SW PA Class A

[dgwbball]

Fished from about 11-3 on January 13 at a Class A that feeds a bigger river in SWPA. It was high thirties and there were intermittent flurries, but overall it was pretty comfortable. Water temaperature was 40 degrees.

I caught four nice fish, one 14" Brown that must have come up from the river, and 3 Brookies, 8-9" each. got all on pink sucker spawn and egg patterns. No luck on black wooley buggers.

Also saw a wierd phenomenon, in one deep swirling pool i saw two fish with their mouths apparently locked together (like elk with antlers) apparently fighting. Never seen this, is this a mating/territorial thing?

Also haven't figured this stream out yet, loads of fish and amazing holding water, but in the four times I have fished it (2 summer, 2 winter) the Brookies seem much less aggressive than anywhere else I have fished despite seemingly similar food sources. Still, beautiful fish and a great day.

 

[MKern]

maybe they were fighing over a large food item. such as a smaller brookie?

 

[swpafly]

What part of sw pa ?

 

[ryanh]

Blawnox.

 

[tomgamber]

Yeah, what? Guys run? Sure it wasn't over in Manchester?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[swpafly]

What? Wanted to know where in sw pa, a class a runs into a river.....

 

[tomgamber]

Well, we're just joking around but that question rarely gets answered...

First and foremost...most are very secretive about any Class A stream, let alone one in an area that doesn't have a ton.

Second, what made it funny is that Blawnox, which is where both our wives work...has no class A fishing or we'd be visiting them at work more often.

If I had to guess, the only "river" that has a few class A's would be the Yough...the connemaugh, casselman and the beaver rivers are the only other "rivers" I can think of in SWPA that don't meet in Da Burgh...

 

[albatross]

If Southwest PA is Greene, Washington, Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland, Fayette, Somerset, and Cambria Counties, then No Class A Stream (on the state list) flows into the Yough or any other river for that matter.

Maybe he used "Class A" to just refer to a stream with wild fish. Maybe he used river to refer to a larger stream.

 

[tomgamber]

There you have it..even bleaker than I gave it credit for...

 

[swpafly]

albatross that is why i was confused..........I have fished every class a in sw pa and none flow into any river.......And there is no secret to class a water....they are all listed by the state...there are no secret class a waters

 

[tomgamber]

by secret I was referring to ones that fish fish particularly well. Not all of them are a joy to fish..especially ones with 14 inch browns and 9 inch brookies as the poster stated...they're all listed but there are a hell of a lot of them..the secret is in which ones are worth fishing...

 

[swpafly]

I think all they all are worth fishing.. There is no bad class a water in the area...And believe me there is no class a in sw pa that have an abundance of 14" browns and 9" brookies...Some do fish better than others but the norm is usually 4-5 inchers.

 

[albatross]

I've investigated all the class A's in SW PA and fished most of them. The 10 inch brown and 9 inch brook in my signature are from a SW PA Class A that flows into a larger stocked trout stream.

 

[schrec]

The only Class A water in SW PA that flows into a river is Turtle Creek. Must be that one.

 

[jayL]

schrec wrote:
The only Class A water in SW PA that flows into a river is Turtle Creek. Must be that one.

 

[tomgamber]

More like this I'd say....

 

[JackM]

Or even this:

 

[jayL]

It's ok schrec,

I won't tell anyone where I heard it!

 

[schrec]

Guys, guys...
OK a not-so-clever diversion. Actually Jack, that's probably the color of fish you'd catch in Turtle, either glowing red or green.