Stream / River · Herkimer
West Canada Creek
Official trout-water information for West Canada Creek in Herkimer, New York.
Location and source context
Waterbody overview
- Mapped location
- 43.17750, -75.00888
- Towns
- Fairfield, Fairfield, Herkimer, Fairfield, Herkimer, Newport, Fairfield, Newport, Herkimer, Newport, Ohio, Russia
- Drainage basin
- Mohawk 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
- 22,300 trout
Classification
Designations and characteristics
Designations
Characteristics
Fishery
Documented trout
- Brook Trout
- Brown Trout
Management
4 documented reaches
From the first bridge (Comstock Bridge) downstream of the mouth of Cincinnati Creek upstream to Trenton Falls Dam
Length: 4.00 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Reach flags: Year-round catch and release, Special-regulation area
Stocking schedule: 4th week in April
Published reach total: 2,200 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: 25
From 1.0 mile downstream of Route 8 bridge near Haskell Road upstream to 1.75 miles upstream of Route 8 bridge near Haskell Road
Length: 2.80 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brook Trout
Stocking schedule: 4th week in April
Published reach total: 2,660 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: 25
From Shells Bush Road upstream to 0.5 miles upstream of Kast Bridge
Length: 2.30 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Stocking schedule: 3rd week in April
Published reach total: 4,320 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: 25
From Bridge Street in Middleville to the first bridge (Comstock Bridge) downstream of the mouth of Cincinnati Creek
Length: 15.70 miles
Classification: Stocked, Stocked-Extended
Documented trout: Brown Trout
Stocking schedule: 2nd week in April
Published reach total: 24,600 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: 25
Stocking
Published stocking information
Current plans and schedules
- April - fourth week410 troutBrown TroutTown: Fairfield, NewportPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- May - second week410 troutBrown TroutTown: Fairfield, NewportPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- May - second week3,420 troutBrown TroutTown: Fairfield, NewportPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- May - fourth week410 troutBrown TroutTown: Fairfield, NewportPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - fourth week3,420 troutBrown TroutTown: Fairfield, NewportPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - second week410 troutBrown TroutTown: Fairfield, NewportPublished size: 12 -15 inches
- April - second week3,420 troutBrown TroutTown: Fairfield, NewportPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - fourth week2,660 troutBrook TroutTown: OhioPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- May - fourth week3,420 troutBrown TroutTown: Fairfield, NewportPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - third week3,860 troutBrown TroutTown: Fairfield, HerkimerPublished size: 9 - 10 inches
- April - third week460 troutBrown TroutTown: Fairfield, HerkimerPublished size: 12 -15 inches
Published history
- 201142,530 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 201244,930 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 201338,750 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 201442,600 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 201536,920 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 201745,300 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 201837,770 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 201940,270 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 202051,990 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 202156,600 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 202227,940 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 202328,400 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 202422,840 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
- 202517,280 troutBrook Trout, Brown Trout
Access evidence
7 matched records
Fishing Rock Rd
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: Fishing Rock Rd
Town: Newport
Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout
Features: Shore fishing
NY 28
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: NY 28
Town: Fairfield
Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout
Features: Shore fishing
NY 28
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: NY 28
Town: Newport
Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout
Features: Shore fishing
NY 28
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: NY 28
Town: Newport
Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout
Features: Shore fishing
NY 28
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: NY 28
Town: Russia
Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout
Features: Shore fishing
Rasbach Rd
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: Rasbach Rd
Town: Fairfield
Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout
Features: Shore fishing
Shells Bush Rd
Evidence type: public rights
Ownership: NYSDEC Public Fishing Rights
Parking: Shells Bush Rd
Town: Herkimer
Trout present: Brook Trout, Brown Trout
Stocked trout: Brown Trout
Features: Shore fishing
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 - 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
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