Chester Creek near Chester, PA
Chester Creek PA USGS
Chester Creek near Chester, PA (01477000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Chester 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. 50 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01477000
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 39.8689, -75.4086
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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 Gizzard Shad No season data
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Amur Carp No season data
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Banded Killifish No season data
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Banded Sunfish 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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Blue-Spotted Sunfish 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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Channel Catfish No season data
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Comely Shiner 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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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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Eastern Mosquitofish No season data
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Eastern Mudminnow No season data
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Eastern Silvery Minnow No season data
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European Carp No season data
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Eyetail Bowfin No season data
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Fallfish No season data
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Golden Shiner No season data
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Goldfish No season data
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Largemouth Bass No season data
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Longnose Dace No season data
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Mummichog No season data
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Northern Bluegill 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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Rainbow Trout No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish No season data
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Rock Bass No season data
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Satinfin Shiner No season data
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Sea Mullet No season data
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Slimy Sculpin No season data
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Smallmouth Bass No season data
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Southern Mummichog 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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Tiger Trout No season data
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Warmouth 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
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Yellow Perch 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 2026-09-11 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 nearbyChester Creek near Chester, PA has 50 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), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Eyetail Bowfin (Amia ocellicauda), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), and 45 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- Eyetail Bowfin Amia ocellicauda
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Blue-Spotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Banded Sunfish Enneacanthus obesus
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Eastern Silvery Minnow Hybognathus regius
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- White Perch Morone americana
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Comely Shiner Notropis amoenus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Tiger Trout Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
- Eastern Mudminnow Umbra pygmaea
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
- 50 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Feb 15, 2023 – Jul 14, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records