Silver Creek fishing

Fishing at Silver Creek is on a river section, stocked with Steelhead. It is stocked about 0.9 times a year since 2011, most often in March and April.

Last stocked

March 1, 2025

Plants on record

14

Since 2011

Species recorded

1

Average size

5.1 in

Elevation

576 ft

Access and facts

Water type
river section
Nearest town
Silver Creek
Shore access
Yes

Silver Creek joins Lake Erie in the Village of Silver Creek, offering several miles of steelhead water from the mouth up to the Hanover/King Road crossing; it runs clearer than nearby tributaries when others are muddy.

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How Silver Creek is stocked

The first plant of the year usually falls in the first week of March. In 2025 it was March 1, 2025, about when it usually is.

No plants recorded in 2015.

Cattaraugus Creek (2.3 mi), Canadaway Creek (11.2 mi), and Eighteenmile Creek (15.6 mi) were stocked more recently. Cattaraugus Creek is also stocked with Steelhead, Canadaway Creek is also stocked with Steelhead, and Eighteenmile Creek is also stocked with Steelhead.

Fish at Silver Creek

Fishing Silver Creek is most likely to be for Steelhead. All 14 plants on record are Steelhead.

Steelhead 14 plants
Plants
14 of 14
Last stocked
March 1, 2025
Average length
5.1 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Steelhead guide.

Fish stocked per year

  • 11,5602011
  • 10,0002012
  • 10,0002013
  • 10,0002014
  • 5,0002016
  • 10,0002017
  • 10,0002018
  • 8,7502019
  • 5,0002020
  • 5,0002021
  • 5,0002022
  • 5,0002023
  • 5,0002024
  • 5,0002025

Stocking history

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
March 1, 2025 Steelhead 5,000 5.6 in report
March 1, 2024 Steelhead 5,000 4.6 in report
March 1, 2023 Steelhead 5,000 5.7 in report
March 1, 2022 Steelhead 5,000 5.5 in report
March 1, 2021 Steelhead 5,000 5.4 in report
March 1, 2020 Steelhead 5,000 6 in report
March 1, 2019 Steelhead 8,750 4.9 in report
April 1, 2018 Steelhead 10,000 5.1 in report
April 1, 2017 Steelhead 10,000 4.5 in report
April 1, 2016 Steelhead 5,000 4.8 in report
April 1, 2014 Steelhead 10,000 4.9 in report
April 1, 2013 Steelhead 10,000 4.7 in report
March 1, 2012 Steelhead 10,000 5 in report
April 1, 2011 Steelhead 11,560 4.7 in report

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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