Stream / River · Jefferson
Townsend Creek
Official trout-water information for Townsend Creek in Jefferson, New York.
Location and source context
Waterbody overview
- Mapped location
- 43.98720, -75.72254
- Town
- Champion
- Drainage basin
- Black 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
- 350 trout
Classification
Designations and characteristics
Designations
Characteristics
Fishery
Documented trout
- Brook Trout
Management
1 documented reach
From confluence with Felts Mills Creek upstream to 200 yards downstream of Rutland Hollow Road
Length: 2.30 miles
Classification: Stocked
Documented trout: Brook Trout
Stocking schedule: 1st week in May
Published reach total: 350 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 week350 troutBrook TroutTown: ChampionPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
Published history
- 2011840 troutBrook Trout
- 2012860 troutBrook Trout
- 2013900 troutBrook Trout
- 2014900 troutBrook Trout
- 2015790 troutBrook Trout
- 2017900 troutBrook Trout
- 2018900 troutBrook Trout
- 2019900 troutBrook Trout
- 2020900 troutBrook Trout
- 2021300 troutBrook Trout
- 2022300 troutBrook Trout
- 2023300 troutBrook Trout
- 2024320 troutBrook Trout
- 2025230 troutBrook Trout
Access evidence
1 matched record
Taylor Rd
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: Taylor Rd
Town: Champion
Trout present: Brook Trout
Stocked trout: Brook 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