Stream / River · Madison
Chittenango Creek
Official trout-water information for Chittenango Creek in Madison, New York.
Location and source context
Waterbody overview
- Mapped location
- 42.97917, -75.84881
- Towns
- Cazenovia, Chittenango, Fenner, Sullivan
- Drainage basin
- Oswego 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
- 12,890 trout
Classification
Designations and characteristics
Designations
Characteristics
Fishery
Documented trout
- Brook Trout
- Brown Trout
Management
4 documented reaches
From Russell Street in Chittenango upstream to mile marker 1237 south of the Village of Chittenango Line
Length: 1.70 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Stocking schedule: 1st week in April
Published reach total: 1,000 trout
Agency note: Access may also be available at additional locations not shown on this map where fishing permitted signs have been posted. Portion from Russell St upstream to Madison St in Chittenango will not be stocked in 2026
Management-plan page: 32
From the mile marker 1237 south of the Village of Chittenango Line upstream to the Town of Fenner/Town of Sullivan Town line at mile marker 1219
Length: 2.10 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Reach flags: Year-round catch and release, Special-regulation area
Stocking schedule: 1st week in April
Published reach total: 1,880 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: 32
From the Town of Fenner/Town of Sullivan Town Line at mile marker 1219 upstream to Route 20 in Cazenovia
Length: 6.80 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Stocking schedule: 1st week in April
Published reach total: 9,560 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: 33
From Route 20 in Cazenovia upstream to the end of PFR at the DEC Access Site near Rippleton Rd (Rt 13)
Length: 3.90 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Stocking schedule: 2nd week in April
Published reach total: 450 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: 33
Stocking
Published stocking information
Current plans and schedules
- April - first week80 troutBrown TroutTown: SullivanPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - first week80 troutBrown TroutTown: CazenoviaPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - third week260 troutBrown TroutTown: FennerPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - second week20 troutBrown TroutTown: CazenoviaPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- May - first week80 troutBrown TroutTown: SullivanPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - first week20 troutBrown TroutTown: CazenoviaPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - first week640 troutBrown TroutTown: SullivanPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- May - third week2,130 troutBrown TroutTown: FennerPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- May - first week640 troutBrown TroutTown: SullivanPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- May - third week640 troutBrown TroutTown: SullivanPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - first week2,130 troutBrown TroutTown: FennerPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - third week80 troutBrown TroutTown: SullivanPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- May - third week260 troutBrown TroutTown: FennerPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- May - first week2,130 troutBrown TroutTown: FennerPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - second week160 troutBrown TroutTown: CazenoviaPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - third week640 troutBrown TroutTown: SullivanPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - first week10 troutBrown TroutTown: CazenoviaPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - first week260 troutBrown TroutTown: FennerPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- May - first week260 troutBrown TroutTown: FennerPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - first week160 troutBrown TroutTown: CazenoviaPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- May - third week80 troutBrown TroutTown: SullivanPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - third week2,130 troutBrown TroutTown: FennerPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
Published history
- 201116,540 troutBrown Trout
- 201217,280 troutBrown Trout
- 201313,840 troutBrown Trout
- 201415,700 troutBrown Trout
- 201515,030 troutBrown Trout
- 201716,520 troutBrown Trout
- 201816,400 troutBrown Trout
- 201916,630 troutBrown Trout
- 202041,878 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 202134,715 troutBrown Trout
- 202213,650 troutBrown Trout
- 202313,650 troutBrown Trout
- 202413,860 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 202513,150 troutBrown Trout
Access evidence
2 matched records
Emhoff Rd
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: Emhoff Rd
Town: Fenner
Trout present: Brown Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout
Features: Shore fishing
NY 13
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: NY 13
Town: Cazenovia
Trout present: Brown Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout
Features: Shore fishing
Regulations
Reach-specific notes
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, All Year, 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 - 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