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Butternut Creek fishing report

56.5 °F at Esopus Creek, 3.5 miles away — the nearest gauge, not a reading of Butternut Creek. It says what the region's water is doing today. No reporting stretch is in the cold band right now, so fish the first hours of light and the tributary mouths.

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Water temperature right now

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Esopus Creek — 3.5 mi off this river 56.5 °F 66.8 °F30 Sep 2026, 14:00 UTC

Read from USGS instantaneous values when this page was built, and rebuilt nightly. The colour is the same four-band scale the map paints from.

What is hatching in September

Nothing in this region's hatch record peaks in September. The year-round insects — midges, scuds, sculpins — are still there, and they are what this month is fished on.

More about Butternut Creek

Butternut Creek — live water temperature, regulations and access