Kish Creek, Mifflin County, 06/25/18

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I wanted to fish the Juniata but it is terribly high and muddy so I looked elsewhere. I made it onto the water around 1:15 pm or so and fished for only an hour. Water was stained but flows were only at 260 cfs at the Reedsville gauge. I fished lower Kish where the stream is a bit larger at one of my favorite riffles. The water temp was 66°. I fished a tandem nymph rig of a green weenie down to a nymph I created to look like a hellgramite. Caught 4 fish (2 wild browns, 1 stockie brown and 1 stockie bow) in an hour before I had to leave. All fish took the large hellgramite/stonefly looking nymph. A pleasant morning but lower Kish is starting to approach the upper limit of fishable temps in my opinion.
 
I'm glad the narrows is holding better. My favorite waters are all downstream of there mostly. I'll check temps tomorrow too. Cool night last night as it hit 50° at my place. I love it.
 
It's suppose to get hot this weekend. The lower section will probably get too warm then.
 
TYoung wrote:
It's suppose to get hot this weekend. The lower section will probably get too warm then.

Too warm to fish, yes. Too warm to harbor a lot of wild trout. Absolutely not.
 
Not sure about burnham water but the junction water stays fairly cool through the heat of August. Mid 60s during the hottest part of August last year just below Tea and Honey.
 
Yeah, Honey Creek has a HUGE influence on Kish. I monitor the local streams a lot. A few years ago during that very hot dry year Honey at Bender Park was 72° and Kish at Rec Park was 72°. So that should really tell you something right there. Tea was a reliable 58° or something.
 
Love Kish and those tribs... some great water, really fortunate to have them in our backyard. Jifigz, always enjoy your posts about Kish... and the J also haha! 🙂
 
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