In a given stocked stream section, most bridges receive trout at every stocking (usually one or two per spring). If there are sufficient volunteers along to carry fish away from the trucks, areas in between the bridges are sometimes done, provided that they are not posted against fishing and are totally open to the public for angling. Posted sections of streams are not stocked with trout.
Legend
PFR : Public fishing rights, which are public rights-of-way through otherwise private land. Please be considerate of the landowner and their property. Yellow "Public Fishing Area" signs are posted along sections of streams with PFR.
WMA : Wildlife Management Area, owned by New York State and operated by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, open to the public. Information and maps are available for WMAs in Region 8.
Open by owners : Stocked sections of streams without PFR that are open to fishing by willing landowners. Respect their property or you risk losing public access to these streams. Sections of streams posted against fishing by landowners are not stocked with trout by the state.
Bold text : Streams that are stocked, but also support some wild trout.
Blue text : Streams with PFR, click on text to link to PFR map for that stream.
** : Streams that are also stocked with larger two-year-old brown trout (13"-16").
Species : BT - Brown trout, RT - Rainbow trout, ST - Brook trout
Streams in Chemung County Stocked with Trout
Water
Stocked Section
Public Access
Species
Miles Stocked
Cayuta Creek
Chemung-Tioga County Line to Chemung-Schuyler County Line
PFR
BT
8.0
Newtown Creek
0.25 mi upstream Franklin St bridge in Horseheads to just
downstream Army and Navy Reserve Center in Elmira Heights
Open by Owners
BT
3.1
Post Creek
Approximately 0.5 mi upstream SR 414 Bridge near Post
Creek to Chemung/Steuben County Line
Open by Owners
BT
1.5
Sing Sing Creek
Southern Tier Expressway (SR 17) to CR 64
Open by Owners
BT
2.4
Wyncoop Creek
Joe Green Rd bridge near Hicks to McDowell Rd bridge
