Crum Elbow Creek fishing

Crum Elbow Creek fishing is stocked with Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout on a river section. Also recorded: American Eel. It is stocked about 4.1 times a year since 2011, most often in March and April. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.

Crum Elbow Creek
Photo: Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Public domain
Last stocked
April 2025
Rainbow Trout
Plants on record
62
Since 2011
Species stocked
2 (+1 also recorded)
Average size
9.2 in
Elevation
0 ft

Fish at Crum Elbow Creek

2 stocked · 1 confirmed present

Rainbow Trout Stocked · 42 plants · last April 2025 Best: dawn, dusk

Last stocked April 2025 · avg 9.5 in · 42 plants

Best: dawn, dusk

Rainbow Trout species guide
Brown Trout Stocked · 20 plants · last March 2020 Best: dawn, day, dusk

Last stocked March 2020 · avg 8.7 in · 20 plants

Best: dawn, day, dusk

Brown Trout species guide

How Crum Elbow Creek is stocked

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Fish stocked in 2011

1,980

Fish stocked in 2012

2,030

Fish stocked in 2013

1,850

Fish stocked in 2014

1,790

Fish stocked in 2015

1,990

Fish stocked in 2016

2,000

Fish stocked in 2017

1,960

Fish stocked in 2018

1,880

Fish stocked in 2019

2,030

Fish stocked in 2020

1,600

Fish stocked in 2021

1,690

Fish stocked in 2022

1,690

Fish stocked in 2023

1,690

Fish stocked in 2024

1,470

Fish stocked in 2025

1,550

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
April 2025Rainbow Trout9208.7 inreport
April 2025Rainbow Trout2011.5 inreport
April 2025Rainbow Trout1608.7 inreport
April 2025Rainbow Trout3208.7 inreport
April 2025Rainbow Trout3011.5 inreport
April 2025Rainbow Trout10011.5 inreport
March 2024Rainbow Trout2011 inreport
March 2024Rainbow Trout3011 inreport
March 2024Rainbow Trout3009.1 inreport
March 2024Rainbow Trout1509.1 inreport
March 2024Rainbow Trout9011 inreport
March 2024Rainbow Trout8809.1 inreport
March 2023Rainbow Trout3909.1 inreport
March 2023Rainbow Trout13011.3 inreport
March 2023Rainbow Trout4011.3 inreport
March 2023Rainbow Trout1,1309.1 inreport
March 2022Rainbow Trout17011.5 inreport
March 2022Rainbow Trout1,5209.5 inreport
March 2021Rainbow Trout1309.2 inreport
March 2021Rainbow Trout3909.2 inreport
March 2021Rainbow Trout1,1309.2 inreport
March 2021Rainbow Trout409.2 inreport
March 2020Rainbow Trout6008.7 inreport
March 2020Rainbow Trout1908.7 inreport
March 2020Brown Trout5908.8 inreport
March 2020Brown Trout2208.8 inreport
March 2019Rainbow Trout2509 inreport
March 2019Rainbow Trout8009 inreport
March 2019Brown Trout2708.7 inreport
March 2019Brown Trout7108.7 inreport
March 2018Rainbow Trout7009 inreport
March 2018Rainbow Trout2209 inreport
March 2018Brown Trout7009.1 inreport
March 2018Brown Trout2609.1 inreport
April 2017Rainbow Trout8009.1 inreport
April 2017Rainbow Trout2509.1 inreport
April 2017Brown Trout6608.8 inreport
April 2017Brown Trout2508.8 inreport
March 2016Rainbow Trout8009 inreport
March 2016Rainbow Trout2509 inreport
March 2016Brown Trout6909 inreport
March 2016Brown Trout2609 inreport
March 2015Rainbow Trout8008.9 inreport
March 2015Rainbow Trout2508.9 inreport
March 2015Brown Trout2608.3 inreport
March 2015Brown Trout6808.3 inreport
March 2014Rainbow Trout6308.9 inreport
March 2014Rainbow Trout2008.9 inreport
March 2014Brown Trout7009 inreport
March 2014Brown Trout2609 inreport
March 2013Rainbow Trout2509 inreport
March 2013Rainbow Trout8009 inreport
March 2013Brown Trout5808.6 inreport
March 2013Brown Trout2208.6 inreport
March 2012Rainbow Trout8009 inreport
March 2012Rainbow Trout2509 inreport
March 2012Brown Trout7108.5 inreport
March 2012Brown Trout2708.5 inreport
March 2011Rainbow Trout8008.2 inreport
March 2011Rainbow Trout2508.2 inreport
March 2011Brown Trout2508.3 inreport
March 2011Brown Trout6808.3 inreport

Access and facts

Water type
river section
Nearest town
Hyde Park

The pin is the mouth on the Hudson at Hyde Park. DEC's stream-access map shows a municipal bank reach about 2 km upstream and DEC-held bank reaches farther up, plus a roadside parking area. DEC's stocked reaches begin near the Route 9 bridge and run upstream.

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Advisories, closures, regulations and water conditions change. Check the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation before you go.

About Crum Elbow Creek

Photo of Crum Elbow Creek
Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Public domain

Nearest lakes

Black Creek 2.7 mi last stocked April 2025 Rondout Creek 9.2 mi last stocked April 2025 Upton Lake 10.8 mi last stocked May 2018 Shawangunk Kill 13.3 mi last stocked March 2025 Stony Kill 13.9 mi last stocked May 2020

Public land at Crum Elbow Creek

Crum Elbow Creek is 0.1 miles outside the edge of Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site.

Boundaries from Public Lands DB, part of the same network.

Common questions

What fish are at Crum Elbow Creek?

Fishing Crum Elbow Creek usually means Rainbow Trout: Rainbow Trout accounts for 42 of 62 plants on record, ahead of Brown Trout. Rainbow Trout was last stocked April 2025, averaging 9.5 in. Brown Trout was last stocked March 2020, averaging 8.7 in. American Eel is recorded here outside the stocking reports.

When is Crum Elbow Creek stocked?

Last stocked April 2025. It is stocked about 4.1 times a year since 2011, most often in March and April.

How big are the fish stocked at Crum Elbow Creek?

Stocked fish average 9.2 in. Rainbow Trout average 9.5 in. Brown Trout average 8.7 in.

How do you get on Crum Elbow Creek?

The nearest town is Hyde Park. The pin is the mouth on the Hudson at Hyde Park. DEC's stream-access map shows a municipal bank reach about 2 km upstream and DEC-held bank reaches farther up, plus a roadside parking area. DEC's stocked reaches begin near the Route 9 bridge and run upstream.

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