Stream / River · Erie
Cattaraugus Creek
Official trout-water information for Cattaraugus Creek in Erie, New York.
Location and source context
Waterbody overview
- Mapped location
- 42.52173, -78.53029
- Towns
- Concord, Sardinia
- Drainage basin
- Lake Erie-Niagara River
- Water-quality standards
- C(T)
- Waterbody type evidence
- official managed-stream layer; official managed-stream or public-access source; official public-fishing-rights source
- Published planned total
- 3,070 trout
Classification
Designations and characteristics
Designations
Characteristics
Fishery
Documented trout
- Brown Trout
- Rainbow Trout
- Steelhead
Management
2 documented reaches
From 0.5 miles downstream of King Brook upstream 1.8 miles
Length: 1.90 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Stocking schedule: 1st week in April
Published reach total: 3,070 trout
Agency note: Anglers can fish along stream banks displayed as pink polygons in the stream access layer when activated. Access may also be available at additional locations not shown on this map where fishing permitted signs have been posted.
Management-plan page: 40
From confluence with Elton Creek upstream to 1.0 miles upstream of Java Lake Road
Length: 14.50 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Stocking schedule: 3rd week in March
Published reach total: 10,360 trout
Agency note: Anglers can fish along stream banks displayed as pink polygons in the stream access layer when activated. Access may also be available at additional locations not shown on this map where fishing permitted signs have been posted.
Management-plan page: 42
Stocking
Published stocking information
Current plans and schedules
- April - first week2,740 troutBrown TroutTown: SardiniaPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - first week330 troutBrown TroutTown: SardiniaPublished size: 12 -15 inches
Published history
- 2011121,180 troutBrown Trout, Steelhead
- 201297,930 troutBrown Trout, Steelhead
- 201395,890 troutBrown Trout, Steelhead
- 201496,880 troutBrown Trout, Steelhead
- 201537,840 troutBrown Trout, Steelhead
- 2016435,100 troutBrown Trout, Steelhead
- 2017300,970 troutBrown Trout, Steelhead
- 20186,870 troutBrown Trout
- 20197,180 troutBrown Trout
- 20205,990 troutBrown Trout
- 20212,060 troutBrown Trout
- 20222,060 troutBrown Trout
- 20232,870 troutBrown Trout
- 20242,880 troutBrown Trout
- 2025508 troutBrown Trout
Access evidence
2 matched records
NY 16 & 39
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: NY 16 & 39
Town: Sardinia
Trout present: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Features: Shore fishing
Scoby Rd
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: Scoby Rd
Town: Concord
Trout present: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Features: Shore fishing
Regulations
Reach-specific notes
Harvest regulation
Trout, April 1 - October 15, Daily Limit - 5 with no more than 2 longer than 12"
Catch-and-release regulation
Trout, October 16 - March 31, Catch and Release only, Artificial Lures only
Harvest regulation
Trout, April 1 - October 15, Daily Limit - 3 with no more than 1 longer than 12″
Catch-and-release regulation
Trout, October 16 - March 31, Catch and Release only, Artificial Lures only