Stream / River · Jefferson
Sandy Creek
Official trout-water information for Sandy Creek in Jefferson, New York.
Location and source context
Waterbody overview
- Mapped location
- 43.78627, -76.08299
- Towns
- Adams, Ellisburg
- Drainage basin
- Lake Ontario
- Water-quality standards
- C, C(T)
- Waterbody type evidence
- official managed-stream layer; official managed-stream or public-access source; official public-fishing-rights source
- Published planned total
- 1,360 trout
Classification
Designations and characteristics
Designations
Characteristics
Fishery
Documented trout
- Brown Trout
Management
2 documented reaches
From 0.3 miles above of the dam in Adams upstream to Route 69
Length: 1.60 miles
Classification: Stocked
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Stocking schedule: 1st week in May
Published reach total: 620 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: 26
From 1.3 miles downstream of Co Rte 155 upstream to 0.6 miles upstream of Co Rte 155
Length: 1.90 miles
Classification: Stocked
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Stocking schedule: 1st week in May
Published reach total: 740 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: 26
Stocking
Published stocking information
Current plans and schedules
- May - first week150 troutBrown TroutTown: AdamsPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- May - first week1,210 troutBrown TroutTown: AdamsPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
Published history
- 20113,000 troutBrown Trout
- 20123,130 troutBrown Trout
- 20132,630 troutBrown Trout
- 20142,970 troutBrown Trout
- 20153,030 troutBrown Trout
- 20172,940 troutBrown Trout
- 20183,080 troutBrown Trout
- 20193,120 troutBrown Trout
- 20202,660 troutBrown Trout
- 20212,790 troutBrown Trout
- 20222,440 troutBrown Trout
- 20232,440 troutBrown Trout
- 20241,270 troutBrown Trout
- 20251,330 troutBrown Trout
Access evidence
2 matched records
County Route 120
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: County Route 120
Town: Ellisburg
Trout present: Brown Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout
Features: Shore fishing
NY 3
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: NY 3
Town: Ellisburg
Trout present: Brown Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout
Features: Shore fishing
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 - 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