -Extended 3.9 3,188 Woodbury Creek Orange From 0.5 miles downstream of I -87 upstream to 230 yards downstream of Park Ave. Stocked 3.0 479 Basic Creek Greene From confluence with Catskill Creek upstream to 0.8 miles downstream of East Red Mill Road Stocked 2.2 342 Basic Creek Albany From the Route 401/Lobdell Mill Road intersection upstream to 1.0 miles upstream of Switzkill Road Stocked 2.5 283 Batavia Kill Delaware From confluence with East Branch Delaware River upstream to source Wild -Quality 10.2 0 CR Catch and Release regulations apply all year.
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