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Kinderhook Creek

Official trout-water information for Kinderhook Creek in Rensselaer, New York.

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CountyRensselaer
RegionDEC Region 4 - East Central New York
Water typeStream / River
Wild statusNot documented
16current plan records
15stocking history records
1documented reach
3access evidence records

Location and source context

Waterbody overview

Towns
Nassau, New Lebanon, Stephentown
Drainage basin
Lower Hudson River
Water-quality standards
C(TS)
Waterbody type evidence
official managed-stream layer; official managed-stream or public-access source; official public-fishing-rights source
Published planned total
11,800 trout

Classification

Designations and characteristics

Designations

  • Planned Spring Stocking
  • Public Fishing Rights
  • Recent Actual Stocking
  • Stocked-Extended
  • Trout Spawning Standard

Characteristics

  • Protected Water
  • Public Fishing Rights
  • Trout Spawning Standard

Fishery

Documented trout

  • Brook Trout
  • Brown Trout
  • Rainbow Trout

Management

1 documented reach

From I-90 upstream to confluence with East Creek south of Route 43 in Stephentown

Length: 19.90 miles

Classification: Stocked-Extended

Documented trout: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Stocking schedule: 1st week in April

Published reach total: 20,200 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: 15

Official reach source Official reach source

Stocking

Published stocking information

Current plans and schedules

  • May - first week 60 trout Brown Trout Town: Stephentown Published size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - first week 260 trout Brown Trout Town: Nassau Published size: 12 -15 inches
  • March - third week 260 trout Brown Trout Town: Nassau Published size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - first week 470 trout Brown Trout Town: Stephentown Published size: 9 - 10 inches
  • March - third week 470 trout Brown Trout Town: Stephentown Published size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - third week 2,160 trout Brown Trout Town: Nassau Published size: 9 - 10 inches
  • March - third week 60 trout Brown Trout Town: Stephentown Published size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - third week 60 trout Brown Trout Town: Stephentown Published size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - first week 470 trout Brown Trout Town: Stephentown Published size: 9 - 10 inches
  • May - first week 2,160 trout Brown Trout Town: Nassau Published size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - third week 260 trout Brown Trout Town: Nassau Published size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - third week 470 trout Brown Trout Town: Stephentown Published size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - first week 2,160 trout Brown Trout Town: Nassau Published size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - first week 60 trout Brown Trout Town: Stephentown Published size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - first week 260 trout Brown Trout Town: Nassau Published size: 12 -15 inches
  • March - third week 2,160 trout Brown Trout Town: Nassau Published size: 9 - 10 inches

Published history

  • 2011 11,320 trout Brown Trout
  • 2012 11,810 trout Brown Trout
  • 2013 10,260 trout Brown Trout
  • 2014 11,640 trout Brown Trout
  • 2015 11,430 trout Brown Trout
  • 2016 10,640 trout Brown Trout
  • 2017 11,050 trout Brown Trout
  • 2018 11,600 trout Brown Trout
  • 2019 11,810 trout Brown Trout
  • 2020 13,750 trout Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2021 12,940 trout Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2022 11,056 trout Brown Trout
  • 2023 11,056 trout Brown Trout
  • 2024 11,800 trout Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2025 23,200 trout Brown Trout

Access evidence

3 matched records

Garfield Rd

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: Garfield Rd

Town: Stephentown

Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

Tayer Rd

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: Tayer Rd

Town: Nassau

Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

US 9 and US 20

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: US 9 and US 20

Town: New Lebanon

Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

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