ALLEY CREEK NEAR OAKLAND GARDENS NY
ALLEY CREEK NY USGS
ALLEY CREEK NEAR OAKLAND GARDENS NY (01302050) is a real-time river monitoring station on the ALLEY CREEK in NY, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 57 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01302050
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- NY
- Coordinates
- 40.7564, -73.7464
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Fishing regulations
NY state-wide default defaultSpecies regulated in this area
These are species and groups covered by the applicable area rules, not a claim that they occur at this station.
Default rules for this area. A grey row means the current season status is not confirmed by this release.
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American Eel Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 25
- Size rule
- 9"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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American Shad Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 2
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Atlantic Salmon (Landlocked) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 3
- Size rule
- 15"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Black Bass (Largemouth and Smallmouth) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Dec 1 – Jun 14; Jun 15 – Nov 30 Details
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Jun 15 – Nov 30
- Daily limit
- 5
- Size rule
- 12"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Splake (lakes and ponds) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 5 with only 2 longer than 12"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Crappie (Black and White) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 25
- Size rule
- 10"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Hickory Shad Open · Harvest allowed within limits Aug 1 – Nov 30 Details
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Aug 1 – Nov 30
- Daily limit
- 5
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Lake Whitefish Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 5
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Muskellunge Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jun 1 – Nov 30 Details
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Jun 1 – Nov 30
- Daily limit
- 1
- Size rule
- 40"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Northern Pike Open · Harvest allowed within limits May 1 – Mar 15 Details
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May 1 – Mar 15
- Daily limit
- 5
- Size rule
- 18"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Pickerel Open · Harvest allowed within limits May 1 – Mar 15 Details
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May 1 – Mar 15
- Daily limit
- 5
- Size rule
- 15"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Striped Bass (north of George Washington Bridge) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Apr 1 – Nov 30 Details
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Apr 1 – Nov 30
- Daily limit
- 1
- Size rule
- Slot 23"-28"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Sunfish (Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Redbreast) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 25
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Tiger Muskellunge Open · Harvest allowed within limits May 1 – Mar 15 Details
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May 1 – Mar 15
- Daily limit
- 1
- Size rule
- 30"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Trout (Inland Trout Streams) Open · Catch & release only Oct 16 – Mar 31; Apr 1 – Oct 15 Details
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Oct 16 – Mar 31
- Daily limit
- 5 with only 2 longer than 12"
- Gear
- Artificial lures only
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Walleye Open · Harvest allowed within limits May 1 – Mar 15 Details
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May 1 – Mar 15
- Daily limit
- 5
- Size rule
- 15"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Yellow Perch Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 50
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Brook Trout (lakes and ponds) Closed Apr 1 – Oct 15 Details
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Apr 1 – Oct 15
- Daily limit
- 5
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Lake Sturgeon, Atlantic Sturgeon, Shortnose Sturgeon Closed Closed all year Details
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Closed all year
- Notes
- Closed all year (statewide)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Lake Trout Closed Apr 1 – Oct 15 Details
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Apr 1 – Oct 15
- Daily limit
- 3
- Size rule
- 21"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Paddlefish, Sauger Closed Closed all year Details
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Closed all year
- Notes
- Closed all year (statewide)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Trout Closed Apr 1 – Oct 15 Details
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Apr 1 – Oct 15
- Daily limit
- 5
- Notes
- Trout stream category: Wild and Stocked (Note: these categorized streams are applicable statewide and are not reflected in the regulations per trout stream reaches listed within the tables below)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-10-26 in America/New_York
Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the New York Freshwater Fishing Regulations before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyAlley Creek Near Oakland Gardens Ny has 57 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), Silver Perch (Bairdiella chrysoura), Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus), and 52 others.
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- Blue Runner Caranx crysos
- Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Horse-Eye Jack Caranx latus
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata
- Spotfin Butterflyfish Chaetodon ocellatus
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Weakfish Cynoscion regalis
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Typical Topminnows Fundulus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Northern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus
- Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
- Skilletfish Gobiesox strumosus
- Seaboard Goby Gobiosoma ginsburgi
- Northern Seahorse Hippocampus erectus
- American Halfbeak Hyporhamphus meeki
- Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
- Northern Kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- White Mullet Mugil curema
- Grubby Myoxocephalus aenaeus
- Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera
- Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Guppy Poecilia reticulata non-native
- Guppy × Endler's Livebearer Poecilia reticulata × wingei
- Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus
- Bigeye Scad Selar crumenophthalmus
- Atlantic Moonfish Selene setapinnis
- Northern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatus
- Scup Stenotomus chrysops
- Blackcheek Tonguefish Symphurus plagiusa
- Northern Pipefish Syngnathus fuscus
- Tautog Tautoga onitis
- Cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus
4 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Northern Snakehead, European Carp, Guppy). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 57 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 30, 2024 – Aug 16, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records