Allegheny River at Franklin, PA
Allegheny River PA USGS
Allegheny River at Franklin, PA (03025500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Allegheny River 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. 44 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 03025500
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 41.3895, -79.8203
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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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Bigeye Chub No season data
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Black Redhorse No season data
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Blackside Darter No season data
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Blackside × Longhead 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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Brook Silverside No season data
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Brook 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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European Carp 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 Redhorse 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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Longnose Dace No season data
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Mimic Shiner No season data
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Mottled Sculpin No season data
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Mountain Madtom 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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Rock Bass No season data
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Rosyface 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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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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Western Blacknose Dace No season data
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White 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 nearbyAllegheny River At Franklin, Pa has 44 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), Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdii), Spotfin Shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera), European Carp (Cyprinus carpio), Grass Pickerel (Esox americanus vermiculatus), and 39 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Grass Pickerel Esox americanus vermiculatus
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Variegate Darter Etheostoma variatum
- Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Bigeye Chub Hybopsis amblops
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- White Perch Morone americana
- Smallmouth Redhorse Moxostoma breviceps
- Black Redhorse Moxostoma duquesnei
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- Bluebreast Darter Nothonotus camurus
- Spotted Darter Nothonotus maculatus
- Tippecanoe Darter Nothonotus tippecanoe
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Mountain Madtom Noturus eleutherus
- Stonecat Noturus flavus
- Northern Madtom Noturus stigmosus
- Mimic Shiner Paranotropis volucellus
- Gilt Darter Percina evides
- Longhead Darter Percina macrocephala
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Blackside × Longhead Darter Percina maculata × macrocephala
- Trout-Perch Percopsis omiscomaycus
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- 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
- 44 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Oct 7, 2024 – Jul 29, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records