Stephensburg Brook is a freestone river in New Jersey, listed as Wild Trout Water by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Fish & Wildlife (official eRegulations edition of the Freshwater Fishing Digest).
The nearest USGS gauge on the same stream system is shown, labelled. 1 guide and 3 shops nearby are listed here.
Stephensburg Brook is a freestone river in New Jersey.
Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.
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Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Stephensburg Brook: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Stephensburg Brook with 1 USGS gauge, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Stephensburg Brook in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
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Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Pequest RiverThe South Branch Raritan River at the Columbia Trail after rain, New Jersey. Photo: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pequest River.
New Jersey · about 7 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Rocky RunLittle Lehigh Creek at Allentown, Pennsylvania, upstream from Lehigh Street. Photo: Tim Kiser ( w:User:Malepheasant ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Not Rocky Run.
New Jersey · about 7 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Brass Castle CreekThe Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Brass Castle Creek.
New Jersey · about 8 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Turkey BrookWillowemoc Creek east of Livingston Manor, New York. Photo: Donald B. Siano, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Turkey Brook.
New Jersey · about 8 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Cold BrookA foggy morning on the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. Photo: National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Cold Brook.
New Jersey · about 9 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Beaver BrookThe Beaverkill in autumn rain. Photo: Jack Enright, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Beaver Brook.
New Jersey · about 10 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the Wild Trout Streams — Native Brook Trout Streams (brook trout dominant) list (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Fish & Wildlife (official eRegulations edition of the Freshwater Fishing Digest), read 2026-10-20). All waters with this designation
On the Wild Trout Streams — Native Brook Trout Streams (brook trout dominant) list (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Fish & Wildlife (official eRegulations edition of the Freshwater Fishing Digest), read 2026-10-20). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Califon, NJ · 5 mi
Fly shop · Guided trips · Fly tying classes
What 1 nearby guide website mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 1 nearby guide website
None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.
No hub within 40 miles
A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.
7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
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Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Stephensburg Brook”, halfway along its length in New Jersey, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
Limited data: Normal flow for the date: no water temperature here
No water temperature here.
At Musconetcong River near Bloomsbury NJ (USGS 01457000). No gauge on Stephensburg Brook. Nearest: Musconetcong River near Bloomsbury NJ (13.1 mi away), on the river it flows into. Stephensburg Brook's own flow is not measured. Provisional USGS data
USGS 01457000 · NWS BLBN4
No gauge on Stephensburg Brook. Nearest: Musconetcong River near Bloomsbury NJ (13.1 mi away), on the river it flows into. Stephensburg Brook's own flow is not measured.
What the agencies suggest
Carry a pocket thermometer to monitor water temperatureNational Park Service
General guidance from the readings and the published lines named above, not a fishing forecast. Local rules and closures come first.
Reading Nov 5, 5:15 PM EST · provisional USGS data
Below normal for Nov 5 Steady · 24 h Below NWS action stage
Discharge, last 7 days: 169 readings from Oct 29, 6:30 PM EDT to Nov 5, 5:15 PM EST; ranging 79.6 to 93.3 ft³/s; latest 84.1 ft³/s.
USGS provisional data may be revised. Source: USGS instantaneous values.
| Time | Discharge (ft³/s) | Gauge height (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 5:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 4:15 PM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 5, 3:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 2:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 1:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 12:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 11:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 10:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 9:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 8:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 7:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 5, 6:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 5:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 4:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 3:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 2:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 1:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 5, 12:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 4, 11:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 4, 10:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 4, 9:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 4, 8:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 7:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 6:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 5:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 4:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 3:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 2:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 1:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 12:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 11:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 10:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 9:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 8:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 7:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 6:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 5:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 4, 4:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 4, 3:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 4, 2:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 4, 1:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 4, 12:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 3, 11:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 3, 10:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 9:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 8:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 7:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 6:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 5:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 4:15 PM EST | 79.6 | 1.36 |
| Nov 3, 3:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 2:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 1:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 12:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 11:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 10:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 9:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 8:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 7:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 6:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 5:15 AM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 3, 4:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 3, 3:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 3, 2:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 3, 1:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 3, 12:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 11:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 10:15 PM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 2, 9:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 8:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 7:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 6:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 5:15 PM EST | 81.8 | 1.37 |
