Blown out opening day for trout
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Letort
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Just came to post same thing. USGS gauge on Yellow Breeches is currently below flood stage, but with another day of rain, will likely be close.
The streams will be blown out to an extent that I do not recall in any recent past. Should make for some more holdovers, however.
The streams will be blown out to an extent that I do not recall in any recent past. Should make for some more holdovers, however.
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STONEMAN
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I would think all the stockers that were put in are getting pushed all over the system. Gonna be a little different once the waters recede.
bringthepain
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Me and my buddy were just gonna spread out a big net bank to bank like those dudes in Alaska
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The Susquehanna should be fishing well for trout for a while.
nymphingmaniac
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central pa: Williamsburg PA got 4.03 and huntingdon 2.90 inches as of this morning. More coming 😢
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 2.5 inches on top of
the 1 to 4 inches of rain that has already fallen will
maintain an elevated risk of inundation and river flooding
across central Pennsylvania.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 to 2.5 inches on top of
the 1 to 4 inches of rain that has already fallen will
maintain an elevated risk of inundation and river flooding
across central Pennsylvania.
bringthepain
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Somewhere, wildtrout2 is pumped
Broodstock
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This is great for the water table across the state. Our snowpack was dismal this year so we needed a good recharge.
hooker-of-men
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I've had my fam in Philly for a week for vacation. Today was blocked out for a buddy and I to either go to Valley, the shore, or out for snakehead. Looks a lot more like we're gonna be targeting day drinking...
dryflyguy
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It stinks IMO.
Right when the best hatches of the year are ramping up, everything is flooded.
I'd rather see a deluge like this in summer.
When It would really alleviate low flow/high water temp concerns..
And just because the water table is really charged up now, doesn't mean all will be well by July
Right when the best hatches of the year are ramping up, everything is flooded.
I'd rather see a deluge like this in summer.
When It would really alleviate low flow/high water temp concerns..
And just because the water table is really charged up now, doesn't mean all will be well by July
wildtrout2
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If you're referring to me, I couldn't care less what effect this rain has on Opening Day. I don't even start fishing until late May, or early June, depending on water temps on the wild/unstocked streams I fish.
wildtrout2
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I agree on both counts.
bringthepain
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You always say NC PA never gets any of the rain when it comes, was glad to see the areas you love being part of the rain party. While it may mess up opening day or whatever i think all the rain we can get is good this time of year
wildtrout2
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It is good, no doubt, but it will have little bearing on conditions by the time I actually start fishing. As mentioned in another thread, this rain would be more beneficial in June, July, and August.
You're right though, I'm always happy to see the NC region get rain, no matter the time of year. More often than not, the rains seem to miss that area.
In anticipation of the conditions I was out picking up “garden hackle” in the gutters and streets last night. Canned corn and paste baits work well under such conditions too. And with the falling, cold water temps associated with high flows, bait fishing is the go-to method based on creel surveys and other observational experiences. Falling temps substantially modify fish behavior.
As for high water moving the trout around, there’s no guarantee of that. Stocked trout that move do not necessarily move in association with high flows. During the stocked trout residency study the N Br Muddy Ck, York Co, was stocked under bank full, muddy water conditions and at two spots during the stocking event the stream was overflowing its banks. One could reasonably expect that under such conditions with no experience in this new environment and with no visual cues, movement would be substantial. Residency measured at the randomly selected stocking points was 90% or more when measured at least a week later.
As for wild trout, during the Spruce Ck wild BT study in 1972, following the passage of Hurricane Agnes over 70% of the trout were right back in the same locations within their territorial mosaic where they had been found prior to the flood.
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Nocktavius
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Sorry it was my fault, I had a good outing on dries fishing Penns this past weekend. Back to the grimy euronymphing deep I go.
Time to tie up some catskill style squirmys
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jifigz
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I am planning on getting a jar of Uncle Mike's salmon eggs and using LOTS of BB sized shot to get er' down. Then, I am going to wear a very trustworthy life jacket and, with about 6 feet of line out of the rod tip, jump in and just float along with my bait ticking bottom. I should be able to get a really, really nice long float. I imagine I will at least catch a couple.
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Our snowpack is dismal every year. Because we live in Pennsylvania, not the Rockies or the Sierra Nevada..
