Wiscoy Creek
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| name = Wiscoy Creek
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| image = wiscoycreek.jpg
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| image_caption = Wiscoy Creek
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of the Wiscoy Creek in New York State
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| subdivision_name1 = United States
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| subdivision_name2 = New York
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| subdivision_name3 = Wyoming, Allegany
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| subdivision_name5 = Hamlet of Bliss, Village of Pike, Hamlet of Wiscoy
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| source1_location = Town of Eagle, Wyoming County
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|42|32|28|N|78|18|17|W|display=inline}}{{cite GNIS|971519|Wiscoy Creek|July 18, 2016}}
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| source2 = North Branch Wiscoy Creek
| source2_location = Town of Wethersfield, Wyoming County
| source2_coordinates= {{coord|42|36|47|N|78|17|18|W|display=inline}}{{cite GNIS|958729|North Branch Wiscoy Creek|July 18, 2016}}
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| source_confluence_location = Hamlet of Bliss, Wyoming County
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| mouth = Genesee River
| mouth_location = Town of Hume, Allegany County
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| tributaries_left = North Branch Wiscoy Creek, Trout Brook, East Koy Creek
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Wiscoy Creek is a stream, approximately {{convert|15|mi}} long,{{cite web |url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/wiscoy.pdf |title=Public Fishing Information for Wiscoy Creek |publisher=NYS Department of Environmental Conservation |accessdate=July 17, 2016}} in western New York in the United States. It is a tributary of the Genesee River. The creek was known to Native Americans as O-wa-is-ki, meaning "under the banks".{{cite book |last1=Beauchamp |first1=William Martin |title=Aboriginal Place Names of New York (New York State Museum Bulletin, Volume 108) |date=1907 |publisher=New York State Education Department |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA26 |accessdate=July 18, 2016}}
Course
The Wiscoy rises in the Town of Eagle in Wyoming County. In the hamlet of Bliss the creek is joined by its North Branch, which flows south from its source in the Town of Wethersfield. From there, the creek flows southeast through the village of Pike, and is joined by East Koy Creek shortly before joining the Genesee River in the town of Hume in northern Allegany County.
Trout fishing
Nursed by cold springs, the water temperature in this stream rarely exceeds {{convert|70|F}}, enabling the Wiscoy to provide good trout fishing all season long. The stream is managed almost exclusively as a wild trout fishery; the only stretch that is stocked is a {{convert|1|mi|adj=on|spell=in}} section in Allegany County.
A 2006 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation survey estimated 1,600 adult wild brown trout per stream mile in the Wyoming County section of Wiscoy Creek. The stream typically does not produce large trout due to the high number of fish overall, however a {{convert|19|in|cm|adj=on}} fish was reported during the survey. Angler access to the stream is facilitated by {{convert|12.5|mi}} of public fishing easements, 12 angler footpaths and three angler parking areas. Other areas are open by landowner permission.{{cite web |url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27276.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009082918/http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/27276.html |archivedate=October 9, 2009 |title=Wiscoy Creek 2006-2007 Fisheries Survey Summary |publisher=NYS Department of Environmental Conservation |accessdate=July 17, 2016}}
See also
References
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Category:Rivers of New York (state)