| Nov 2, 4:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 3:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 2:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 1:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 12:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 11:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 10:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 9:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 8:15 AM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 2, 7:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 6:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 5:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 2, 4:15 AM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 2, 3:15 AM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 2, 2:15 AM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 2, 1:15 AM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 2, 12:15 AM EST | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Nov 1, 11:15 PM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 1, 10:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 9:15 PM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 1, 8:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 7:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 6:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 5:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 4:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 3:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 2:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 1:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 12:15 PM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 11:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 10:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 9:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 8:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 7:15 AM EST | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Nov 1, 6:15 AM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 1, 5:15 AM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 1, 4:15 AM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 1, 3:15 AM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 1, 2:15 AM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 1, 1:15 AM EST | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Nov 1, 1:15 AM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Nov 1, 12:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 11:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 10:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 9:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 8:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 7:15 PM EDT | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Oct 31, 6:15 PM EDT | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Oct 31, 5:15 PM EDT | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Oct 31, 4:15 PM EDT | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Oct 31, 3:15 PM EDT | 84.1 | 1.38 |
| Oct 31, 2:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 1:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 12:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 11:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 10:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 9:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 8:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 7:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 6:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 5:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 31, 4:15 AM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 31, 3:15 AM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 31, 2:15 AM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 31, 1:15 AM EDT | 91 | 1.41 |
| Oct 31, 12:15 AM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 30, 11:15 PM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 30, 10:15 PM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 30, 9:15 PM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 30, 8:15 PM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 30, 7:15 PM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 30, 6:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 5:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 4:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 3:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 2:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 1:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 12:15 PM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 11:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 10:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 9:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 8:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 7:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 6:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 5:15 AM EDT | 86.3 | 1.39 |
| Oct 30, 4:15 AM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 30, 3:15 AM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 30, 2:15 AM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 30, 1:15 AM EDT | 88.6 | 1.4 |
| Oct 30, 12:15 AM EDT | 91 | 1.41 |
| Oct 29, 11:15 PM EDT | 91 | 1.41 |
| Oct 29, 10:15 PM EDT | 91 | 1.41 |
| Oct 29, 9:15 PM EDT | 91 | 1.41 |
| Oct 29, 8:15 PM EDT | 93.3 | 1.42 |
| Oct 29, 7:15 PM EDT | 93.3 | 1.42 |
| Oct 29, 6:30 PM EDT | 93.3 | 1.42 |
Normal for Nov 5: 95–251 ft³/s (middle half of 109 years of record). Now: 84.1 ft³/s, below normal.
Below normal for this date. 84.1 ft³/s is between the 10th and 25th percentiles of daily mean flow for Nov 5 at this gauge over 109 years of record (1904–2026): 10th 69, 25th 95, median 182, 75th 251, 90th 369 ft³/s.
Daily means on record for Nov 5: lowest 40 ft³/s, highest 1,160 ft³/s.
Classes as USGS labels them (hyswap: flow categories (WDFN_stats schema) (U.S. Geological Survey) ); percentiles from the USGS daily statistics (U.S. Geological Survey) (approved daily means; the reading is provisional and instantaneous).
Steady over 24 hours (+2.8% discharge). Rising or falling means a change of more than 10% in discharge (or 0.2 ft of gauge height) over 24 hours; our rule of thumb, not a USGS class.
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
NWS observed 1.38 ft stage, 84 ft³/s at Nov 5, 5:15 PM EST (NWS gauge BLBN4; its stage datum can differ from the USGS gauge height).
Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.
Open the NWS gauge page · What the categories mean (National Weather Service)
No current water-temperature reading at this gauge, so no temperature guidance is given. Take a stream thermometer. New Jersey Fish and Wildlife publishes no water-temperature line for trout anglers that we found. The lines below are the National Park Service's, federal guidance, not a New Jersey rule, with New Jersey Fish and Wildlife's own figure added: 68°F and 72°F.
This gauge is on our page for Stephensburg Brook, but no agency page we read lists its species.
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
Flood categories: action stage, minor, moderate and major flooding (National Weather Service)Turn Around Don't Drown. “A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult.” No flow number makes a crossing safe; if in doubt, stay out.
Turn Around Don't Drown (National Weather Service)Guidance from the readings above and the published thresholds named with each line; not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access. Local rules and closures come first.
Checked Nov 5, 6:20 PM EST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Pequest RiverThe South Branch Raritan River at the Columbia Trail after rain, New Jersey. Photo: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pequest River.
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Rocky RunLittle Lehigh Creek at Allentown, Pennsylvania, upstream from Lehigh Street. Photo: Tim Kiser ( w:User:Malepheasant ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Not Rocky Run.
New Jersey · about 7 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Brass Castle CreekThe Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Brass Castle Creek.
New Jersey · about 8 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Turkey BrookWillowemoc Creek east of Livingston Manor, New York. Photo: Donald B. Siano, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Turkey Brook.
New Jersey · about 8 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Cold BrookA foggy morning on the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. Photo: National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Cold Brook.
New Jersey · about 9 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Beaver BrookThe Beaverkill in autumn rain. Photo: Jack Enright, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Beaver Brook.
