Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
The North Branch Great Chazy River is a freestone river in New York, listed as Special-regulation trout water by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Bureau of Fisheries.
1 shop nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is The Adirondacks: Wilmington & the West Branch Ausable.
North Branch Great Chazy River is a freestone river in New York. Our destination hub The Adirondacks: Wilmington & the West Branch Ausable is 35 mi away in a straight line.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on North Branch Great Chazy River 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 North Branch Great Chazy River
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 within 2 miles of North Branch Great Chazy River 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.
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 releaseFlume Falls on the West Branch Ausable River, Wilmington, New York. Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
New York · about 39 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Chateaugay RiverThe Mettawee River near Whitehall, New York, from a canoe. Photo: MJPlante1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Chateaugay River.
New York · about 14 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not True BrookThe Battenkill in Arlington, Vermont. Photo: Gplefka, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not True Brook.
New York · about 17 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Saranac RiverAnglers on the lower Salmon River near Port Ontario, New York, in October. Photo: Bill Blevins, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saranac River.
New York · about 22 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not South Branch Grass RiverThe 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 Not South Branch Grass River.
New York · about 67 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Schroon RiverEsopus Creek at Big Indian, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Schroon River.
New York · about 89 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 Trout Stream Management Plan — Stocked-Extended reaches (daily limit 3, 1 over 12 inches) list (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Bureau of Fisheries, 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.
From the agency’s own records (Fish Stocking Lists (Actual): Beginning 2011, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), via data.ny.gov, read 2026-11-04), listed as North Branch Great Chazy River (Clinton County). Check the agency for this season.
Past stockings, not a schedule
2025: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout in Apr, May (16 stockings, 6,000 fish).
2024: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout in Apr, May (16 stockings, 6,320 fish).
2023: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout in Apr, May (15 stockings, 5,480 fish).
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.
The hatch and season chart for this water's region.
8 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
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
Wilmington sits below Whiteface Mountain in the northern Adirondacks, on the West Branch of the Ausable River, which comes down from Lake Placid through Wilmington Notch; the East Branch runs through Keene and Jay, and the Saranac River flows north-east from Saranac Lake toward Plattsburgh.
Destination hub · 35 mi away in a straight line
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.
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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.
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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 “North Branch Great Chazy River”, 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.
Catch and releaseFlume Falls on the West Branch Ausable River, Wilmington, New York. Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
New York · about 39 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Chateaugay RiverThe Mettawee River near Whitehall, New York, from a canoe. Photo: MJPlante1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Chateaugay River.
New York · about 14 mi
Wild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not True BrookThe Battenkill in Arlington, Vermont. Photo: Gplefka, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not True Brook.
New York · about 17 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Saranac RiverAnglers on the lower Salmon River near Port Ontario, New York, in October. Photo: Bill Blevins, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saranac River.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not South Branch Grass RiverThe 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 Not South Branch Grass River.
New York · about 67 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Schroon RiverEsopus Creek at Big Indian, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Schroon River.
New York · about 89 mi
