Proposed Changes to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters; October 2024
[54 Pa.B. 5197]
[Saturday, August 10, 2024]
The Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) is considering changes to its list of Class A wild trout streams. Under 58 Pa. Code § 57.8a (relating to Class A wild trout streams), it is the Commission's policy to manage self-sustaining Class A wild trout populations as a renewable natural resource to conserve that resource and the angling it provides. Class A wild trout populations represent the best of this Commonwealth's naturally reproducing trout fisheries. With rare exceptions, the Commission manages these stream sections solely for the perpetuation of the wild trout fishery with no stocking.(1) Criteria developed for Class A Wild Trout fisheries are species specific.
(2) Wild Trout Biomass Class Criteria include provisions for:
(i) Wild brook trout fisheries.
(A) Total brook trout biomass of at least 30 kg/ha (26.7 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Brook trout biomass must comprise at least 75% of the total trout biomass.
(ii) Wild brown trout fisheries.
(A) Total brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Brown trout biomass shall comprise at least 75% of the total trout biomass.
(iii) Mixed wild brook and brown trout fisheries.
(A) Combined brook and brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(D) Brook trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(E) Brown trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(iv) Wild rainbow trout fisheries. Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 2.0 kg/ha (1.78 lbs/acre).
(v) Mixed wild brook and rainbow trout fisheries.
(A) Combined brook and rainbow trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(D) Brook trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(E) Rainbow trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(vi) Mixed wild brown and rainbow trout fisheries.
(A) Combined brown and rainbow trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(D) Brown trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(E) Rainbow trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
During recent surveys, Commission staff documented the following stream sections to have Class A wild trout populations. The Commission intends to consider adding these waters to its list of Class A wild trout streams at its meeting on October 21, 2024.
| Centre | Bullit Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Foster Joseph Sayers Lake | 40.988976 77.705627 | — | — | 4.83 | 2023 |
| Centre | Trout Run | 1 | Headwaters to 3.96 kilometers upstream of Mouth | Moshannon Creek | 22.90 | — | 3.98 | 2022 | |
| Centre | Unnamed Tributary (UNT) to Pine Creek (RM 5.12) | 3 | Spring seep to UNT (RM 0.71) to UNT to Pine Creek (RM 5.12) | Pine Creek | — | — | 0.87 | 2022 | |
| Centre | UNT to Trout Run (RM 3.51) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Trout Run | 19.16 | — | 2.65 | 2022 | |
| Clearfield | Big Run (Fairview) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | West Branch Susquehanna River | 56.77 | — | 3.23 | 2022 | |
| Clinton | Grass Flats Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Wistar Run | 40.50 | — | 1.93 | 2023 | |
| Clinton | Moccasin Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Sinnemahoning Creek | 31.51 | — | 5.53 | 2023 | |
| Clinton | Wistar Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Sinnemahoning Creek | 50.22 | — | 2.73 | 2023 | |
| Lackawanna | Rush Brook | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Lackawanna River | 0.49 | — | 2.18 | 2023 | |
| Lycoming | Grays Run | 1 | Headwaters to Grays Run Club Reservoir | Lycoming Creek | 24.68 | — | 4.23 | 2023 | |
| Lycoming | Grays Run | 2 | Grays Run Club Reservoir to Tiadaghton State Forest boundary | Lycoming Creek | 3.87 | — | 0.36 | 2024 | |
| Lycoming | UNT to Grays Run (RM 5.12) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Grays Run | 33.17 | — | 0.96 | 2023 | |
| Potter | Ainsworth Brook | 1 | PA/NY state line to Mouth | Mundy Brook | 98.77 | — | 0.21 | 2021 | |
| Potter | Borie Branch | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek | 19.10 | — | 4.59 | 2023 | |
| Potter | Mundy Brook | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Genesee River | 5.69 | — | 5.82 | 2021 | |
| Potter | Prouty Run | 1 | Headwaters to confluence of UNT to Prouty Run (RM 3.08) | First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek | 41.50 | — | 3.90 | 2023 | |
| Potter | UNT to Prouty Run (RM 2.72) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Prouty Run | 65.12 | — | 0.97 | 2023 | |
| Potter | UNT to Prouty Run (RM 3.08) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Prouty Run | 26.64 | — | 2.62 | 2023 | |
| Potter | UNT to Prouty Run (RM 5.57) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Prouty Run | 57.08 | — | 1.20 | 2023 | |
| Tioga | UNT to Mine Hole Run (RM 2.19) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Mine Hole Run | 57.11 | — | 0.38 | 2022 |
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Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the classification of the streams listed may submit them in writing to the Executive Director, Fish and Boat Commission, P.O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Comments, objections or suggestions may also be submitted electronically to RA-pfbcregulations@pa.gov.
TIMOTHY D. SCHAEFFER,
Executive Director
Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-1133. Filed for public inspection August 9, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
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