Fishing near Hancock, NY
Hancock sits in Delaware County at the confluence of the East and West Branches of the Delaware River, making it a well-known gateway to the Upper Delaware. The river's tailwaters here are recognized for an exceptional trout fishery that draws anglers from across New York State and beyond. The Cadosia Fishing Access Site and the Hancock River Access near River Mile 330 provide public entry points to these waters, and a local fly shop — Fish Whistle Trading Post — serves the fly-fishing community that gravitates to this stretch of river.
Top waters to fish near Hancock
Delaware River
East Branch Delaware River
Susquehanna River
Beaver Kill
Lackawanna River
Chenango River
Rondout Creek
Lehigh River
Tobyhanna Creek
West Branch Delaware River
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Alewife
Alosa pseudoharengus
American Eel
Anguilla rostrata
American Shad
Alosa sapidissima
Atlantic Sturgeon
Acipenser oxyrinchus
Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Blueback Herring
Alosa aestivalis
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
Bluegill Sunfish
Lepomis macrochirus
Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus
Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
Chain Pickerel
Esox niger
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
Fallfish
Semotilus corporalis
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