WAPPINGER CREEK NEAR WAPPINGERS FALLS NY
WAPPINGER CREEK NY USGS
WAPPINGER CREEK NEAR WAPPINGERS FALLS NY (01372500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the WAPPINGER CREEK in NY, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 39 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01372500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- NY
- Coordinates
- 41.6531, -73.8726
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Fishing regulations
NY state-wide default defaultDefault area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.
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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 Gizzard Shad No season data
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American Pickerel No season data
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Amur Carp No season data
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Atlantic Menhaden No season data
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Atlantic Sturgeon No season data
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Banded Killifish No season data
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Black Crappie No season data
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Bluegill No season data
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Brown Bullhead No season data
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Bullheads No season data
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Channel Catfish No season data
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Common Logperch No season data
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Common Rudd No season data
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Common Sunfishes No season data
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Cutlip Minnow No season data
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Eastern Banded Killifish No season data
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Eastern Blacknose Dace No season data
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European Carp No season data
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Fallfish No season data
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Freshwater Drum No season data
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Golden Shiner No season data
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Goldfish No season data
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Grass Carp No season data
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Hogchoker No season data
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Largemouth Bass No season data
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Northern Mummichog No season data
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Northern Tessellated Darter No season data
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Pumpkinseed No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish No season data
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Redfin Pickerel No season data
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Rock Bass No season data
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Shortnose Sturgeon No season data
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Smallmouth Bass No season data
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Striped Bass No season data
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White Catfish No season data
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White Perch No season data
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White Sucker No season data
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Yellow Bullhead No season data
Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-11 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 nearbyWappinger Creek Near Wappingers Falls NY has 39 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Bullheads (Ameiurus), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), and 34 others.
- Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Bullheads Ameiurus
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- American Pickerel Esox americanus
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Northern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus
- Shortnose Sturgeon Huso brevirostrum
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Common Logperch Percina caprodes
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Common Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Hogchoker Trinectes maculatus
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Grass Carp, European Carp). 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
- 39 species
- from 92 individual records
- Observed
- May 5, 2018 – Jun 28, 2026
- 92 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 92 records
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