Nymphed from 8 AM until noon. No indicator. Fast moving water, but nearly clear. Stream well within its channel, but higher than normal for this time of the year. Water temp 62 deg F. Caught 2 in the first two hours and then eleven in the next two hours. All were stocked RT, BT, and ST. No other anglers. A few caddis coming off. Fish caught on Copper John, zebra midge, and SanJuan Worm. Side note...good sulphur hatches coming off in the evenings last weekend. Don't know if it is continuing.
Jordan Ck, Whitehall Twsp, Lehigh Co. 5/24/19
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I actually miss fishing Jordan creek. It was my go to stream when I lived in the area. Great urban trout stream with good size and holding water. Too bad it warms quickly in the summer and not capable of producing wild trout, although I am not convinced it does not hold some seasonally. A few tribs have some wild BT present.
Either way a great example of a stream that should be stocked. It gets utilized well through March and April but good fishing can be had in May and June under the right conditions.
Either way a great example of a stream that should be stocked. It gets utilized well through March and April but good fishing can be had in May and June under the right conditions.
I am very habitat oriented and the roughly 1.5 mi stretch that I typically fish has much better habitat on average than many of the other stretches that are stocked. That is one reason why I am typically fishing in the more urbanized Whitehall Twsp rather than the suburban and rural areas upstream. Despite high fishing pressure earlier in the season, there are always fish in the good habitat and I doubt that my catch rates in DH areas, for example, would be any better.
Regarding Hopback's comment and the suspicion that there may be wild trout somewhere in that stream, a fishable wild BT pop exists in Allentown within the last mile of the stream, owing its presence to a spring according to those who were on the survey.
As for yeaterday's fishing, I also ran into a pair of Sea Lampreys building a redd. They are fascinating and build substantial structures of cobble. I found that one by tripping over it. Their restoration to the Lehigh and tribs is occurring due to fishways on the lower Lehigh dams and dam removals on the tribs. Multiple dams were removed from the Jordan in the past five years. Note, sea lampreys are a natural part of the Delaware Basin so they are not a problem. They have co-evolved with the other species,in the basin. This is in contrast to the great lakes, where they were introduced.
Regarding Hopback's comment and the suspicion that there may be wild trout somewhere in that stream, a fishable wild BT pop exists in Allentown within the last mile of the stream, owing its presence to a spring according to those who were on the survey.
As for yeaterday's fishing, I also ran into a pair of Sea Lampreys building a redd. They are fascinating and build substantial structures of cobble. I found that one by tripping over it. Their restoration to the Lehigh and tribs is occurring due to fishways on the lower Lehigh dams and dam removals on the tribs. Multiple dams were removed from the Jordan in the past five years. Note, sea lampreys are a natural part of the Delaware Basin so they are not a problem. They have co-evolved with the other species,in the basin. This is in contrast to the great lakes, where they were introduced.
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You would need to carry if you want to fish for those wild BT in the last mile,and the scenery is not very nice.
