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Wharton Creek

NY · Otsego

The pin is approximate, near the middle of the water. The shoreline on the map comes from OpenStreetMap.

At a glance

County
Otsego County
Last stocked
around April 11, 2026
Species
Brown Trout
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Brown Trout42809 - 10 inches, 12 -15 inchesaround 04-11-2026

Gear for the fish stocked here

Brown Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet.

Line: 4 to 8 lb monofilament.

Baits: worms and nightcrawlers, minnows, crayfish

Lures: inline spinners, minnow-imitating stickbaits, small spoons

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Likely species (watershed)

Blacknose Dace, Bluntnose Minnow, Brassy Minnow, Bridle Shiner, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Comely Shiner, Creek Chub, Creek Chubsucker, Emerald Shiner, Fathead Minnow, Golden Shiner, Greenside Darter, Longnose Dace, Mimic Shiner, Mottled Sculpin, Muskellunge, Northern Redbelly Dace, River Chub, Rosyface Shiner, Sand Shiner, Satinfin Shiner, Shield Darter, Spotfin Shiner, Spottail Shiner, Steelcolor Shiner, Swallowtail Shiner, Tessellated Darter

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.