Oil Creek is a freestone river in Pennsylvania, listed as Delayed Harvest by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
1 USGS gauge on the water reports flow. 1 guide and 2 shops nearby are listed here.
Oil Creek is a freestone river in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania has 4 waters named Oil Creek in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the stream whose mouth is in Venango 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.
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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.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Oil Creek: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Oil Creek with 1 USGS gauge, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Oil 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 Oil Creek
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 1 restroom near Oil Creek, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
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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 releaseRepresentative photo · not Little Sandy CreekThe Allegheny River in Venango County, Pennsylvania. Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Little Sandy Creek.
Class A Wild TroutRepresentative photo · not Shirley RunTyrone, Pennsylvania, from the air: Bald Eagle Creek meets the Little Juniata River in the town (the creek is not visible at this distance). Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Shirley Run.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not West Branch Caldwell CreekThe Little Juniata River at the 1898 Birmingham Bridge, near Birmingham, Pennsylvania (black-and-white survey photograph). Photo: Jet Lowe, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not West Branch Caldwell Creek.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Caldwell CreekSpring Creek in Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Caldwell Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 20 mi
Delayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not East Hickory CreekFishing Creek from PA Route 150, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not East Hickory Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 23 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Clarion RiverSunrise on Penns Creek, Union County, Pennsylvania. Photo: WiiWillieWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clarion River.
Pennsylvania · about 27 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 Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only list (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
On the Keystone Select Stocked Trout Streams list (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, read 2026-10-24). 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 Oil Creek, 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 Oil Creek. 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.
13.2 of 41.1 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.
Franklin, PA · 7 mi
Saltwater & ocean charters · Beginners & lessons
Nearby
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
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.
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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: the USGS gauge Oil Creek at Rouseville, PA. Water type is our own classification.
Limited data: Normal flow for the date: no water temperature here
No water temperature here.
At Oil Creek at Rouseville, PA (USGS 03020500) Provisional USGS data
USGS 03020500 · NWS ROSP1
What the agencies suggest
Carry a pocket thermometer to monitor water temperatureNational Park Service
General guidance from the readings and the published lines named above, not a fishing forecast. Local rules and closures come first.
Reading Nov 5, 5:45 PM EST · provisional USGS data
Normal for Nov 5 Steady · 24 h Below NWS action stage
Discharge, last 7 days: 169 readings from Oct 29, 6:45 PM EDT to Nov 5, 5:45 PM EST; ranging 64.2 to 162 ft³/s; latest 127 ft³/s.
USGS provisional data may be revised. Source: USGS instantaneous values.
| Time | Discharge (ft³/s) | Gauge height (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 5:45 PM EST | 127 | 2.32 |
| Nov 5, 4:45 PM EST | 127 | 2.32 |
| Nov 5, 3:45 PM EST | 127 | 2.32 |
| Nov 5, 2:45 PM EST | 127 | 2.32 |
| Nov 5, 1:45 PM EST | 125 | 2.31 |
| Nov 5, 12:45 PM EST | 119 | 2.28 |
| Nov 5, 11:45 AM EST | 115 | 2.26 |
| Nov 5, 10:45 AM EST | 113 | 2.25 |
| Nov 5, 9:45 AM EST | 115 | 2.26 |
| Nov 5, 8:45 AM EST | 115 | 2.26 |
| Nov 5, 7:45 AM EST | 115 | 2.26 |
| Nov 5, 6:45 AM EST | 115 | 2.26 |
| Nov 5, 5:45 AM EST | 115 | 2.26 |
| Nov 5, 4:45 AM EST | 117 | 2.27 |
| Nov 5, 3:45 AM EST | 117 | 2.27 |
| Nov 5, 2:45 AM EST | 117 | 2.27 |
| Nov 5, 1:45 AM EST | 115 | 2.26 |
| Nov 5, 12:45 AM EST | 117 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 11:45 PM EST | 119 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 10:45 PM EST | 119 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 9:45 PM EST | 119 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 8:45 PM EST | 121 | 2.29 |
| Nov 4, 7:45 PM EST | 123 | 2.3 |
| Nov 4, 6:45 PM EST | 123 | 2.3 |
| Nov 4, 5:45 PM EST | 123 | 2.3 |
| Nov 4, 4:45 PM EST | 125 | 2.31 |
| Nov 4, 3:45 PM EST | 125 | 2.31 |
| Nov 4, 2:45 PM EST | 121 | 2.29 |
| Nov 4, 1:45 PM EST | 119 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 12:45 PM EST | 115 | 2.26 |
| Nov 4, 11:45 AM EST | 113 | 2.25 |
| Nov 4, 10:45 AM EST | 111 | 2.24 |
| Nov 4, 9:45 AM EST | 113 | 2.25 |
| Nov 4, 8:45 AM EST | 115 | 2.26 |
| Nov 4, 7:45 AM EST | 115 | 2.26 |
| Nov 4, 6:45 AM EST | 115 | 2.26 |
| Nov 4, 5:45 AM EST | 117 | 2.27 |
| Nov 4, 4:45 AM EST | 119 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 3:45 AM EST | 119 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 2:45 AM EST | 119 | 2.28 |
| Nov 4, 1:45 AM EST | 121 | 2.29 |
| Nov 4, 12:45 AM EST | 123 | 2.3 |
| Nov 3, 11:45 PM EST | 125 | 2.31 |
| Nov 3, 10:45 PM EST | 127 | 2.32 |
| Nov 3, 9:45 PM EST | 127 | 2.32 |
| Nov 3, 8:45 PM EST | 127 | 2.32 |
| Nov 3, 7:45 PM EST | 127 | 2.32 |
| Nov 3, 6:45 PM EST | 127 | 2.32 |
| Nov 3, 5:45 PM EST | 127 | 2.32 |
| Nov 3, 4:45 PM EST | 127 | 2.32 |
| Nov 3, 3:45 PM EST | 129 | 2.33 |
| Nov 3, 2:45 PM EST | 132 | 2.34 |
| Nov 3, 1:45 PM EST | 132 | 2.34 |
| Nov 3, 12:45 PM EST | 132 | 2.34 |
| Nov 3, 11:45 AM EST | 136 | 2.36 |
| Nov 3, 10:45 AM EST | 136 | 2.36 |
| Nov 3, 9:45 AM EST | 141 | 2.38 |
| Nov 3, 8:45 AM EST | 141 | 2.38 |
| Nov 3, 7:45 AM EST | 143 | 2.39 |
| Nov 3, 6:45 AM EST | 145 | 2.4 |
| Nov 3, 5:45 AM EST | 148 | 2.41 |
| Nov 3, 4:45 AM EST | 148 | 2.41 |
| Nov 3, 3:45 AM EST | 150 | 2.42 |
| Nov 3, 2:45 AM EST | 152 | 2.43 |
| Nov 3, 1:45 AM EST | 152 | 2.43 |
| Nov 3, 12:45 AM EST | 152 | 2.43 |
| Nov 2, 11:45 PM EST | 155 | 2.44 |
| Nov 2, 10:45 PM EST | 160 | 2.46 |
| Nov 2, 9:45 PM EST | 160 | 2.46 |
| Nov 2, 8:45 PM EST | 162 | 2.47 |
| Nov 2, 7:45 PM EST | 160 | 2.46 |
| Nov 2, 6:45 PM EST | 141 | 2.38 |
