South Branch Codorus Creek, York County, 7/12/11 cold and warm

[glenrockonthefly]

Hi all, i fished the south branch of Codorus yesterday in 2 locations with 2 mixes of fish.

Grainary Road: This location has a number of man made improvements that are good to fish. I fished from 11:00am till 2:00 pm the water was still very cool to my surprise but I have no thermometer. I landed 7 Rainbows and 1 brown and had at least 5 more hook-ups. All but 2 were caught on a red san-juan worm. The other 2 were on a bead-headed olive that i tie myself. I fished this streatch all spring from mid-april until early june with lots of fun with the stockies. I also fished in Feb & March and caught quite a few hold over browns. The fish on this trip were from 8 to 12 inches.

Twin Arches Road: I read a recomendation for this streatch here on the Forum, I fished from 2:30pm till 4:00pm. Landed 6 smallies biggest was 8 inches, hooked one larger but lost it. Most on a chartruse cone head streamer #6 Again my own creation. A few Warmouth on a black WB. Water temp here was much warmer.I had a lot of smallies give very weak hits and chases so I look for ward to fishing onemorning.

Last note Codorus Trophy section: i have fished 2x in past week and water is very cold but dam discharge fluctuates a lot! Tried terrestrials and WB with only a few hits. But the water felt grat in 90 degrees and it cooled my beer very nicely.

Sean

 

[PaulG]

You never have to worry about the codorus getting to warm!

PaulG

 

[volcanomil]

I fished the TT section about 3-4 times this year from May on and I though action was slower than normal each time, although it could just have been me.

 

[glenrockonthefly]

volcanomil wrote:
I fished the TT section about 3-4 times this year from May on and I though action was slower than normal each time, although it could just have been me.

Yeah I had some good days there in March and early April looked for sulpher hatches in late May early june would find a few sulphers but no good action. I'll keep trying it so close to home and I know the water will always be cold

 

[glenrockonthefly]

PaulG wrote:

You never have to worry about the codorus getting to warm!

PaulG

Hey Paul,

You are right there! The TT section is really nice and cold and in winter I did't see ice. I've got to get me a thermometer.

The problem I run into now is that the water level fluctuates so much from the dam release, and that really effects the water clarity. The really wet spring we had has lake Marburg still nice and high.

I was surprised how cool the south branch still is. I've waded the Susky already and it's close to bathe water. I guess there are enough springs feeding all the little creeks into the SB to keep it cool.

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[Mike]

You'll find a good largemouth population (yes, largemouth) at the confluence of the south branch with the main stem Codorus.

 

[glenrockonthefly]

Mike wrote:
You'll find a good largemouth population (yes, largemouth) at the confluence of the south branch with the main stem Codorus.

Thanks Mike,

I have not worked that far downstream yet but will give it a try soon. Where is there access near the confluence, is it wadeable?

Thanks,
Sean

 

[Mike]

Check with the locals regarding access.

 

[iirz]

Just went to the twin arches section today from about 4-6:30, it's wadeable right now but it gets a little bit deep in some sections. Caught 2 decent smallies with the bigger one being 10 or 11 inches as well as a few red breasted sunfish and a rock bass on an olive wooly bugger. Water could have been a little clearer but I had fun and caught a few fish.