LEMON CREEK AT AMBOY ROAD AT PLEASANT PLAINS NY

LEMON CREEK NY USGS

LEMON CREEK AT AMBOY ROAD AT PLEASANT PLAINS NY (01376558) is a real-time river monitoring station on the LEMON 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. 46 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.

USGS site number: 01376558
Operated by: U.S. Geological Survey
State: NY
Coordinates: 40.5254, -74.2094

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Fishing regulations

NY state-wide default default

Default area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.

NY state-wide default default only. Water-specific, national-park, sanctuary, licence, and in-season exceptions may apply.

American Eel Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details Close
- Jan 1 – Dec 31
  
  Daily limit
  25
  
  Size rule
  9"
  
  Notes
  Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
  
  Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
Hickory Shad Open · Harvest allowed within limits Aug 1 – Nov 30 Details Close
- Aug 1 – Nov 30
  
  Daily limit
  5
  
  Notes
  Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
  
  Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
Amur Carp No season data
Atlantic Menhaden No season data
Atlantic Needlefish No season data
Atlantic Silverside No season data
Atlantic Sturgeon No season data
Banded Killifish No season data
Bay Anchovy No season data
Black Drum No season data
Black Sea Bass No season data
Bluefish No season data
Bluegill No season data
Channel Catfish No season data
Common Sunfishes No season data
Eastern Banded Killifish No season data
Eastern Mosquitofish No season data
European Carp No season data
Golden Shiner No season data
Goldfish No season data
Largemouth Bass No season data
Mummichog No season data
Northern Kingfish No season data
Northern Mummichog No season data
Northern Pipefish No season data
Northern Puffer No season data
Northern Seahorse No season data
Oyster Toadfish No season data
Pigfish No season data
Pumpkinseed No season data
Pumpkinseed × Bluegill No season data
Scup No season data
Sea Mullet No season data
Seaboard Goby No season data
Silver Perch No season data
Skilletfish No season data
Spot Croaker No season data
Spotted Hake No season data
Striped Anchovy No season data
Striped Bass No season data
Striped Burrfish No season data
Striped Killifish No season data
Summer Flounder No season data
Western Mosquitofish No season data
White Mullet No season data
White Perch 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 nearby

Lemon Creek At Amboy Road At Pleasant Plains Ny has 46 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), Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris), Striped Anchovy (Anchoa hepsetus), Bay Anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), and 41 others.

Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus
Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
Striped Anchovy Anchoa hepsetus
Bay Anchovy Anchoa mitchilli
American Eel Anguilla rostrata
Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata
Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
Northern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus
Striped Killifish Fundulus majalis
Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
Skilletfish Gobiesox strumosus
Seaboard Goby Gobiosoma ginsburgi
Northern Seahorse Hippocampus erectus
Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
Spot Croaker Leiostomus xanthurus
Common Sunfishes Lepomis
Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
Northern Kingfish Menticirrhus saxatilis
Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
White Perch Morone americana
Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
White Mullet Mugil curema
Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
Oyster Toadfish Opsanus tau
Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera
Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus
Black Drum Pogonias cromis
Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix
Northern Puffer Sphoeroides maculatus
Scup Stenotomus chrysops
Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
Northern Pipefish Syngnathus fuscus
Spotted Hake Urophycis regia

2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, 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: 46 species; from 200 individual records
Observed: Jun 11, 2022 – Aug 18, 2026; 200 dated records

Sources

iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records