freestone river · trout
Batavia Kill
Live conditions for Batavia Kill: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
20cfs→ lowcaution
Below the wade band — low, fish concentrated, wade with care.
Water temp—
Stage1.88 ft
Engine callOFF 20 cfs outside wade band 30–150
The water
Batavia Kill is a freestone river in Catskills, fished for trout — brown, brook, 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.
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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Swinging Bridge Accesscarry
- County Route 17 Fishing Access (DEC PFR)walk in
- NYCDEP Batavia Kill Unitwalk in
- Ashland (Sutton Hollow) DEC Fishing Easementwalk in
- Mail Route Rd / Dent Rd DEC Fishing Easementwalk in
- Red Falls Accesswalk in
- Route 23A Bridge Crossingbridge
- Prattsville Town Park / Everett Conine Memorial Fieldwalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.