East Branch Fish Creek fishing

Fishing at East Branch Fish Creek is on a river section, stocked with Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, and Atlantic Salmon. It is stocked about 9.1 times a year since 2011, most often in April and May. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk for Brown Trout and Brook Trout and dawn and dusk for Rainbow Trout.

Last stocked

May 1, 2025

Plants on record

137

Since 2011

Species recorded

3

Average size

9.3 in

Elevation

395 ft

Access and facts

Water type
river section
Facilities
camping

The 1,350-acre East Branch Fish Creek State Forest has 3.5 miles of hiking trails, parking at Wee Road and Michigan Mills Extension, and a primitive campsite off Michigan Mills Road; at-large primitive camping is also permitted.

Sources: water_type , shore_notes , facilities , speciesFound

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How East Branch Fish Creek is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of April. In 2025 it was May 1, 2025, later than usual.

No plants recorded in 2016.

Rome Reservoir (8 mi) was stocked more recently. Rome Reservoir is also stocked with Brown Trout.

Fish at East Branch Fish Creek

Fishing East Branch Fish Creek is most likely to be for Brown Trout. Brown Trout accounts for 118 of 137 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout and one more.

Brown Trout 118 plants
Plants
118 of 137
Last stocked
May 1, 2025
Average length
9.5 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Brook Trout 10 plants
Plants
10 of 137
Last stocked
May 1, 2021
Average length
8 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Rainbow Trout 9 plants
Plants
9 of 137
Last stocked
May 1, 2021
Average length
8.6 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Rainbow Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 15,4502011
  • 16,1002012
  • 13,7102013
  • 14,8002014
  • 14,7202015
  • 15,2302017
  • 15,7602018
  • 16,1502019
  • 13,3802020
  • 9,0502021
  • 8,5802022
  • 8,5802023
  • 8,6102024
  • 6,8002025

Stocking history

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Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 100 13.4 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 1,020 9.5 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 430 9.5 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 110 13.4 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 940 9.5 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 50 13.4 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 1,950 9.2 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 200 14.2 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 220 14.2 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 1,780 9.2 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 2,130 9.2 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 250 13.8 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 220 13.8 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 200 13.8 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 1,860 9.2 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 1,700 9.2 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 160 14.2 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 1,400 9.1 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 620 9.1 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 70 14.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 2,130 – report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 240 13.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 1,700 9.3 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 1,860 9.3 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 210 13.9 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 190 13.9 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 160 13.7 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 1,400 9.5 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 620 9.5 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 70 13.7 in report
June 1, 2022 Brown Trout 240 13.5 in report
June 1, 2022 Brown Trout 2,130 8.5 in report
June 1, 2022 Brown Trout 400 13.5 in report
June 1, 2022 Brown Trout 3,560 8.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 230 13.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 2,020 8.5 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 620 8.8 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 70 13.5 in report
May 1, 2021 Brook Trout 2,130 0.6 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 70 13.1 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 1,400 8.8 in report
May 1, 2021 Rainbow Trout 160 9.2 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 240 13.5 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 190 13.4 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 1,700 8.5 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 210 13.4 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 1,860 8.5 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 210 13.4 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 190 13.4 in report
May 1, 2020 Rainbow Trout 830 10 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 660 7.9 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 370 7.9 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,470 7.5 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,100 7.5 in report
April 1, 2020 Brook Trout 1,300 7.9 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,940 8.5 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,620 8.5 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,100 8.4 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,990 8.4 in report
June 1, 2019 Rainbow Trout 1,100 8 in report
June 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,770 7.7 in report
June 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,330 7.7 in report
June 1, 2019 Brown Trout 440 7.7 in report
June 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,950 7.7 in report
June 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,330 7.7 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 800 7.9 in report
April 1, 2019 Brook Trout 1,500 8 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 2,390 7.6 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 3,540 7.6 in report
May 1, 2018 Rainbow Trout 960 9 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 1,300 8.1 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 1,740 8.1 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 440 8 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 780 8 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 1,910 9 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 1,300 9 in report
April 1, 2018 Brook Trout 1,500 8.3 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 2,350 7.9 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 3,480 7.9 in report
June 1, 2017 Rainbow Trout 1,100 8.5 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,650 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 410 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,240 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brook Trout 1,500 9 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 3,300 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,240 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 1,820 8 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 740 8 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 2,230 8 in report
June 1, 2015 Brown Trout 1,280 8.1 in report
June 1, 2015 Brown Trout 1,880 8.1 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 430 7.9 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 1,710 7.9 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 1,280 7.9 in report
April 1, 2015 Rainbow Trout 1,100 8.3 in report
April 1, 2015 Brook Trout 1,310 9.3 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 2,310 7.8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 3,420 7.8 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 1,720 8.1 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 1,290 8.1 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 430 8.1 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 1,890 8.2 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 1,290 8.2 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 790 8.1 in report
April 1, 2014 Brook Trout 1,500 9.5 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 2,370 8 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 3,520 8 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 360 8.9 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 1,090 8.9 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 1,450 8.9 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 650 8.1 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 1,600 8.2 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 1,090 8.2 in report
April 1, 2013 Rainbow Trout 1,100 8 in report
April 1, 2013 Brook Trout 1,500 8.8 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 2,910 8 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 1,960 8 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 1,770 8.1 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 1,330 8.1 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 440 8.1 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 1,950 8.1 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 1,330 8.1 in report
April 1, 2012 Rainbow Trout 1,100 8.2 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 800 8.2 in report
April 1, 2012 Brook Trout 1,440 9.1 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 3,550 8.1 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 2,390 8.1 in report
June 1, 2011 Brown Trout 420 8.8 in report
May 1, 2011 Rainbow Trout 1,100 7.8 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 1,270 8.5 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 1,690 8.5 in report
May 1, 2011 Brook Trout 1,400 9.4 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 1,860 8.5 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 1,270 8.5 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 760 8.3 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 2,290 8.4 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 3,390 8.4 in report
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Species found here

Confirmed present independent of the stocking records above, not from a stocking event.

Species stocked here

Depth-by-season, top lures, and bait notes for each species stocked here are on its own species guide, linked above.

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