Pennypack Creek at Pine Road, at Philadelphia, PA
Pennypack Creek PA USGS
Pennypack Creek at Pine Road, at Philadelphia, PA (01467042) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Pennypack Creek in PA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 43 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01467042
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 40.0897, -75.0691
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Fishing regulations
PA 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 inches
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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American Shad Open · Catch & release only Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Size rule
- NO HARVEST - Catch and immediate release only
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 3
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Alewife No season data
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Amur Carp No season data
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Atlantic Croaker 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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Blue Catfish No season data
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Bluegill 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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Common Shiner No season data
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Creek Chub 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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Eastern Mosquitofish No season data
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European Carp No season data
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Fallfish No season data
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Flathead Catfish 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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Green Sunfish No season data
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Greengill Sunfish No season data
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Largemouth Bass No season data
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Mummichog No season data
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Northern Snakehead 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 × Green Sunfish No season data
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Rainbow Trout No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish No season data
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Redear Sunfish 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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Spottail Shiner No season data
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Striped Bass No season data
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Swallowtail Shiner No season data
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Western Mosquitofish No season data
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White Perch No season data
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White Sucker No season data
General area restrictions
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- 5
- Limit details
- 7 inches
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 3
- Limit details
- 7 inches
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Limit details
- NO HARVEST
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 Pennsylvania Fishing Summary before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyPennypack Creek at Pine Road, at Philadelphia, PA has 43 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), Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), American Shad (Alosa sapidissima), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), and 38 others.
- Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Alewife Alosa pseudoharengus
- American Shad Alosa sapidissima
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- 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
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Atlantic Croaker Micropogonias undulatus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Northern Snakehead, 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
- 43 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Dec 3, 2022 – Jul 9, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records