Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Van Campens 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).
3 shops nearby are listed here.
Van Campens Brook is a freestone river in New Jersey.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Van Campens Brook or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Van Campens Brook
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Van Campens Brook: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Van Campens Brook, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Van Campens 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.
Map of 6 restrooms near Van Campens Brook
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 6 restrooms near Van Campens Brook, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Flat BrookThe South Branch Raritan River at the Columbia Trail after rain, New Jersey. Photo: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Flat Brook.
New Jersey · about 2 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not White LakeMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not White Lake.
New Jersey · about 6 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Dunnfield CreekLittle Lehigh Creek at Allentown, Pennsylvania, upstream from Lehigh Street. Photo: Tim Kiser ( w:User:Malepheasant ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Not Dunnfield Creek.
New Jersey · about 9 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Beaver BrookThe Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Beaver Brook.
New Jersey · about 16 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Big Flat BrookWillowemoc Creek east of Livingston Manor, New York. Photo: Donald B. Siano, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Big Flat Brook.
New Jersey · about 17 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Pequest RiverA foggy morning on the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. Photo: National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pequest River.
New Jersey · about 17 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 (multiple wild trout species present) 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 (multiple wild trout species present) 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.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped channel. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
8.6 of 8.7 mi on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
No guide within 40 miles yet.
Califon, NJ · 25 mi
Fly shop · Guided trips · Fly tying classes
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.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Van Campens Brook.
No stories from here yet.
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 “Vancampens 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.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Flat BrookThe South Branch Raritan River at the Columbia Trail after rain, New Jersey. Photo: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Flat Brook.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not White LakeMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not White Lake.
New Jersey · about 6 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Dunnfield CreekLittle Lehigh Creek at Allentown, Pennsylvania, upstream from Lehigh Street. Photo: Tim Kiser ( w:User:Malepheasant ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Not Dunnfield Creek.
New Jersey · about 9 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Beaver BrookThe Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Beaver Brook.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Big Flat BrookWillowemoc Creek east of Livingston Manor, New York. Photo: Donald B. Siano, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Big Flat Brook.
New Jersey · about 17 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Pequest RiverA foggy morning on the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. Photo: National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pequest River.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
River cabins · 11 mi
