Codorus Creek TT, Porters 3/3 and 3/4

[jpavoncello]

I spent the last two mornings at the Codorus. The water levels are about a foot low and the creek is crystal clear. Monday I got one small brown on a BHPT. There were also a bunch of people on the stream. Every section seemed to have a fisherman.
Yesterday was much better. Started off above the railroad bridge. Worked the whole way down from the water release gates, didn't get a bite. Headed down to the area we call the steps, ended up catching seven browns, five on scuds and two on little stone fly dries. There wasn't any hatch, I just wanted to work back to the car with a dry and a stonefly had landed on my vest.
I am really concerned about the Codorus this year. I am not seeing the numbers of fish that I have in the past. I spend a lot of time when the water is as clear as it's been just standing on the bank and watching. I'm just not seeing any fish.
What I have been seeing are worm containers and an empty bottle of salmon eggs. Please folks, if you're fishing the Codorus and you witness someone poaching, please call the fish commission. These are naturally reproducing fish, not stockers that's why it's C&R throughout part of the year and artificial baits only.

On a lighter note, there is a big BIG tom turkey hanging out above the railroad bridge. I've seen him a couple of times over the last two seasons. Yesterday I saw him standing on the opposite bank watching me so I started clucking to him. The bird answered and for the next 20 mins, we had an interesting conversation. Then one of his hens, obviously jealous of me, flew up into the tree above me and tried to poop on me. That tom's beard is so long, it drags the ground when he walks!!

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[Acristickid]

Glad someone can fish. Things are running high and brown over here in the west.

 

[salvelinusfontinalis]

jp-

sorry to hear about the poaching going on at Codorus Creek. its just a darn shame anymore. i dont know why over the past few years it just keeps getting worse and worse but it needs to stop in order to spare these precious fisheries. i swear the southeast pa region gets hit with poaching in the special regulation areas harder than anyother region. i think we should start e-mailing, sending letters, and calling wco's not just everytime we see someone poaching, but rather, everytime we see evidence. its becoming apparent to me that the only way to stop or at least limit it.....is to solve it ourselves. :-x

 

[jpavoncello]

We just need to find a good place to hide the bodies........

Seriously, it's very obvious when you come across someone poaching on the Codorus. Almost everyone with a spinning rod is suspect and the bright red or yellow nylon rope stringer hanging off the blue jeans belt loop will be a dead give-away.

I will find the phone numbers of the local WCO's and post them here so we can all program them into our cell phones.

 

[Dwright]

I'm new to the sport, having been fly-fishing the Codorus just shy of a year now and also see the residue left behind from the poachers. It's a shame. The stream has been a good place to learn the sport.

I was out Saturday morning before it got too windy, landing 2 browns on a scud and 1 brown on a Serendipity. I've had a fair amount of luck with that fly in the deeper pools.

 

[AdamM]

What are the regulations there the one time i fished there last year i saw somone spin fishing with a kid. I thought it was just fly fishing only, is spin fishing allowed?

 

[JackM]

Codorus Creek - Trophy Trout - 2.0 miles; From the confluence with the West Branch of Codorus Creek downstream to a point that is 0.4 miles downstream from SR 3082 (Porters Road).

Trophy Trout Regulations:

Open to fishing year-round (no closed season).
Minimum size – 14 inches, caught on, or in possession on, the waters under these regulations from 8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular trout season through Labor Day.
The daily creel limit is two trout - combined species - from 8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular trout season through Labor Day, except during the period from the day after Labor Day to 8 a.m. on the opening day of the regular trout season of the following year, when no trout may be killed or had in possession on the waters under these regulations.
Fishing may be done with artificial lures only, constructed of metal, plastic, rubber, or wood, or with flies and streamers constructed of natural or synthetic materials. All lures may be used with spinning or fly fishing gear.
The use or possession of any natural bait, baitfish, fishbait, bait paste and similar substances, fish eggs (natural or molded), or any other edible substance is prohibited.
Taking baitfish or fishbait is prohibited.
A current trout/salmon permit is required.