freestone river · trout

East Branch Tunkhannock Creek

Live conditions for East Branch Tunkhannock Creek: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

160cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -2.4% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage1.43 ft

Engine callGO 160 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 8:15 AM CDT · USGS 01534000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

East Branch Tunkhannock Creek is a freestone river in Catskills, fished for trout. 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.

trout

Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Little Creek confluence access (near Elkdale)walk in
Tinker Creek confluence access (near Elkdale)walk in
SR 2021 bridge crossing, Clifford Townshipbridge
PA Route 374 (Turnpike St) bridge, Clifford Townshipbridge
Idlewild Creek confluence / Royal accesswalk in
Mouth confluence with Tunkhannock Creek, Lenox Township (near Glenwood)walk in

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to East Branch Tunkhannock Creek.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in October:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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