Monroe County Brook Trout?

[wildtrout2]

I fished Tom's a lot back in the day...

It's a nice spot, but it gets most of its pressure closest to the mouth so fishes better upstream from the easiest access point.

There are brook trout, but you have to go WAY above the upper Class A limit to find them with regularity. The beats where I always did well fishing for brookies were always private property, but it wasn't hard to get permission to fish if you asked nicely.

The last time I tried which was a while back, it was NO GO unless you were a resident of the local residential community. I tried lying to security, but I got busted when the asked me my name & address... 😎

It's been a LOT of years (70's) since I fished it last, but didn't there used to be some sort of small waterwheel somewhere along the creek? My looong term memory seems to recall something like this. Or, maybe senility is setting in.

 

[hooker-of-men]

It's been a LOT of years (70's) since I fished it last, but didn't there used to be some sort of small waterwheel somewhere along the creek? My looong term memory seems to recall something like this. Or, maybe senility is setting in.

I haven't seen that on Tom's, but I have encountered something like that on the lower end of Marshall's. It's an impoundment beside an old building that I believe was once a mill.

 

[wildtrout2]

I haven't seen that on Tom's, but I have encountered something like that on the lower end of Marshall's. It's an impoundment beside an old building that I believe was once a mill.

It's something I vaguely remember from back in the 70's. Only somebody who fished it back in the day might recall what I'm referring to. It's been so long, but it continues to stick in my mind. I think I remember it as being a cute little waterwheel house, perhaps a good ways upstream from it's Rt. 209 mouth.

 

[vealboy]

As to Saw, stick to the parts on public land. Anything private is going to be posted with a high probability of it being patrolled and enforced. Typical of other Poconos gated developments. Remember, it’s usually your parked vehicle that draws the attention.

That said, I’ve fished the area on public land being mentioned, parking at the Thunder Swamp trail access and hiking in. I found relatively warm water (below Saw Creek Club’s impoundment) and slow fishing, but I did turn up a Brookie, and lost a Brown. The trib that enters in that section was a good 8 or 10 degrees colder than Saw, and had a decent population of Brookies in it. FWIW.

Red Rock Run is the trib,and does have a decent pop of brookies.The upper water was bought a few years ago by the state,formerly private club water.There are also brookies in Saw in the Thunder Swamp area,this area has decent gradient.The fishing's not great but it's not bad either.The stocked water above Whittaker Rd has wild brookies in with the stockers and is lower gradient if you like smoother water.I will add this,the area in general is stiff with ticks,that's been my experience.

 

[MontFly4]

Saw Creek runs thru Saw Creek development. Park at Thunderswamp Trailhead on 402 and hike east, it leads to Saw Creek. To the west is Bushkill Creek; Snow Hill road leads to the stream.

Sweet man thank you!

 

[MontFly4]

Sweet man thank you!

Appreciate all the good insight from everybody. Gonna scope out a couple of the spots mentioned and get it done.

 

[Bamboozle]

It's been a LOT of years (70's) since I fished it last, but didn't there used to be some sort of small waterwheel somewhere along the creek? My looong term memory seems to recall something like this. Or, maybe senility is setting in.

Could it have been on Tom's above Milford Road near the Pocono Mountain Lake Estates Clubhouse/Office, or didn't you fish up that far?

I used to fish up there when permission was easily granted. I can't say I remember a waterwheel when I fished there, but that's an area I might expect to see one...

 

[wildtrout2]

Could it have been on Tom's above Milford Road near the Pocono Mountain Lake Estates Clubhouse/Office, or didn't you fish up that far?

I used to fish up there when permission was easily granted. I can't say I remember a waterwheel when I fished there, but that's an area I might expect to see one...

I honestly don't remember specifically, but I didn't fish above Milford Road. I think I recall seeing private property signs, so I went back downstream.

 

[k-bob]

Anyone who's going to fish upper Tom's might check out the most detailed satellite Leaf off map you can find...

Some areas around there are really a mess of downed trees between storms and invasive insects upper Tom's maybe one of them