Kishacoquillas Creek, Mifflin County, 6/28/11

[MKern]

Fish Kish from about noon to 3 in the Yeagertown section. The water was higher than normal, especially for late June.
Caught mostly stockers in one small section (20 by 10 riffle) which is odd in the class a section. They were definately displacing the wild trout because I caught them in more marginal water around this ideal riffle.

Flies used: caddis pupa, sulphur nymph and PT. All flies caught their fair stare of fish.


Side note: this is a very difficult section to wade. You can be standing in 3 inches of water, take a step and be chest high. I was contimplating buying a wading staff. However, in my head I said to myself that at 26 I'm too young for a wading staff. Then I remebered that I'm 27 not 26, so yeah I guess it's time for a wading staff.

 

[salvelinusfontinalis]

Side note: this is a very difficult section to wade. You can be standing in 3 inches of water, take a step and be chest high. I was contimplating buying a wading staff. However, in my head I said to myself that at 26 I'm too young for a wading staff. Then I remebered that I'm 27 not 26, so yeah I guess it's time for a wading staff.

LoL! Well, that made my day.

Good report BTW

 

[TYoung]

You mentioning that the stocked trout are displacing the wild fish got me thinking about Young Womens Creek. The only time that I fished that creek I noticed the same thing. You would mostly catch the stockie rainbows in the pulls and deeper riffles. All the wild browns were caught in the shollower riffles.

 

[nymphingmaniac]

I have a pet name for my wading staff: Granny stick

But yes, I have one on me. But the again I'm about 15 years older.

Better to be laughed at by three than carried by 6!

 

[MKern]

I went back today and as far as the stocked fish, not one hit in that same riffle. They were definately following the leader of the school.

As far as the wading staff definately need one...took a slow motion seat in the middle of the stream with a lot of weird noises coming out while trying to keep my rod above water.

 

[MKern]

As far as the fishing...most of the fish were wild browns with only 2 stockies caught; one I believe a fingerling from a few years ago. Same flies as yesterday.

I picked up a few rocks while watching a friend fish and picked up 1 very interesting rock. It had the usual cased caddis and free-living caddis, a couple of mayflies. However, I notice 2 other weird things. The scuds had a red spot in the middle (hot spot) I believe it might have been their hearts. Second, there were about 30 leaches clinging to the rock; all under 1/2 long. Were they trying to mate?

 

[Kilwell]

MKern - get a stick, you won't regret it! I turned 64 this spring and the kids got me my first wading staff ever for my birthday. I fish Penns a lot and wouldn't go without it now.

 

[Maurice]

I fished Kish, or rather explored it for access and the narrows had folks at every pull off on Sunday. Looking for some flat pool with a rising fish, I ended up at the bridge below the Steel Plant where several fish were rising, By the time I got in the water they were rising steady. I caught 9 chubs or rather every fish that rose in 15 minutes. I promptly got out of the crik and went home.

There was one fish in the deeper water on the left that would not hit, he mighta been a trout.....or a really selective fall fish.

 

[MKern]

Mo, you weren't in the most productive part of the stream, that's for sure. Although that's supposedly the class a stretch.

The top of the class a and upstream of there is way better; a 50/50 mix of pocket water (some of the best I've ever fished) and long pools which have some current moving too.