Electroshocking and Trout Sampling Dates Released for Summer 2026
If you are planning to come out this month, watch the weather forecasts and please check your emails before you come in case we need to postpone any days due to weather or stream flows. This month we will be evaluating habitat enhancement work done the last couple years in Wiscoy Creek. Sampling in July – September will be a mix of habitat work evaluation (pre and post), along with population estimates on some of our Wild-Quality and Wild-Premier managed streams. I will be sending updated emails for the July – September sampling with more details on times and meeting locations.
June Sampling Schedule
Tuesday June 23rd – Wiscoy Creek: Meet at Albro Road at 9:45 AM. This is located just off NYS Rt 39, approximately two miles west of Pike. We will be doing a long sample site here, split into two sections, with a lunch break between them.
Wednesday June 24th – Wiscoy Creek: Meet at 9:30 AM at the picnic pavilion at the Wyoming County Fairgrounds, near the old Pike dam site. The entrance is off Rt 19 in Pike. We will be doing a site here, having a hot dog lunch, and then doing a couple sites at Boy Scout camp Sam Wood downstream of Pike in the afternoon. If you are planning to join us for the hot dog lunch, please let us know ahead of time so we know how many dogs to bring! Thanks😊.
Thursday June 25th - This is a backup day in case we can’t sample Tuesday or Wednesday.
If you need better directions, or have other questions, please let me know.
Tentative July, August and September sampling days
Tuesday July 7th – Clear Creek (Arcade). Trout population estimates
Wednesday July 8th - Clear Creek (Arcade). Trout population estimates
Thursday July 9th - Clear Creek (Arcade). Trout population estimates
Friday July 10th - Clear Creek (Arcade). Back up day
Tuesday July 21st – Trout Brook. Beaver pond effects evaluation with Trout Unlimited and population estimates.
Wednesday July 22nd – North Branch Wiscoy Creek. Trout population estimates
Thursday July 23rd – Back up day
Monday July 27th – Wiscoy Creek. Beaver pond effects evaluation with Trout Unlimited
Tuesday July 28th – Wiscoy Creek. Habitat enhancement project evaluation with Trout Unlimited
Wednesday August 25th – Friday August 28th – Wiscoy Creek. Trout population estimates
Tuesday September 1st - Wiscoy Creek. Trout population estimates
Wednesday September 2 – Friday September 4th – Wiscoy Creek back up days
Looking forward to seeing you all out there on the streams!
Brad Britt
Region 9 Fisheries Biologist
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Fish and Wildlife | Bureau of Fisheries
w: (716) 379-6418 | bradley.britt@dec.ny.gov