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Rochester Creek

Type
Freestone river, New York (East)
Designation
Wild Trout Water
USGS gauges
None on it; nearest shown
Guides
3 nearby
Shops
None listed

Today on the Rochester Creek

Reading the gauge…

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Rochester 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 Rochester Creek

The nearest USGS gauge on the same stream system is shown, labelled. 3 guides 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), USGS Water Data

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

Rochester Creek is a freestone river in New York. Our destination hub Roscoe & the Catskills is 34 mi away in a straight line.

Nearest gauge (not on this water)
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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.

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Where to fish

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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.

New York streams with public fishing rights

Rochester Creek on the map

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Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Rochester Creek: gauges, shops and guides

RestroomsAccess map

Map of Rochester Creek with 1 USGS gauge.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

Restrooms near Rochester Creek

Restrooms near Rochester Creek

Restrooms within 2 miles of Rochester 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.

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.

More water near Rochester Creek

  • Esopus Creek running over a stony bed into a wooded Catskill hollow at Big IndianWild Trout Water
    Photo credit

    Esopus Creek at Big Indian, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Esopus Creek

    New York · about 12 mi

    Rainbow, brown & brook trout

  • The Neversink River flowing between summer woods, seen from a bridge at Oakland ValleyCatch and release
    Photo credit

    The Neversink River at Oakland Valley, New York. Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons

    Neversink River

    New York · about 23 mi

    Brown trout, brook trout & smallmouth bass

  • Willowemoc Creek in early spring, bare trees reflected in a smooth poolWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Rondout Creek
    Photo credit

    Willowemoc Creek east of Livingston Manor, New York. Photo: Donald B. Siano, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Rondout Creek.

    Rondout Creek

    New York · about 10 mi

  • The Beaverkill in early autumn, rain dimpling a broad pool below wooded hillsWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not West Branch Beer Kill
    Photo credit

    The Beaverkill in autumn rain. Photo: Jack Enright, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not West Branch Beer Kill.

    West Branch Beer Kill

    New York · about 14 mi

  • The East Branch Delaware River at its confluence with the Beaverkill, below wooded hillsWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Bushnellsville Creek
    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 Not Bushnellsville Creek.

    Bushnellsville Creek

    New York · about 22 mi

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

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

    Mongaup Creek

    New York · about 23 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
9.9 mi
Drains
29.7 sq mi
Drop
653 ft · 66.3 ft/mi
Flows into
Mombaccus Creek
Watershed
Rondout

Guides and shops near Rochester 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

  • Catskill Outfitters

    Phoenicia, NY · 15 mi

    Float trips · Beginners & lessons · Esopus Creek

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

  • Wulff School of Fly Fishing

    Livingston Manor, NY · 29 mi

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

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

  • Baxter House Fly Fishing Outfitters

    Roscoe, NY · 33 mi

    Float trips · Beginners & lessons · Upper Delaware & Beaverkill

    • Unclaimed

    Nearby

All New York guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All New York shops

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

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What 3 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.

Named on 3 nearby guide websites

  • Brown trout2
  • Bass1
  • Brook trout1
  • Carp1
  • Coho salmon1
  • Rainbow trout1
  • Smallmouth bass1
  • Steelhead1

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 · 34 mi away in a straight line

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Gear checklist

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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

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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

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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.

  • 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

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

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Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 12 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 “Rochester 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.