Stream / River · Rensselaer
Kinderhook Creek
Official trout-water information for Kinderhook Creek in Rensselaer, New York.
Location and source context
Waterbody overview
- Mapped location
- 42.50998, -73.45488
- 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
Characteristics
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
Stocking
Published stocking information
Current plans and schedules
- May - first week60 troutBrown TroutTown: StephentownPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- May - first week260 troutBrown TroutTown: NassauPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- March - third week260 troutBrown TroutTown: NassauPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - first week470 troutBrown TroutTown: StephentownPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- March - third week470 troutBrown TroutTown: StephentownPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - third week2,160 troutBrown TroutTown: NassauPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- March - third week60 troutBrown TroutTown: StephentownPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - third week60 troutBrown TroutTown: StephentownPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- May - first week470 troutBrown TroutTown: StephentownPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- May - first week2,160 troutBrown TroutTown: NassauPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - third week260 troutBrown TroutTown: NassauPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - third week470 troutBrown TroutTown: StephentownPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - first week2,160 troutBrown TroutTown: NassauPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - first week60 troutBrown TroutTown: StephentownPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - first week260 troutBrown TroutTown: NassauPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- March - third week2,160 troutBrown TroutTown: NassauPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
Published history
- 201111,320 troutBrown Trout
- 201211,810 troutBrown Trout
- 201310,260 troutBrown Trout
- 201411,640 troutBrown Trout
- 201511,430 troutBrown Trout
- 201610,640 troutBrown Trout
- 201711,050 troutBrown Trout
- 201811,600 troutBrown Trout
- 201911,810 troutBrown Trout
- 202013,750 troutBrown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 202112,940 troutBrown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 202211,056 troutBrown Trout
- 202311,056 troutBrown Trout
- 202411,800 troutBrown Trout, Rainbow Trout
- 202523,200 troutBrown 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
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
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
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