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Wiscoy Creek

Field	Value
name	Wiscoy Creek
image	wiscoycreek.jpg
image_size	200
image_caption	Wiscoy Creek
pushpin_map	USA New York#USA
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the mouth of the Wiscoy Creek in New York State
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	New York
subdivision_type3	Counties
subdivision_name3	Wyoming, Allegany
subdivision_type5	Cities
subdivision_name5	Hamlet of Bliss, Village of Pike, Hamlet of Wiscoy
length	15 mi
source1_location	Town of Eagle, Wyoming County
source1_coordinates
source2	North Branch Wiscoy Creek
source2_location	Town of Wethersfield, Wyoming County
source2_coordinates
source_confluence_location	Hamlet of Bliss, Wyoming County
source_confluence_coordinates
mouth	Genesee River
mouth_location	Town of Hume, Allegany County
mouth_coordinates
tributaries_left	North Branch Wiscoy Creek, Trout Brook, East Koy Creek

Wiscoy Creek is a stream, approximately 15 mi long, 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".

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 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 1 mi 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 19 in fish was reported during the survey. Angler access to the stream is facilitated by 12.5 mi of public fishing easements, 12 angler footpaths and three angler parking areas. Other areas are open by landowner permission.

References

{{cite GNIS. 971519. Wiscoy Creek. July 18, 2016
{{cite GNIS. 958729. North Branch Wiscoy Creek. July 18, 2016
"Public Fishing Information for Wiscoy Creek". NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
(1907). "Aboriginal Place Names of New York (New York State Museum Bulletin, Volume 108)". New York State Education Department.
"Wiscoy Creek 2006-2007 Fisheries Survey Summary". NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.

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