Notice
Removal of Catch and Release
Designations
Spring Brook,
Panther Creek,
Since the beginning of the
1995 season, the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) has regulated and
managed a 2.4-mile section of Spring Brook, Lackawanna County, extending from
the outflow of Watres Reservoir downstream to Nesbitt Reservoir, and a 2.5-mile
section of Panther Creek, Lackawanna County, from the headwaters downstream to
the mouth, as Catch and Release Areas under 58 Pa. Code §65.5 (relating to
catch and release areas). Recently, the
Commission was notified that a private landowner has decided to close the land
along both sections of stream to public access.
The reasons given for closing the land were problems associated with
littering and dumping on the property.
Because the property is no longer open to public fishing, the Commission
has removed the 2.4-mile section of Spring Brook and the 2.5-mile section of
Panther Creek from its Catch and Release Program. These
re-designations will go into effect upon publication of this notice in
the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
FOR THE
Douglas
J. Austen, Ph.D.
Executive
Director