Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Rattlesnake Creek 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.
2 guides and 1 shop nearby are listed here.
Rattlesnake Creek is a freestone river in New York.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Rattlesnake 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 Rattlesnake Creek
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 Rattlesnake 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 Rattlesnake Creek
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 1 restroom near Rattlesnake Creek, 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
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.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Beaverdam CreekThe Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Beaverdam Creek.
New York · about 23 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Carmans RiverEsopus Creek at Big Indian, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Carmans River.
New York · about 35 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Mud CreekWillowemoc Creek east of Livingston Manor, New York. Photo: Donald B. Siano, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mud Creek.
New York · about 40 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Swan RiverThe Beaverkill in autumn rain. Photo: Jack Enright, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Swan River.
New York · about 41 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Patchogue 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 Patchogue River.
New York · about 43 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Tuthills CreekA foggy morning on the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. Photo: National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Tuthills Creek.
New York · about 43 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 DEC Region 1 (Long Island) trout stream special regulations list (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Bureau of Fisheries, read 2026-10-22). All waters with this designation
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 Rattlesnake Creek (Suffolk County). Check the agency for this season.
Past stockings, not a schedule
2025: Rainbow Trout in May (1 stocking, 210 fish).
2024: Rainbow Trout in May (1 stocking, 200 fish).
2023: Rainbow Trout in May (1 stocking, 200 fish).
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
What 2 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 2 nearby guide websites
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
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.
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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.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Rattlesnake Creek.
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 “Rattlesnake 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.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Beaverdam CreekThe Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Beaverdam Creek.
New York · about 23 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Carmans RiverEsopus Creek at Big Indian, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Carmans River.
New York · about 35 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Mud CreekWillowemoc Creek east of Livingston Manor, New York. Photo: Donald B. Siano, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mud Creek.
New York · about 40 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Swan RiverThe Beaverkill in autumn rain. Photo: Jack Enright, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Swan River.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Patchogue 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 Patchogue River.
New York · about 43 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Tuthills CreekA foggy morning on the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. Photo: National Park Service, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Tuthills Creek.
New York · about 43 mi
