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I can remember helping to stock Millstone a few years ago when the fish were brought in from the Bellefonte hatchery. We would throw a bucket of fish in, and they would turn and run downstream as soon as they hit the water.
Growing up in limestone water and then getting thrown into that acid water had to be shock to the system.
Posted on: 2013/8/8 10:12
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I used to hang out in that area (Cook Forest) years ago. I would fish for natives in Toms, Cathers, Maple, Coleman Run and many others. One of the first times I ever fished the Sulphur hatch was on Cathers. It seemingly brought every fish in the stream to the surface.
I began to notice a change in the late 70s early 80s. Fewer bugs. Less fish. Sterile streams. Got to be so bad I quit making the trek up that way. Last time I was there was 15 years ago.
Posted on: 2013/8/8 10:44
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Agree 100%. Quote: The Branch, too. Agree about 75%. ![]() Quote: I don't really know that the problem is acid there, but always suspected it. Definitely acid. There was some years where the Fish Commission didn't even stock it because the PH was too low. And notice they only stock brook trout in there. Browns would probably die within a half hour or so. Not always and not everywhere of course. Little Salmon might be marginally better, but I don't remember every fishing it. I can however tell you that every trib of Salmon creek that is listed as having reproduction is Class D including Salmon, Little Salmon, and The Branch. The information I am looking at is over 12 year old (and proprietary ![]() All that said, some of my best native trout fishing has been in small class C and D streams. As far as the Millstone drainage goes, using the PFBC lists, East Branch has no natural reproduction in it or in any of it's tribs. West Branch has 3 small tribs with reproduction and none of those are on my old list. All within a national forest, too. By now, if there were ANY trout found, it would be on the list. The drainage has been described well in this thread. Silt problem, and would dissolve Sandfly's mower in under a year. Somebody should crop dust the entire ANF with Tums. I've only ever fished the Millstone drainage for stocked trout because it was convenient at the time. And stocked trout is all I ever caught. And the last time was probably 6 or 8 years ago. Beautiful scenery, but... I'm not joking, either. A real shame.
Posted on: 2013/8/8 10:58
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Didn't you notice the posted sings on Coleman, Shrec? ![]()
Posted on: 2013/8/8 11:03
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Dave, back when I fished it, there were none.
Posted on: 2013/8/8 15:16
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Oh really. I fished it back in about 1978 and there were posted signs, so there! ![]() Not all of it was posted then. We have had discussions about these streams years ago, so I am just funnin with you.
Posted on: 2013/8/8 15:32
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I guess I fished it in 1977 then.
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Posted on: 2013/8/8 16:02
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That area of the state has quite a few infertile streams, I'm not sure why, but it's probably AMD. But then AMD doesn't just come from coal mines.
Posted on: 2013/8/12 20:24
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Yeah acidic streams. Strange thing is there were mayflies in them when I fished them but I didn't catch anything in them.
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Chaz wrote: Lots of caddis, too. We will have to have a discussion on those streams some day. As Spring Creek and Millstone go (the ones in the ANF), for the most part I have only fished the main streams where they are stocked. there is at least one exception in the Spring Creek drainage which in my opinion is not nearly as bad, and I caught quite a few. I don't know the name of that trib, but I could find it again. ![]() My guess is most of the Spring Creek tribs, although impaired, still have some reproduction. Just not a lot of it.
Posted on: 2013/8/13 8:02
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Rain is naturally acidic, but it is only marginally acid. A water sample would tell them right away if it was acid rain causing the issue, they can tell by the chemistry. Many stream in the ANF are naturally acidic according the AFM for that area, I spoke to him on the phone after being up there one time.
But acid rain would exacerbate the problem of natural acidity. As I remember Ltl. Salmon starts on the same ridge as the Spring Creek tribs. If the buffering is depleted by acid rain it would be a very long time before long term improvement of water quality would happen without intervention.
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Salmon and Bluejay are opposite of Millstone and Spring Creeks on the same ridge. The first two flow to Tionesta Creek, and the latter flow into the Clarion. I know of only one trib of the 4 main streams that surveys better than Class D and it is only a C. The geology sucks in that area, and buffering is minimal at best. Acid is a problem, but in the case of Millstone, I believe the soil and geology are actually the larger contributor of acidity. Let me put it this way. It is pretty hard to ignore when the PH of a stream is CONSIDERABLY lower than the average PH of precipitation in the area. Well, hard for me to ignore at least, but then, this is my only PHD.
Posted on: 2013/8/19 7:25
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Chaz the rain is acid in the region and has been documented as one of the worst areas in the state for acid rain. Stick with what you know something about.
Posted on: 2013/8/19 9:14
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I noticed that too. He says the pH of the rainfall in the area is about 5.0 and the ph of those streams is 4.7-4.8. That is something that requires explanation. I think he is simply wrong on his data about the pH of the rainfall. http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputa ... acidrain/report/tab12.pdf According to the DEP info for 2005, the state mean was pH 4.46, and for Kane, the closest monitoring site to these streams, the pH was 4.4. So the rainfall is coming down at around pH 4.4. Because the geology is very infertile, it gets just a little buffering, which brings the stream water up to pH 4.7-4.8. On other acid precipitation affected streams in the state, pH 4.7 - 4.8 is not unusual. And this includes areas with no history of coal mining or natural gas production.
Posted on: 2013/8/19 9:21
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Good points there Dwight, and you may be correct. The authors assessment of the two tribs of Spring Creek are likely spot on and frankly his assessment of SE ANF is what I have been saying for years as well only I have been saying it about a much broader area. I would have at least expanded it to include Salmon Creek drainage and maybe Bluejay and Maple Creeks as well. I'm not sure how we got off on the Millstone tangent, but all I am saying is that I believe Millstone (which he also mentioned) has additional issues besides low buffering. It is clearly worse than all streams around it and even has the appearance of other issues. I bet the mineral content on some of the Millstone tribs is not so low based only on the appearance.
Posted on: 2013/8/19 11:07
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