West Canada Creek

West Canada Creek fishing

Fishing at West Canada Creek is on a river section, stocked with Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass, and Fallfish. It is stocked about 21 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 Smallmouth Bass.

Last stocked

May 1, 2025

Plants on record

322

Since 2011

Species recorded

2

Average size

10.1 in

Elevation

369 ft

Access and facts

Water type
river section
Nearest town
Herkimer, NY
Shore access
Yes
Boat ramp
Yes

Public Fishing Rights easements give bank access along roughly 26 miles of the creek with 11 dedicated parking areas; boat launch sites also serve this stretch, though levels shift fast after Hinckley Dam releases.

Sources: water_type , access , shore_notes , nearest_town , speciesFound , fishing_notes , fishing_notes , watch_outs , angler_notes

View larger map ยท Open on Google Maps

How West Canada Creek is stocked

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

No plants recorded in 2016.

Fish at West Canada Creek

Fishing West Canada Creek is most likely to be for Brown Trout. Brown Trout accounts for 287 of 322 plants on record, ahead of Brook Trout.

Brown Trout 287 plants
Plants
287 of 322
Last stocked
May 1, 2025
Average length
10.3 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brown Trout guide.

Brook Trout 35 plants
Plants
35 of 322
Last stocked
April 1, 2025
Average length
8.4 in

Seasons and rigs are on the Brook Trout guide.

Fishing West Canada Creek

West Canada Creek is a significant waterway in upstate New York, utilized by the public for trout fishing. It is considered one of the most renowned trout streams in central New York, offering good fishing for both brown trout and brook trout. For fishing and fly fishing advocates, a trophy section exists from Trenton Falls to the Oneida/Herkimer county border. The creek provides good fishing opportunities throughout its length, particularly from its headwaters in the southeastern Adirondacks.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org , dec.ny.gov

What to watch for

Anglers must be aware of fast rising water through dam releases. Below Trenton Falls and the Hinckley Dam, West Canada Creek is subject to sudden water surges from the upstream power dam. Wading anglers must be careful to watch for rising waters and quickly move to safety.

What anglers say

According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), West Canada Creek is one of the most renowned trout streams in central New York. It is known for providing anglers with good fishing for both brown trout and brook trout.

Fish stocked per year

  • 55,8602011
  • 59,5152012
  • 50,3502013
  • 57,2402014
  • 53,1502015
  • 59,8702017
  • 51,4602018
  • 52,0802019
  • 71,5202020
  • 69,3402021
  • 40,5802022
  • 41,0402023
  • 37,1302024
  • 25,7702025