| Nov 2, 5:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 2, 4:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 2, 3:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 2, 2:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 2, 1:45 PM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 2, 12:45 PM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 2, 11:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 2, 10:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 2, 9:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 2, 8:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 2, 7:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 2, 6:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 2, 5:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 2, 4:45 AM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 2, 3:45 AM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 2, 2:45 AM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 2, 1:45 AM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 2, 12:45 AM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 11:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 10:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 9:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 8:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 7:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 6:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 5:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 4:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 3:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 2:45 PM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 1:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 12:45 PM EST | 64.2 | 1.97 |
| Nov 1, 11:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 10:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 9:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 8:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 7:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 6:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 5:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 4:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 3:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 2:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 1:45 AM EST | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 1:45 AM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Nov 1, 12:45 AM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 11:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 10:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 9:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 8:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 7:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 6:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 5:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 4:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 3:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 2:45 PM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 31, 1:45 PM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 31, 12:45 PM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 31, 11:45 AM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 31, 10:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 31, 9:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 31, 8:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 31, 7:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 31, 6:45 AM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 31, 5:45 AM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 31, 4:45 AM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 31, 3:45 AM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 31, 2:45 AM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 1:45 AM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 31, 12:45 AM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 30, 11:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 30, 10:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 30, 9:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 30, 8:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 30, 7:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 30, 6:45 PM EDT | 65.6 | 1.98 |
| Oct 30, 5:45 PM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 30, 4:45 PM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 30, 3:45 PM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 30, 2:45 PM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 30, 1:45 PM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 30, 12:45 PM EDT | 67.1 | 1.99 |
| Oct 30, 11:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 10:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 9:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 8:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 7:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 6:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 5:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 4:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 3:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 2:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 1:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 30, 12:45 AM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 29, 11:45 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 29, 10:45 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 29, 9:45 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 29, 8:45 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 29, 7:45 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
| Oct 29, 6:45 PM EDT | 68.6 | 2 |
Normal for Nov 5: 120–499 ft³/s (middle half of 94 years of record). Now: 127 ft³/s, normal.
Normal for this date. 127 ft³/s is between the 25th and 75th percentiles of daily mean flow for Nov 5 at this gauge over 94 years of record (1933–2026): 10th 64, 25th 120, median 235, 75th 499, 90th 1,240 ft³/s.
Daily means on record for Nov 5: lowest 39 ft³/s, highest 3,500 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).
Steady over 24 hours (+3.3% discharge). 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.
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
NWS observed 2.32 ft stage, 124 ft³/s at Nov 5, 5:45 PM EST (NWS gauge ROSP1; its stage datum can differ from the USGS gauge height).
Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.
Open the NWS gauge page · What the categories mean (National Weather Service)
No current water-temperature reading at this gauge, so no temperature guidance is given. Take a stream thermometer: the trout lines Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission uses are 60°F, 70°F and 72°F.
This gauge is on our page for Oil Creek, but no agency page we read lists its species.
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
Flood categories: action stage, minor, moderate and major flooding (National Weather Service)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, 6:21 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.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Little Sandy CreekThe Allegheny River in Venango County, Pennsylvania. Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Little Sandy Creek.
Class A Wild TroutRepresentative photo · not Shirley RunTyrone, Pennsylvania, from the air: Bald Eagle Creek meets the Little Juniata River in the town (the creek is not visible at this distance). Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Shirley Run.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not West Branch Caldwell CreekThe Little Juniata River at the 1898 Birmingham Bridge, near Birmingham, Pennsylvania (black-and-white survey photograph). Photo: Jet Lowe, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not West Branch Caldwell Creek.
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Caldwell CreekSpring Creek in Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Caldwell Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 20 mi
Delayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not East Hickory CreekFishing Creek from PA Route 150, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not East Hickory Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 23 mi
Running well nowRepresentative photo · not Clarion RiverSunrise on Penns Creek, Union County, Pennsylvania. Photo: WiiWillieWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clarion River.
