freestone river · trout · striped bass · panfish
Carmans River
Live conditions for Carmans River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
13cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 13 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.
Water temp—
Stage1.10 ft
Engine callOFF 14 cfs outside wade band 16–45
The water
Carmans River is a freestone river in New York, fished for trout, striped bass, panfish — brook, brown, rainbow. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
troutstriped basspanfishbrook troutbrown troutrainbow trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Cathedral Pines County Park (Carmans River headwaters)carry
- East Bartlett Road bridge crossingbridge
- Upper Yaphank Lake hand-launch/shoreline accesscarry
- Lower Yaphank Lake DEC boat ramp (Long Island Ave)ramp
- Carmans River Nature Trail & Canoe Launch (Yaphank Ave / CR21)carry
- Southaven County Park river access (near boathouse)walk in
- Victory Avenue / CR56 bridge (South Haven / Shirley)bridge
- Sunrise Highway (NY 27) bridge / bank access startbridge
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.