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East Branch Big Elk Creek fishing report

61.3 °F at Middle Branch White Clay Creek near West Grove,PA, 3.4 miles away — the nearest gauge, not a reading of East Branch Big Elk 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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Middle Branch White Clay Creek near West Grove,PA — 3.4 mi off this river 61.3 °F 70.4 °F30 Sep 2026, 13:15 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.

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