Muddy Creek at Castle Fin, PA
Muddy Creek PA USGS
Muddy Creek at Castle Fin, PA (01577500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Muddy 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. 25 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01577500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 39.7726, -76.3158
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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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Black Crappie No season data
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Bluegill 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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Chesapeake Logperch 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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Flathead Catfish No season data
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Green Sunfish No season data
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Greenside Darter No season data
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Northern Hog Sucker No season data
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Northern Tessellated Darter 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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Rosyface Shiner No season data
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Rosyside Dace No season data
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Smallmouth Bass No season data
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Spotfin Shiner No season data
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Spottail Shiner No season data
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Swallowtail Shiner 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 2026-09-11 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 nearbyMuddy Creek at Castle Fin, PA has 25 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), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Rosyside Dace (Clinostomus funduloides), Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera), and 20 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Chesapeake Logperch Percina bimaculata
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 25 species
- from 70 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 26, 2013 – Jul 18, 2026
- 70 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 70 records