CANISTEO RIVER AT WEST CAMERON NY
CANISTEO RIVER NY USGS
CANISTEO RIVER AT WEST CAMERON NY (01525500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the CANISTEO 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. 14 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01525500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- NY
- Coordinates
- 42.2225, -77.4175
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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 Shad Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 2
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Atlantic Salmon (Landlocked) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 3
- Size rule
- 15"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Black Bass (Largemouth and Smallmouth) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Dec 1 – Jun 14; Jun 15 – Nov 30 Details
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Jun 15 – Nov 30
- Daily limit
- 5
- Size rule
- 12"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Brook Trout (lakes and ponds) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Apr 1 – Oct 15 Details
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Apr 1 – Oct 15
- Daily limit
- 5
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Splake (lakes and ponds) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 5 with only 2 longer than 12"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Crappie (Black and White) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 25
- Size rule
- 10"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Hickory Shad Open · Harvest allowed within limits Aug 1 – Nov 30 Details
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Aug 1 – Nov 30
- Daily limit
- 5
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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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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Lake Whitefish Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 5
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Muskellunge Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jun 1 – Nov 30 Details
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Jun 1 – Nov 30
- Daily limit
- 1
- Size rule
- 40"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Northern Pike Open · Harvest allowed within limits May 1 – Mar 15 Details
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May 1 – Mar 15
- Daily limit
- 5
- Size rule
- 18"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Pickerel Open · Harvest allowed within limits May 1 – Mar 15 Details
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May 1 – Mar 15
- Daily limit
- 5
- Size rule
- 15"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Striped Bass (north of George Washington Bridge) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Apr 1 – Nov 30 Details
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Apr 1 – Nov 30
- Daily limit
- 1
- Size rule
- Slot 23"-28"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Sunfish (Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Redbreast) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 25
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Tiger Muskellunge Open · Harvest allowed within limits May 1 – Mar 15 Details
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May 1 – Mar 15
- Daily limit
- 1
- Size rule
- 30"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Trout Open · Catch & release only Apr 1 – Oct 15 Details
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Apr 1 – Oct 15
- Daily limit
- 5
- Notes
- Trout stream category: Wild and Stocked (Note: these categorized streams are applicable statewide and are not reflected in the regulations per trout stream reaches listed within the tables below)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Trout (Inland Trout Streams) Open · Harvest allowed within limits Oct 16 – Mar 31; Apr 1 – Oct 15 Details
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Apr 1 – Oct 15
- Daily limit
- 5 with only 2 longer than 12"
- Notes
- Statewide baseline (applies where no special regulation)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Walleye Open · Harvest allowed within limits May 1 – Mar 15 Details
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May 1 – Mar 15
- Daily limit
- 5
- Size rule
- 15"
- 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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Lake Sturgeon, Atlantic Sturgeon, Shortnose Sturgeon Closed Closed all year Details
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Closed all year
- Notes
- Closed all year (statewide)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Paddlefish, Sauger Closed Closed all year Details
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Closed all year
- Notes
- Closed all year (statewide)
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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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
Sampled at this station's reachCanisteo River At West Cameron NY has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 8110911). The dataset includes 14 species with recorded observations.
Species include: rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), yellow bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi), banded darter (Etheostoma zonale), cutlip minnow (Exoglossum maxillingua), and 9 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Shield Darter Percina peltata
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled at this station's reach
- Fish were sampled directly on the river reach this gauge sits on, so these species were recorded at this spot rather than inferred.
- Records
- 14 species
- from 14 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 19, 2002 – Sep 19, 2002
- 14 dated records