French Creek at Cambridge Springs, PA
French Creek PA USGS
French Creek at Cambridge Springs, PA (03021890) is a real-time river monitoring station on the French Creek in PA, 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. 49 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 03021890
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 41.8072, -80.0633
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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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Banded Darter No season data
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Blackside Darter No season data
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Bluebreast Darter No season data
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Bluegill No season data
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Bluntnose Minnow No season data
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Brindled Madtom No season data
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Common Logperch No season data
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Creek Chub No season data
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Eastern Sand Darter No season data
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Emerald Shiner 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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Fantail Darter No season data
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Gilt Darter No season data
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Golden Shiner No season data
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Grass Pickerel 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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Johnny Darter No season data
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Longhead Darter No season data
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Mimic Shiner No season data
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Mountain Madtom No season data
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Muskellunge No season data
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Northern Hog Sucker No season data
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Northern Madtom No season data
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Northern Pike No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- 2
- Size rule
- 24 inches
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Pumpkinseed No season data
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Rainbow Darter No season data
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Rainbow Trout No season data
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Redside Dace No season data
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River Chub 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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Sand Shiner No season data
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Smallmouth Bass No season data
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Smallmouth Redhorse No season data
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Spotfin Shiner No season data
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Spotted Darter No season data
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Stonecat No season data
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Streamline Chub No season data
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Striped Shiner No season data
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Tippecanoe Darter No season data
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Trout-Perch No season data
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Variegate Darter No season data
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Walleye No season data
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Warmouth No season data
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Western Blacknose Dace No season data
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White Sucker No season data
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Yellow Bullhead 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 nearbyFrench Creek At Cambridge Springs, Pa has 49 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), Eyetail Bowfin (Amia ocellicauda), Eastern Sand Darter (Ammocrypta pellucida), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 44 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Eyetail Bowfin Amia ocellicauda
- Eastern Sand Darter Ammocrypta pellucida
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Redside Dace Clinostomus elongatus
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Streamline Chub Erimystax dissimilis
- Grass Pickerel Esox americanus vermiculatus
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Muskellunge Esox masquinongy
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Variegate Darter Etheostoma variatum
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Sand Shiner Miniellus stramineus
- Smallmouth Redhorse Moxostoma breviceps
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Bluebreast Darter Nothonotus camurus
- Spotted Darter Nothonotus maculatus
- Tippecanoe Darter Nothonotus tippecanoe
- Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Mountain Madtom Noturus eleutherus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Brindled Madtom Noturus miurus
- Northern Madtom Noturus stigmosus
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Common Logperch Percina caprodes
- Gilt Darter Percina evides
- Longhead Darter Percina macrocephala
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (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
- 49 species
- from 151 individual records
- Observed
- Nov 22, 2010 – Aug 17, 2026
- 151 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 151 records
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