Stocking history

Showing 15 of 322 plants Showing 322 plants

Source: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Date Species Quantity Avg. length Source
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 2,050 9.2 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 230 13.7 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 490 9.2 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 60 13.8 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 3,390 9.2 in report
May 1, 2025 Brown Trout 380 13.8 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 2,050 9.2 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 2,050 9.2 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 230 13.4 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 230 13.5 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 60 13.5 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 490 9.2 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 60 13.4 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 490 9.2 in report
April 1, 2025 Brook Trout 1,730 9.4 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 380 13.5 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 3,390 9.2 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 380 13.4 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 3,390 9.2 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 3,820 9.3 in report
April 1, 2025 Brown Trout 420 13.6 in report
May 1, 2024 Brook Trout 1,560 10 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 230 14 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 230 13.8 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 1,960 9 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 1,960 10.1 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 880 8.9 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 100 14 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 880 9 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 150 14 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 3,220 8.9 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 380 13.8 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 3,220 9.6 in report
May 1, 2024 Brown Trout 440 14 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 230 14.2 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 1,960 9.1 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 230 13.6 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 1,960 9.5 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 100 14.2 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 880 9.1 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 880 9.5 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 100 13.6 in report
April 1, 2024 Brook Trout 1,900 9.1 in report
April 1, 2024 Brook Trout 2,420 9.1 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 3,220 9.1 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 380 14.2 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 3,220 9.5 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 380 13.6 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 3,640 9.1 in report
April 1, 2024 Brown Trout 420 14 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 220 13.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 1,960 8.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 1,960 8.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 220 13.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 880 9.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 100 13.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 880 8.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 100 13.2 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 3,230 9.3 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 360 13.9 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 3,230 9.3 in report
May 1, 2023 Brown Trout 360 13.3 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 1,960 9.4 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 1,960 9.2 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 220 13.7 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 220 13.7 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 880 9.4 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 100 13.7 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 100 13.7 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 880 9.2 in report
April 1, 2023 Brook Trout 1,900 9.5 in report
April 1, 2023 Brook Trout 4,100 9.5 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 360 13.7 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 3,230 9.3 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 3,230 9.2 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 360 13.7 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 7,240 9 in report
April 1, 2023 Brown Trout 800 13.4 in report
June 1, 2022 Brown Trout 220 13.5 in report
June 1, 2022 Brown Trout 1,960 10 in report
June 1, 2022 Brown Trout 100 13.5 in report
June 1, 2022 Brown Trout 880 10 in report
June 1, 2022 Brown Trout 360 13.5 in report
June 1, 2022 Brown Trout 3,230 9.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 220 13 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 1,960 8.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 100 13 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 880 8.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Brook Trout 1,440 9.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Brook Trout 4,100 8.5 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 360 13 in report
May 1, 2022 Brown Trout 3,230 8.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 220 13.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 220 13 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 1,960 9 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 1,960 8.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 100 13.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 100 13 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 880 9 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 880 8.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 360 13.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 360 13 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 6,460 9 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 800 13.5 in report
April 1, 2022 Brown Trout 7,240 10 in report
November 1, 2021 Brook Trout 14,760 6.8 in report
June 1, 2021 Brown Trout 220 8.5 in report
June 1, 2021 Brown Trout 1,960 8.5 in report
June 1, 2021 Brown Trout 100 8.5 in report
June 1, 2021 Brown Trout 880 8.5 in report
June 1, 2021 Brown Trout 3,230 8.5 in report
June 1, 2021 Brown Trout 360 13.4 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 220 12.8 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 1,960 8.7 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 100 12.8 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 880 8.7 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 100 12.8 in report
May 1, 2021 Brook Trout 12,410 8.9 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 3,230 8.9 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 220 12.8 in report
May 1, 2021 Brown Trout 360 12.8 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 1,960 8.8 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 1,960 8.5 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 220 13.5 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 220 13.4 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 880 8.8 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 100 13.5 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 100 13.4 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 880 8.5 in report
April 1, 2021 Brook Trout 6,810 8.9 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 360 13.7 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 3,230 8.8 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 360 13.5 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 3,230 8.6 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 800 13.8 in report
April 1, 2021 Brown Trout 7,240 8.6 in report
October 1, 2020 Brook Trout 6,000 4.9 in report
October 1, 2020 Brook Trout 3,000 4.9 in report
October 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,000 6.2 in report
October 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,000 6.2 in report
October 1, 2020 Brown Trout 3,000 6.2 in report
October 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,500 6.2 in report
May 1, 2020 Brown Trout 450 13.4 in report
May 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,280 8.9 in report
May 1, 2020 Brown Trout 260 13.4 in report
May 1, 2020 Brown Trout 940 8.9 in report
May 1, 2020 Brown Trout 450 13.4 in report
May 1, 2020 Brown Trout 4,200 8.4 in report
May 1, 2020 Brook Trout 2,270 7.7 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 680 13.4 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,100 8.5 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,100 7.8 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,100 7.8 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 380 13.4 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,310 7.9 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,310 7.9 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,310 7.8 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 1,310 7.8 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,500 7.8 in report
April 1, 2020 Brook Trout 1,300 8.1 in report
