Bushkill, Monroe County, 6/30/18

[hooker-of-men]

I have a family member in town so we thought we’d check out the conditions. I was hoping that, since there had only really been one day of the death heat, it might be ok. Fishing just below Resica. Air temp at 6 pm: 92 degrees. Water temp: 78. There is a pretty good hatch of Genesee going on on this bench, but, overalll, I wouldn’t recommend fishing here at the moment.

 

[Canoetripper]

Thanks for the update. I was ready, set, and go to the western Poconos this weekend and then I looked at the USGS gauges and saw how much the water levels quickly rose.


My neighbor, who is from Wilkes-Barre, loves local 4th of July fireworks and is hosting a party. We live in a town home neighborhood and there is really nowhere to park. I told him to have his guests park in my driveway and I will walk across the street to watch the fireworks, eat BBQ, and drink beers.


Hopefully, the water will drop enough for me to spend the 4th on my day off in Blakeslee.

 

[troutbert]

Canoetripper wrote:
Thanks for the update. I was ready, set, and go to the western Poconos this weekend and then I looked at the USGS gauges and saw how much the water levels quickly rose.


My neighbor, who is from Wilkes-Barre, loves local 4th of July fireworks and is hosting a party. We live in a town home neighborhood and there is really nowhere to park. I told him to have his guests park in my driveway and I will walk across the street to watch the fireworks, eat BBQ, and drink beers.


Hopefully, the water will drop enough for me to spend the 4th on my day off in Blakeslee.

The flows are not too high. The problem will be water temps, with this extreme heat wave.

Do you fish the Tobyhanna? The USGS gauging website shows water temps as well as flows for the Tobyhanna at Blakeslee.

Right now it is showing 25C, which equals 77F.

By July 4 it will be warmer than that, probably over 80F.

 

[Canoetripper]

Thanks for the info. The Tobyhanna where I fish does have warm water fish. I have caught smallmouth bass, perch, and chubs there and seen plenty of carp.

I have a thermometer with me at all times and don't fish for trout when the water temperature is > 70 degrees.

I once caught a trout in June on the upper Greenbrier River in WV and it just died while I was releasing it, which I didn't want to happen. I know that it was a stocked trout but I wanted to release it for an osprey or eagle rather than me cause its demise.

I really need to pay more attention than to just the CFS on USGS gauges. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Flows blew up in the middle of the week with a handful of storms. On Wednesday, my son and I were walking the dog and watched two guys try to poke around the Brodhead; they left after 15 minutes, with good reason. The stream was raging.

Everything went down just as quick, though, and now I'd say streams look a bit low. Every day in the extended forecast is at least 90. If the big ones are almost 80 right now, I wouldn't want to be a trout in a week.

 

[Canoetripper]

I just got an e-mail from a member who said that the water temperatures will be 80 degrees today so I will obviously have to wait until it is safe enough for C&R fly fishing in the western Poconos.

I don't want to stress the trout when I don't have to do that.

 

[Mike]

You'll find colder water in the Schuylkill River from Schuylkill Haven up and in the Ltl Schuylkill from Tamaqua to RT 54.