Yellow Creek near Homer City, PA
Yellow Creek PA USGS
Yellow Creek near Homer City, PA (03042280) is a real-time river monitoring station on the Yellow Creek in PA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level, and streamflow and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 38 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 03042280
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 40.5726, -79.1034
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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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Black Crappie No season data
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Blackside 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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Brown Bullhead No season data
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Brown Trout No season data
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Chain Pickerel No season data
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Common Shiner No season data
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Common Sunfishes No season data
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Creek Chub No season data
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Eastern Blacknose Dace 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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Golden Redhorse 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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Largemouth Bass No season data
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Mottled Sculpin 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 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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Smallmouth Bass No season data
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Striped Shiner No season data
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Tiger Trout No season data
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Variegate Darter No season data
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Walleye No season data
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Western Blacknose Dace No season data
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White Crappie 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 nearbyYellow Creek Near Homer City, Pa has 38 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), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Redside Dace (Clinostomus elongatus), and 33 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Redside Dace Clinostomus elongatus
- Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Northern Pike Esox lucius
- Muskellunge Esox masquinongy
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Rainbow Darter Etheostoma caeruleum
- Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare
- Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum
- Variegate Darter Etheostoma variatum
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Blackside Darter Percina maculata
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Tiger Trout Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis
- 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
- 38 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Sep 2, 2022 – Aug 4, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records