Bushkill Northampton County 4 Oct 08

sapper6

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Checked out the Bushkill below 13th Street to see if there were many holdovers before the scheduled stocking. Water was low and fairly clear (lost my thermometer again), air temp was about 45 and it drizzled a little. Only managed two browns on woolie buggers, no risers although a few midges were in the air. I hadn't been there since July but was disappointed in the lack of action. I was the only person on the water.

Moved up to the SR area and spent about 45 minutes on the water near the upper bridge. A good BWO hatch came off about 1100 as the sun started coming out a little. Again, no risers. I managed one brown on a woolie worm. That wasn't too bad though, that is always a tough area for me. Again, nobody else there.

The water was lower than I expected after the rain we have been having lately.
 
Are you aware the Bushkill was completely de-watered just one week ago? That might account for the low water you encountered. That area has some springs feeding it, but I would think it still needs time to recover.

http://www.paflyfish.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=5162&forum=6
 
I saw that report and drove by last Wednesday and saw that although the water was a little low, it wasn't too bad. I have seen it lower in drought periods. There is plenty of other sources between Tatamy and the Easton area. The Little Bushkill enters the main Bushkill only about 1/2 mile down from the quarry area that had the problem.

By the way, I had a tour of the cement plant about a year ago and the tour guide said that 100% of the water is pumped from the quarry. It is a limestone quarry to the pH probabaly can't get any better than that.
 
Yeah that stretch was pretty nice. Thank goodness there was water downstream to take the fish they managed to scoop up.
 
Why do people always think wild fish are holdovers? All those dead fish in the photos, all wild, gives you and idea of how good the stream would be without stocking.
 
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