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West Branch Delaware River

Official trout-water information for West Branch Delaware River in Delaware, New York.

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CountyDelaware
RegionDEC Region 4 - East Central New York
Water typeStream / River
Wild statusWild-Premier
32current plan records
15stocking history records
5documented reaches
10access evidence records

Location and source context

Waterbody overview

Towns
Delhi, Deposit, Hamden, Walton, Harpersfield, Hobart, Kortright
Drainage basin
Delaware River
Water-quality standards
A(T), B(T), C(T)
Waterbody type evidence
official managed-stream layer; official managed-stream or public-access source; official public-fishing-rights source
Published planned total
18,040 trout

Classification

Designations and characteristics

Designations

  • Planned Spring Stocking
  • Public Fishing Rights
  • Recent Actual Stocking
  • Stocked-Extended
  • Trout Water Standard
  • Wild-Premier

Characteristics

  • Protected Water
  • Public Fishing Rights
  • Special Regulations
  • Trout Water Standard
  • Year-Round Catch and Release

Fishery

Documented trout

  • Brook Trout
  • Brown Trout
  • Rainbow Trout

Management

5 documented reaches

From Route 17 bridge at Deposit downstream 2 miles

Length: 2.00 miles

Classification: Stocked-Extended, Wild-Premier

Reach flags: Year-round catch and release, Special-regulation area

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: 17

Official reach source Official reach source

From East Brook in Walton upstream 35.5 miles to Town Brook in Hobart

Length: 37.00 miles

Classification: Stocked-Extended, Wild-Premier

Documented trout: Brown Trout

Stocking schedule: 3rd week in April

Published reach total: 18,040 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: 17

Official reach source Official reach source

Forming NY/PA border

Length: 7.70 miles

Classification: Stocked-Extended, Wild-Premier

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: 17

Official reach source Official reach source

From Route 17 bridge at Deposit upstream to Stilesville Weir

Length: 2.40 miles

Classification: Stocked-Extended, Wild-Premier

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: 17

Official reach source Official reach source

From NY/PA border upstream to 2 miles downstream of the Route 17 bridge at Deposit

Length: 4.60 miles

Classification: Stocked-Extended, Wild-Premier

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: 17

Official reach source Official reach source

Stocking

Published stocking information

Current plans and schedules

  • May - first week1,410 troutBrown TroutTown: Hamden, WaltonPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • May - third week170 troutBrown TroutTown: Hamden, WaltonPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - third week680 troutBrown TroutTown: HarpersfieldPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - first week1,410 troutBrown TroutTown: Hamden, WaltonPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • May - first week1,710 troutBrown TroutTown: DelhiPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • May - third week210 troutBrown TroutTown: DelhiPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - third week1,410 troutBrown TroutTown: Hamden, WaltonPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • May - third week30 troutBrown TroutTown: KortrightPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - first week30 troutBrown TroutTown: KortrightPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - third week80 troutBrown TroutTown: HarpersfieldPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - first week30 troutBrown TroutTown: KortrightPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - first week210 troutBrown TroutTown: DelhiPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - third week1,710 troutBrown TroutTown: DelhiPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - first week170 troutBrown TroutTown: Hamden, WaltonPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - third week210 troutBrown TroutTown: DelhiPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - first week220 troutBrown TroutTown: KortrightPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • May - third week220 troutBrown TroutTown: KortrightPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - first week80 troutBrown TroutTown: HarpersfieldPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - first week80 troutBrown TroutTown: HarpersfieldPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - third week80 troutBrown TroutTown: HarpersfieldPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - third week30 troutBrown TroutTown: KortrightPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - third week170 troutBrown TroutTown: Hamden, WaltonPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - third week680 troutBrown TroutTown: HarpersfieldPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - third week1,710 troutBrown TroutTown: DelhiPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - third week220 troutBrown TroutTown: KortrightPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - third week1,410 troutBrown TroutTown: Hamden, WaltonPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - first week220 troutBrown TroutTown: KortrightPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - first week1,710 troutBrown TroutTown: DelhiPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • May - first week170 troutBrown TroutTown: Hamden, WaltonPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • May - first week680 troutBrown TroutTown: HarpersfieldPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
  • April - first week210 troutBrown TroutTown: DelhiPublished size: 12 -15 inches
  • April - first week680 troutBrown TroutTown: HarpersfieldPublished size: 9 - 10 inches

Published history

  • 201115,230 troutBrown Trout
  • 201216,400 troutBrown Trout
  • 201313,300 troutBrown Trout
  • 201415,710 troutBrown Trout
  • 201515,400 troutBrown Trout
  • 201615,500 troutBrown Trout
  • 201714,900 troutBrown Trout
  • 201815,620 troutBrown Trout
  • 201916,190 troutBrown Trout
  • 202013,410 troutBrown Trout
  • 202117,170 troutBrown Trout
  • 202216,880 troutBrown Trout
  • 202316,880 troutBrown Trout
  • 202416,920 troutBrown Trout
  • 202517,720 troutBrown Trout

Access evidence

10 matched records

Airport Rd

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: Airport Rd

Town: Deposit

Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Stocked trout: NA

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

State Highway 10

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: State Highway 10

Town: Kortright

Trout present: Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

Laurel Bank Ave

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: Laurel Bank Ave

Town: Deposit

Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Stocked trout: NA

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

Laurel Bank Rd

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: Laurel Bank Rd

Town: Deposit

Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout

Stocked trout: NA

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

River St

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: River St

Town: Hobart

Trout present: Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

River St

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: River St

Town: Kortright

Trout present: Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

Sherwood Rd

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: Sherwood Rd

Town: Delhi

Trout present: Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

State Highway 10

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: State Highway 10

Town: Kortright

Trout present: Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

State Highway 10

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: State Highway 10

Town: Kortright

Trout present: Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

State Highway 10

Evidence type: public rights

Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights

Parking: State Highway 10

Town: Delhi

Trout present: Brown Trout

Stocked trout: Brown Trout

Features: Shore fishing

Open mapped location

Regulations

Reach-specific notes

Harvest regulation

Trout, All Year, 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, Minimum Size Limit - any size, Daily Limit - 1

Catch-and-release regulation

Trout, October 16 - March 31, Catch and Release only, Artificial Lures only

Harvest regulation

Trout, April 1 - October 15, Minimum Size Limit - any size, Daily Limit - 1

Catch-and-release regulation

Trout, October 16 - March 31, Catch and Release only, Artificial Lures only

Harvest regulation

Trout, April 1 - October 15, Minimum Size Limit - any size, Daily Limit - 1

Catch-and-release regulation

Trout, October 16 - March 31, Catch and Release only, Artificial Lures only

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