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Rondout Creek

Official trout-water information for Rondout Creek in Ulster, New York.

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CountyUlster
RegionDEC Region 3 - Lower Hudson Valley
Water typeStream / River
Wild statusWild-Quality
3current plan records
15stocking history records
4documented reaches
1access evidence record

Location and source context

Waterbody overview

Towns
Denning, Wawarsing
Drainage basin
Lower Hudson River
Water-quality standards
B(T), C(TS)
Waterbody type evidence
official managed-stream layer; official managed-stream or public-access source; official public-fishing-rights source
Published planned total
6,330 trout

Classification

Designations and characteristics

Designations

  • Planned Spring Stocking
  • Public Fishing Rights
  • Recent Actual Stocking
  • Stocked
  • Trout Spawning Standard
  • Trout Water Standard
  • Wild-Quality

Characteristics

  • Protected Water
  • Public Fishing Rights
  • Road Access Stocking
  • Trout Spawning Standard
  • Trout Water Standard

Fishery

Documented trout

  • Brook Trout
  • Brown Trout
  • Rainbow Trout

Management

4 documented reaches

From Route 55 bridge (near intersection with Sportsman Road) upstream to Bennet Road Bridge

Length: 1.80 miles

Classification: Stocked, Wild-Quality

Documented trout: Brown Trout

Stocking schedule: 3rd week in April

Published reach total: 1,200 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: 13

Official reach source Official reach source

From confluence with Sundown Creek upstream to upstream most crossing of County Route 42

Length: 6.20 miles

Classification: Stocked, Wild-Quality

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: 13

Official reach source Official reach source

From 360 yards downstream of 42nd Street Bridge (Kerhonkson) upstream to confluence with Sandburg Creek

Length: 6.40 miles

Classification: Stocked, Wild-Quality

Documented trout: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Stocking schedule: 3rd week in April

Published reach total: 4,950 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: 13

Official reach source Official reach source

Route 55 bridge (near intersection with Route 55A)

Length: 0.10 miles

Classification: Stocked, Wild-Quality

Documented trout: Brown Trout

Reach flags: Road-access stocking

Stocking schedule: 3rd week in April

Published reach total: 180 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: 13

Official reach source Official reach source

Stocking

Published stocking information

Current plans and schedules

  • April - third week 750 trout Brown Trout Town: Wawarsing Published size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - third week 4,410 trout Rainbow Trout Town: Wawarsing Published size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - third week 1,170 trout Brown Trout Town: Wawarsing Published size: 9 - 10 inches

Published history

  • 2011 8,510 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2012 8,830 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout
  • 2013 8,890 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2014 8,660 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2015 8,700 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2016 8,430 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2017 10,660 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2018 7,530 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2019 10,550 trout Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2020 6,170 trout Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2021 5,150 trout Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2022 5,150 trout Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2023 5,150 trout Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2024 5,170 trout Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • 2025 6,300 trout Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Access evidence

1 matched record

Spruce St

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: Spruce St

Town: Wawarsing

Trout present: 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 - 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 - 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 - 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