Onondaga Creek fishing

Fishing at Onondaga Creek is on a river section, stocked with Brown Trout and Brook Trout. It is stocked about 6.2 times a year since 2011, most often in March and April. Species guides list dawn, day, and dusk as the active times.

Last stocked

April 1, 2023

Plants on record

81

Since 2011

Species recorded

2

Average size

10.3 in

Elevation

362 ft

Access and facts

Water type
river section

A major tributary of Onondaga Lake, with headwaters 27 miles south of Syracuse near the hamlet of Vesper in the Town of Tully, flowing north through the city.

Sources: water_type , shore_notes

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How Onondaga Creek is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of March. In 2023 it was March 1, 2023, about when it usually is.

Harbor Brook (1.7 mi), Geddes Brook (2.7 mi), and Ninemile Creek (3 mi) were stocked more recently. Harbor Brook is also stocked with Brown Trout and Brook Trout, Geddes Brook is also stocked with Brown Trout, and Ninemile Creek is also stocked with Brook Trout and Brown Trout.

Fish at Onondaga Creek

Fishing Onondaga Creek is most likely to be for Brown Trout. Brown Trout accounts for 79 of 81 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout.

Brown Trout 79 plants
Plants
79 of 81
Last stocked
April 1, 2023
Average length
10.3 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Brook Trout 2 plants
Plants
2 of 81
Last stocked
April 1, 2013
Average length
8.4 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 1,6002011
  • 1,6502012
  • 1,6902013
  • 3002014
  • 1,7902015
  • 1,4702016
  • 5302017
  • 1,4952018
  • 1,4952019
  • 1,4952020
  • 2,7202021
  • 2,0602022
  • 1,4002023

Stocking history

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Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 300 9 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 100 12 in report
March 1, 2023 Brown Trout 400 9 in report
March 1, 2023 Brown Trout 100 12 in report
March 1, 2023 Brown Trout 100 12 in report
March 1, 2023 Brown Trout 400 9 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 100 12.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 100 12 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 800 9 in report
March 1, 2022 Brown Trout 210 12 in report
March 1, 2022 Brown Trout 850 9 in report
March 1, 2021 Brown Trout 250 12 in report
March 1, 2021 Brown Trout 110 12 in report
March 1, 2021 Brown Trout 110 12 in report
March 1, 2021 Brown Trout 450 9 in report
March 1, 2021 Brown Trout 550 9 in report
March 1, 2021 Brown Trout 450 9 in report
March 1, 2021 Brown Trout 250 12 in report
March 1, 2021 Brown Trout 550 9 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 100 13.5 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 55 13.5 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 100 13.5 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 50 13.5 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 540 8.1 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 225 8.1 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 225 8.1 in report
March 1, 2020 Brown Trout 200 8.1 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 50 12.2 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 100 12.2 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 200 7.8 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 540 7.8 in report
March 1, 2019 Brown Trout 100 12.2 in report
March 1, 2019 Brown Trout 55 12.2 in report
March 1, 2019 Brown Trout 225 7.8 in report
March 1, 2019 Brown Trout 225 7.8 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 50 12.6 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 100 12.1 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 540 7.8 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 200 7.8 in report
March 1, 2018 Brown Trout 100 12.1 in report
March 1, 2018 Brown Trout 55 12.1 in report
March 1, 2018 Brown Trout 225 7.8 in report
March 1, 2018 Brown Trout 225 7.8 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 50 12.6 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 200 8 in report
March 1, 2017 Brown Trout 55 12.6 in report
March 1, 2017 Brown Trout 225 8 in report
April 1, 2016 Brown Trout 100 13 in report
April 1, 2016 Brown Trout 50 13 in report
April 1, 2016 Brown Trout 540 8 in report
April 1, 2016 Brown Trout 200 8 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 75 12 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 55 12 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 225 8 in report
March 1, 2016 Brown Trout 225 8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 100 12.7 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 200 12.5 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 540 8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 300 8 in report
March 1, 2015 Brown Trout 75 12.5 in report
March 1, 2015 Brown Trout 75 12.5 in report
March 1, 2015 Brown Trout 250 8 in report
March 1, 2015 Brown Trout 250 8 in report
March 1, 2014 Brown Trout 75 12 in report
March 1, 2014 Brown Trout 225 7.5 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 150 12.5 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 540 7.5 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 150 12.7 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 100 7.7 in report
April 1, 2013 Brook Trout 250 8.4 in report
March 1, 2013 Brown Trout 75 12.5 in report
March 1, 2013 Brown Trout 425 5.8 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 300 13 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 550 8 in report
April 1, 2012 Brook Trout 300 8.3 in report
March 1, 2012 Brown Trout 75 13 in report
March 1, 2012 Brown Trout 425 8 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 300 13 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 800 8 in report
March 1, 2011 Brown Trout 75 13 in report
March 1, 2011 Brown Trout 425 8 in report
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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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