Mongaup Creek

Type
Freestone river, New York (East)
Designation
Wild Trout Water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
4 nearby
Shops
1 nearby

Today on the Mongaup Creek

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Mongaup Creek is a freestone river in New York, listed as Wild Trout Water by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Bureau of Fisheries.

More about the Mongaup Creek

4 guides and 1 shop nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Roscoe & the Catskills.

Updated · Sources: Trout Stream Management Plan — Wild-Quality reaches (daily limit 3, 1 over 12 inches)

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Mongaup Creek is a freestone river in New York. Our destination hub Roscoe & the Catskills is 11 mi away in a straight line.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Mongaup Creek 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 Mongaup Creek

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

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.

Restrooms near Mongaup Creek

Restrooms near Mongaup Creek

Restrooms within 2 miles of Mongaup Creek 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 the restroom near Mongaup Creek

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 1 restroom near Mongaup Creek, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

  1. Restroom at a campground

    0.9 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    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.

More water near Mongaup Creek

  • Willowemoc Creek in early spring, bare trees reflected in a smooth poolCatch and release
    Photo credit

    Willowemoc Creek east of Livingston Manor, New York. Photo: Donald B. Siano, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

    Willowemoc Creek

    New York · about 7 mi

  • The Beaverkill in early autumn, rain dimpling a broad pool below wooded hillsCatch and release
    Photo credit

    The Beaverkill in autumn rain. Photo: Jack Enright, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Beaverkill

    New York · about 14 mi

    Brown & brook trout

  • The East Branch Delaware River at its confluence with the Beaverkill, below wooded hillsTrophy / quality trout water
    Photo credit

    The East Branch Delaware River at its confluence with the Beaverkill, East Branch, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    East Branch Delaware River

    New York · about 17 mi

    Rainbow & brown trout

  • Morning fog over the Upper Delaware River, with a small boat on the waterWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Russell Brook
    Photo credit

    A foggy morning on the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. Photo: National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Russell Brook.

    Russell Brook

    New York · about 13 mi

  • The Neversink River flowing between summer woods, seen from a bridge at Oakland ValleyWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not North Branch Callicoon Creek
    Photo credit

    The Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not North Branch Callicoon Creek.

    North Branch Callicoon Creek

    New York · about 17 mi

  • Esopus Creek running over a stony bed into a wooded Catskill hollow at Big IndianWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not West Branch Beer Kill
    Photo credit

    Esopus Creek at Big Indian, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not West Branch Beer Kill.

    West Branch Beer Kill

    New York · about 18 mi

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Wild Trout Water

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.

The water on the map

About this

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.

Length
6.6 mi
Drains
11.3 sq mi
Drop
745 ft · 113.4 ft/mi
Flows into
Willowemoc Creek
Watershed
East Branch Delaware

Public land along it

About this

Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-04) 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.

5.5 of 6.3 mi on public land

  • Mongaup Pond CampgroundState Department of Conservation · 1.7 mi
  • Debruce Environmental Education CampState Department of Conservation · 1.6 mi · restricted
  • Willowemoc Wild ForestState Department of Conservation · 1.4 mi
  • Big Indian WildernessState Department of Conservation · 0.9 mi

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Guides and shops near Mongaup Creek

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

  • Wulff School of Fly Fishing

    Livingston Manor, NY · 7 mi

    Walk-and-wade · Spey & two-handed · Beaverkill & Upper Delaware

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

  • Baxter House Fly Fishing Outfitters

    Roscoe, NY · 11 mi

    Float trips · Beginners & lessons · Upper Delaware & Beaverkill

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

  • Catskill Outfitters

    Phoenicia, NY · 22 mi

    Float trips · Beginners & lessons · Esopus Creek

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

  • Hackett Fly Fishing

    Hancock, NY · 23 mi

    Drift boat · Beginners & lessons · Beaverkill & Willowemoc

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

1 shop nearby

  • Dette Flies

    Livingston Manor, NY

    Fly shop · Guided trips · Float trips

    • Unclaimed
How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

What 4 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.

Named on 4 nearby guide websites

  • Brown trout3
  • Smallmouth bass2
  • Bass1
  • Brook trout1
  • Carp1
  • Coho salmon1
  • Largemouth bass1
  • Rainbow trout1

When the bugs come off

Regional hatch months: Catskills and the Northeast
About this chart

8 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.

  1. January: no charted hatch
  2. February: no charted hatch
  3. March: no charted hatch
  4. April: 3 charted hatches
  5. May: 2 charted hatches
  6. June: 1 charted hatch
  7. July: 1 charted hatch
  8. August: 1 charted hatch
  9. September: 2 charted hatches
  10. October: 1 charted hatch
  11. November: no charted hatch
  12. December: no charted hatch

Blue Quill (April) · Hendrickson (April) · Quill Gordon (April) · Green drake (May) · Mayflies (best hatches) (May) · Mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (June to September) · and 2 more on the chart

How we put this together

Named by guides nearby (within 40 miles), counted from the species each guide lists on its own site. No agency page we hold lists species for this water.

Roscoe & the Catskills

About this

Roscoe sits where the Willowemoc joins the Beaverkill in the western Catskills, with the East and West branches of the Delaware, the Esopus and the Neversink in the surrounding Catskills.

Destination hub · 11 mi away in a straight line

Gear checklist

About this

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.

An angler stands on a boulder at the edge of a fast forest stream and fishes the run

Small mountain streams

7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout

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Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

About this

Seams, 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.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on reading water

Watch: nymphing basics

About this

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.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

About this

Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Mongaup Creek.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 8 sources and dates

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 “Mongaup Creek”, halfway along its length in New York, 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.