West 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).
1 USGS gauge on the water reports flow. 1 guide and 3 shops nearby are listed here.
West Brook is a freestone river in New Jersey. New Jersey has 2 waters named West Brook in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the stream whose mouth is in Passaic County, the one the agency list names.
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.
Signed in: one step. Otherwise we email a confirmation link first. Every alert has one-click links to stop it.
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.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of West Brook: gauges, shops and guides
Map of West Brook with 1 USGS gauge, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of West 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 2 restrooms near West Brook
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 2 restrooms near West 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
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.
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Wanaque RiverThe South Branch Raritan River at the Columbia Trail after rain, New Jersey. Photo: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Wanaque River.
New Jersey · about 2 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Pequannock RiverThe Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pequannock River.
New Jersey · about 6 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Clinton ReservoirMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clinton Reservoir.
New Jersey · about 7 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake WawayandaRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Wawayanda.
New Jersey · about 10 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Saddle RiverThe Naugatuck River at Derby, Connecticut. Photo: Staib, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saddle River.
New Jersey · about 13 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Jackson BrookLittle Lehigh Creek at Allentown, Pennsylvania, upstream from Lehigh Street. Photo: Tim Kiser ( w:User:Malepheasant ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Not Jackson Brook.
New Jersey · about 20 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.
Whole West Brook, not only this reach.
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 of the whole West Brook. 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.
1.7 of 6.2 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.
Califon, NJ · 37 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.
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 West 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: the USGS gauge West Brook near Wanaque NJ. Water type is our own classification.
Caution: Rising water: fishable, but watch the level
No water temperature here.
At West Brook near Wanaque NJ (USGS 01386000) Provisional USGS data
USGS 01386000
What the agencies suggest
Stand back from the shoreline and be aware of surroundingsRhode Island Department of Environmental Management
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 Rising · 24 h
Discharge, last 7 days: 169 readings from Oct 29, 6:30 PM EDT to Nov 5, 5:15 PM EST; ranging 3.88 to 5.37 ft³/s; latest 4.35 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 | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 5, 4:15 PM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 5, 3:15 PM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 5, 2:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 5, 1:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 5, 12:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 5, 11:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 5, 10:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 5, 9:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 5, 8:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 5, 7:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 5, 6:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 5, 5:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 5, 4:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 5, 3:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 5, 2:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 5, 1:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 5, 12:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 11:15 PM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 10:15 PM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 9:15 PM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 8:15 PM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 7:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 4, 6:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 4, 5:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 4, 4:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 4, 3:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 4, 2:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 4, 1:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 4, 12:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 4, 11:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 4, 10:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 4, 9:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 4, 8:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 4, 7:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 6:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 5:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 4:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 3:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 2:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 1:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 4, 12:15 AM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 3, 11:15 PM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 3, 10:15 PM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 3, 9:15 PM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 3, 8:15 PM EST | 5.37 | 0.24 |
| Nov 3, 7:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 6:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 5:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 4:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 3:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 2:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 1:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 12:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 11:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 10:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 9:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 8:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 7:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 6:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 5:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 4:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 3:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 2:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 1:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 3, 12:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 11:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 10:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 9:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 8:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 7:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 6:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 5:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 4:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 3:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 2:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 1:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 12:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 11:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 10:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 2, 9:15 AM EST | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Nov 2, 8:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 7:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 6:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 5:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 4:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 3:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 2:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 1:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 2, 12:15 AM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 1, 11:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 1, 10:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 1, 9:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 1, 8:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 1, 7:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 1, 6:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 1, 5:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 1, 4:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 1, 3:15 PM EST | 3.88 | 0.21 |
| Nov 1, 2:15 PM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 1:15 PM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 12:15 PM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 11:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 10:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 9:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 8:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 7:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 6:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 5:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 4:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 3:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 2:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 1:15 AM EST | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 1:15 AM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Nov 1, 12:15 AM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 11:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 10:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 9:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 8:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 7:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 6:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 5:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 4:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 3:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 2:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 1:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 12:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 11:15 AM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 10:15 AM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 31, 9:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 31, 8:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 31, 7:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 31, 6:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 31, 5:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 31, 4:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 31, 3:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 31, 2:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 31, 1:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 31, 12:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 11:15 PM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 10:15 PM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 9:15 PM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 8:15 PM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 7:15 PM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 6:15 PM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 5:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 30, 4:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 30, 3:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 30, 2:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 30, 1:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 30, 12:15 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 30, 11:15 AM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 30, 10:15 AM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
| Oct 30, 9:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 8:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 7:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 6:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 5:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 4:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 3:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 2:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 1:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 30, 12:15 AM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 29, 11:15 PM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 29, 10:15 PM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 29, 9:15 PM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 29, 8:15 PM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 29, 7:15 PM EDT | 4.85 | 0.23 |
| Oct 29, 6:30 PM EDT | 4.35 | 0.22 |
Normal for Nov 5: 5.7–26 ft³/s (middle half of 68 years of record). Now: 4.35 ft³/s, below normal.
Below normal for this date. 4.35 ft³/s is between the 10th and 25th percentiles of daily mean flow for Nov 5 at this gauge over 68 years of record (1935–2026): 10th 2.6, 25th 5.7, median 14, 75th 26, 90th 41 ft³/s.
Daily means on record for Nov 5: lowest 0.9 ft³/s, highest 72.8 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).
Rising over 24 hours: discharge up 12.1%, from 3.88 to 4.35 ft³/s. 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.
The National Weather Service has no flood-stage gauge here, so no official flood category is shown.
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 West Brook, but no agency page we read lists its species.
Rising water. Rising over the last 24 hours (discharge up 12.1%). Keep your way back to the bank in sight and watch the level while you fish. “Rising” is our rule of thumb: more than 10% in discharge or 0.2 ft of gauge height in 24 hours, not a USGS or NWS class.
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, 6:19 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.
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Wanaque RiverThe South Branch Raritan River at the Columbia Trail after rain, New Jersey. Photo: Magpieturtle, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Wanaque River.
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Pequannock RiverThe Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pequannock River.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Clinton ReservoirMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clinton Reservoir.
New Jersey · about 7 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake WawayandaRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Wawayanda.
New Jersey · about 10 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Saddle RiverThe Naugatuck River at Derby, Connecticut. Photo: Staib, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saddle River.
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Jackson BrookLittle Lehigh Creek at Allentown, Pennsylvania, upstream from Lehigh Street. Photo: Tim Kiser ( w:User:Malepheasant ), CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons Not Jackson Brook.
New Jersey · about 20 mi
Mahwah, New Jersey
Fish camp · 4.4 mi
