New York waters › Esopus Creek, Ulster County
Esopus Creek fishing conditions
Ulster County, New York · 8 listed access points
Right now
| Water temperature | 18.6 °C (65 °F) ESOPUS CREEK AT COLDBROOK NY, 0.8 mi away, 68 min ago |
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| Flow | 267 ft³/s 68 min ago |
| Gauge height | 4.22 ft 68 min ago |
USGS gauge 01362500. A gauge is not in the water you are standing in: this one is 0.8 miles from the listed access point.
Is this normal for September 1?
| Flow | 28th percentile — about usual for this time of year Ranked against 322 readings from this gauge within a week of this date across 22 years |
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| Water temperature | 32nd percentile — about usual for this time of year Ranked against 320 readings from this gauge within a week of this date across 22 years |
A percentile is a rank among this gauge's own past readings, not a judgement about fishing. High water and low water are each good for some things and bad for others.
Forecast
| This Afternoon | 74°F, wind 2 mph Showers And Thunderstorms Likely |
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| Tonight | 60°F, wind 2 mph Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Patchy Fog |
| Wednesday | 69°F, wind 3 mph Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms |
| Wednesday Night | 61°F, wind 5 mph Showers And Thunderstorms |
Species
Listed by DEC for this water: Brook Trout, Brown Trout*, Rainbow Trout.
Listed by DEC, absent from the 2011-2025 stocking records: Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout. This is a statement about two datasets, not about the water. Wild, stocked before 2011, or recorded under a different name.
Stocking, 2011–2020
| Year | Fish released |
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| 2020 | 19,140 |
| 2019 | 20,210 |
| 2018 | 19,890 |
| 2017 | 18,950 |
| 2016 | 19,710 |
| 2015 | 19,590 |
| 2014 | 19,690 |
| 2013 | 17,450 |
| 2012 | 20,230 |
| 2011 | 19,390 |
No stocking recorded since 2020. The dataset runs to 2020, so this is an absence of records, not necessarily an absence of fish.
DEC most often recorded stocking here in April, May. That is when fish were released, which is not the same as when fishing is good.
By species: Brown Trout 194,250.
Access points
| Location | Nearest gauge |
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| 42.0027, -74.2715 · Ulster | 0.8 mi |
| 42.1191, -74.4020 · Ulster | 1.1 mi |
| 42.1065, -74.3520 · Ulster | 1.6 mi |
| 42.1176, -74.4240 · Ulster | 1.9 mi |
| 42.1173, -74.4199 · Ulster | 2.0 mi |
| 42.0492, -74.2857 · Ulster | 2.5 mi |
| 42.0527, -74.2914 · Ulster | 2.9 mi |
| 42.0674, -74.3035 · Ulster | 4.0 mi |
Nearby monitored waters
Regulations
This water has special regulations. Read them on the NY DEC site before fishing. Seasons and limits are not reproduced here.