NC Blueliner question

[Sharknado5]

Last summer I got a little freaked out about the severe drought in NC PA. I was reassured by those that know that the brookies would be pretty much OK, they've survived worse. I'm asking for an update from those who partake if they're seeing any effects from that drought? Size and numbers of fish? Bugs? I no longer blue line (due to age and infirmity😕) but I fondly recall the days I used to, in a limited way. I fish mostly Cameron/Potter Cos. It seems to me this years hatches were down some but they haven't been all that great for quite a few years anyway.

 

[Swattie87]

Last summer I got a little freaked out about the severe drought in NC PA. I was reassured by those that know that the brookies would be pretty much OK, they've survived worse. I'm asking for an update from those who partake if they're seeing any effects from that drought? Size and numbers of fish? Bugs? I no longer blue line (due to age and infirmity😕) but I fondly recall the days I used to, in a limited way. I fish mostly Cameron/Potter Cos. It seems to me this years hatches were down some but they haven't been all that great for quite a few years anyway.

I’ve only been up that way twice so far this year. Both times (late April and late May) during pretty good cold snaps relative to normal for the time. Fishing was slow (I attributed this to the cool downs leading up to and while I was up there), but we caught fish everywhere we went. Bugs seemed normal.

The fish are fine. Headed back up next in early August. Will post what I find.

 

[ANF-Hiker]

No particular difference for me on my trips up there so far this year either.

 

[troutbert]

PFBC surveys show that mountain freestone streams have wide swings in trout populations, caused mainly by severe droughts and severe scouring floods.

The high end of the range is about twice that of the low end of the range.

So, for example, the population in a particular stretch may vary from 30 to 60 kig/ha over the years.

 

[sandflyx]

I live here and the brookies population is down from 2 years ago. some insects since debbie are non-excitant.

 

[nd1001]

I had good brook trout fishing in late May. One stream in particular I was very worried about, after seeing it in the fall with barely a trickle of flow and not spotting a single fish in any of the few disjointed pools. But, this spring we had good fishing there. Not much in the way of young of the year fish, and no particularly large adults, but a good quantity of 6-8” fish.