EAST BRANCH CROTON RIVER NEAR PUTNAM LAKE NY
EAST BRANCH CROTON RIVER NY USGS
EAST BRANCH CROTON RIVER NEAR PUTNAM LAKE NY (0137449480) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the EAST BRANCH CROTON RIVER 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. 30 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 0137449480
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- NY
- Coordinates
- 41.4473, -73.5561
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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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Lake Trout Open · Harvest allowed within limits 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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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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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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Brook Trout No season data
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Brown Bullhead No season data
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Brown Trout No season data
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Bullheads No season data
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Common Shiner No season data
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Common Sunfishes No season data
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Creek Chub No season data
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Darters 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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Grass Carp No season data
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Green Sunfish No season data
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Largemouth Bass 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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Pumpkinseed × Bluegill No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish × Bluegill 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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Smallmouth Bass 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 2026-09-10 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 nearbyEast Branch Croton River Near Putnam Lake NY has 30 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Bullheads (Ameiurus), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 25 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Bullheads Ameiurus
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Redfin Pickerel Esox americanus americanus
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Darters Etheostomatinae
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Redbreast Sunfish × Bluegill Lepomis auritus × macrochirus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- White Perch Morone americana
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Lake Trout Salvelinus namaycush
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (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
- 30 species
- from 107 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 1, 2004 – Jun 20, 2026
- 107 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 107 records