njk3395
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I believe in November they stocked something like 20,000 trout from pottsville to middleport. The PFBC has been doing experimental stockings since like 2000. They electroshocked it in some various places and found wild brookies, browns, and rainbows.. Plus some stocked holdovers.
Pretty much everyone who has lived in Schuylkill county for a decent amount of time thinks of the Schuylkill River as a place to dump mine drainage and other various waste.
Anyways, I live really close to it and was wondering if it is really worthwhile to fish it. I read the biologist report, apparently there is wild trout, but the rates of survivals for their stocked fish are like 5 % or lower.
I have heard of people fishing it and catching fish, even some bigger fish (18"+). I tried it twice last year, but never really fished it seriously for any amount of time. If anyone has any info on it, I would love to hear it. PM's are welcome.
Pretty much everyone who has lived in Schuylkill county for a decent amount of time thinks of the Schuylkill River as a place to dump mine drainage and other various waste.
Anyways, I live really close to it and was wondering if it is really worthwhile to fish it. I read the biologist report, apparently there is wild trout, but the rates of survivals for their stocked fish are like 5 % or lower.
I have heard of people fishing it and catching fish, even some bigger fish (18"+). I tried it twice last year, but never really fished it seriously for any amount of time. If anyone has any info on it, I would love to hear it. PM's are welcome.