Stream / River · Franklin
Chateaugay River
Official trout-water information for Chateaugay River in Franklin, New York.
Location and source context
Waterbody overview
- Mapped location
- 44.91922, -74.09143
- Towns
- Chateaugay, Chateaugay, Bellmont, Chateaugay-Bellmont
- Drainage basin
- St Lawrence River
- Water-quality standards
- C(T)
- Waterbody type evidence
- official managed-stream layer; official managed-stream or public-access source
- Published planned total
- 7,010 trout
Classification
Designations and characteristics
Designations
Characteristics
Fishery
Documented trout
- Brook Trout
- Brown Trout
- Rainbow Trout
Management
3 documented reaches
From the power line crossing near the intersection of Hartnett and Healy Roads upstream to the Forge Dam at Bunker Hill Road
Length: 5.30 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Stocking schedule: 3rd week in April
Published reach total: 2,510 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: 21
From the Chasm Dam impoundment upstream to High Falls Dam
Length: 2.60 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Stocking schedule: 1st week in May
Published reach total: 1,700 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: 21
From end of posted PFR 1 mile from US/Canada border upstream to 1.0 miles upstream of the Marble River confluence
Length: 3.20 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Stocking schedule: 1st week in May
Published reach total: 2,800 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: 21
Stocking
Published stocking information
Current plans and schedules
- May - first week1,010 troutBrown TroutTown: ChateaugayPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- June - first week130 troutBrown TroutTown: ChateaugayPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - third week270 troutBrown TroutTown: Chateaugay-BellmontPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- May - third week110 troutRainbow TroutTown: ChateaugayPublished size: 12 -14 inches
- May - third week1,000 troutRainbow TroutTown: ChateaugayPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- May - first week130 troutBrown TroutTown: ChateaugayPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - third week110 troutRainbow TroutTown: ChateaugayPublished size: 12 -14 inches
- April - third week1,000 troutRainbow TroutTown: ChateaugayPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- June - first week1,010 troutBrown TroutTown: ChateaugayPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - third week2,240 troutBrown TroutTown: Chateaugay-BellmontPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
Published history
- 201111,140 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 201210,370 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 201310,390 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 201410,106 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 20159,750 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 20169,240 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 20178,540 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 20186,380 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 20196,610 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 20205,040 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 202110,685 troutBrown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 20226,640 troutBrown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 20236,905 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 20247,680 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 20257,090 troutBrown Trout, Rainbow Trout
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
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