April 1, 2020 Brook Trout 6,000 1.2 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 680 13 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 3,900 7.5 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 3,900 7.5 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 3,900 7.5 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 680 13 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,570 8.2 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,570 8.2 in report
April 1, 2020 Brown Trout 2,570 8.2 in report
June 1, 2019 Brown Trout 2,530 7.7 in report
June 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,580 7.7 in report
June 1, 2019 Brook Trout 1,000 9.3 in report
June 1, 2019 Brook Trout 1,000 9.3 in report
June 1, 2019 Brown Trout 4,700 7.7 in report
June 1, 2019 Brown Trout 3,100 7.7 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 680 13.1 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 2,530 7.3 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 380 13.1 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 3,010 7.7 in report
May 1, 2019 Brook Trout 7,100 7.8 in report
May 1, 2019 Brook Trout 3,400 7.8 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 680 12.8 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 4,700 7.3 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 680 12.8 in report
May 1, 2019 Brown Trout 3,100 7.3 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 2,530 7.5 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 1,580 7.5 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 4,700 7.5 in report
April 1, 2019 Brown Trout 3,100 7.5 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 680 13.3 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 3,570 9 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 3,570 8.1 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 380 13.3 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 960 9 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 2,960 8 in report
May 1, 2018 Brook Trout 3,400 9.1 in report
May 1, 2018 Brook Trout 7,100 9.1 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 680 13.3 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 4,610 8.1 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 4,610 8 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 680 13.3 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 3,040 8.1 in report
May 1, 2018 Brown Trout 3,040 8 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 3,570 7.8 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 960 7.8 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 4,610 7.8 in report
April 1, 2018 Brown Trout 3,040 7.8 in report
November 1, 2017 Brown Trout 70 17 in report
June 1, 2017 Brown Trout 3,800 8 in report
June 1, 2017 Brook Trout 1,480 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 680 13 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 3,380 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 3,380 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 3,380 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 380 13 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 910 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 910 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 2,810 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brook Trout 7,100 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brook Trout 3,400 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 680 13.5 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 4,370 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 680 13.5 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 4,370 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 4,370 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 680 13.5 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 2,890 8 in report
May 1, 2017 Brown Trout 2,890 8 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 4,370 8 in report
April 1, 2017 Brown Trout 2,890 8 in report
June 1, 2015 Brown Trout 4,600 8 in report
June 1, 2015 Brown Trout 2,300 8 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 680 12.8 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 3,510 7.9 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 380 12.8 in report
May 1, 2015 Brook Trout 1,800 9.3 in report
May 1, 2015 Brook Trout 5,100 9.3 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 680 12.8 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 6,000 7.9 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 680 12.8 in report
May 1, 2015 Brown Trout 6,000 7.9 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 5,260 7.8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 1,800 7.8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 2,270 7.8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 4,520 7.8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 2,520 7.8 in report
April 1, 2015 Brown Trout 5,050 7.8 in report
October 1, 2014 Brown Trout 1,000 11.2 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 3,530 8.3 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 950 8.3 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 2,930 8.1 in report
May 1, 2014 Brook Trout 3,400 9.6 in report
May 1, 2014 Brook Trout 7,100 9.6 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 4,570 8.3 in report
May 1, 2014 Brown Trout 5,090 8.3 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 680 13.1 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 3,530 8.2 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 3,600 8 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 380 13.1 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 970 8 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 4,570 8.2 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 4,660 8.1 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 5,090 8.2 in report
April 1, 2014 Brown Trout 5,190 8.1 in report
June 1, 2013 Brown Trout 3,850 9.1 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 2,980 8.1 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 2,980 8.1 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 800 8.1 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 2,470 8.2 in report
May 1, 2013 Brook Trout 3,400 9.3 in report
May 1, 2013 Brook Trout 7,100 9.3 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 3,850 8.9 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 4,290 9.1 in report
May 1, 2013 Brown Trout 4,290 9.1 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 680 12.8 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 2,980 8.2 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 380 12.8 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 800 8.2 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 680 12.8 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 3,850 8 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 680 12.8 in report
April 1, 2013 Brown Trout 4,290 8 in report
November 1, 2012 Brown Trout 315 21.5 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 330 13.5 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 3,640 8.5 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 3,640 8.5 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 980 8.5 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 330 13.5 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 4,700 9.6 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 4,700 9.6 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 340 13.5 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 5,230 9.6 in report
May 1, 2012 Brown Trout 5,230 9.6 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 680 12.8 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 3,640 8.3 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 380 12.8 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 980 8.3 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 3,020 8 in report
April 1, 2012 Brook Trout 6,820 8.8 in report
April 1, 2012 Brook Trout 3,270 8.8 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 680 12.8 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 4,700 8.2 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 680 12.8 in report
April 1, 2012 Brown Trout 5,230 8.2 in report
June 1, 2011 Brown Trout 3,470 9.8 in report
June 1, 2011 Brown Trout 3,470 9.8 in report
June 1, 2011 Brown Trout 930 9.8 in report
June 1, 2011 Brown Trout 4,490 8.8 in report
June 1, 2011 Brown Trout 4,490 8.8 in report
June 1, 2011 Brown Trout 5,000 9.8 in report
June 1, 2011 Brown Trout 5,000 9.8 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 680 13.6 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 380 13.6 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 2,880 9.6 in report
May 1, 2011 Brook Trout 3,180 9.5 in report
May 1, 2011 Brook Trout 6,640 9.5 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 680 13.6 in report
May 1, 2011 Brown Trout 680 13.6 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 3,470 8 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 930 8 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 4,490 8.3 in report
April 1, 2011 Brown Trout 5,000 8.3 in report
Show 307 more plants Show less

Species found here

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

  • Smallmouth Bass : Naturally occurring from Hinckley Dam down to Herkimer, alongside the stocked brown trout fishery. (source)
  • Fallfish : Naturally occurring from Hinckley Dam down to Herkimer. (source)

Species stocked here

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

Nearest lakes