| Bedford County
The new bridge and access road to the fly fishing project on Yellow Creek is now open. Many thanks to the landowners, TU groups, and all others involved with this project.
Anglers are using small midges & nymphs to catch trout on the Yellow Creek’s “Catch and Release” area and the “Fly Fishing Only” area.
Blair County
Anglers are having great success on Canoe Lake.
Chris Zemluck of Altoona caught this 23 inch golden rainbow trout while fishing in Mary Ann's Creek (a tributary to Canoe Lake) in late October. The trout was stocked in early April and managed to survive the heavy fishing pressure all year.
Cumberland County
Walleye have finally begun running up the Susquehanna River. Many anglers are catching fish in the 18 and 20 inch range at York Haven Hydro Power plant and the Dock Street Dam in Harrisburg. Shad darts and red devil spoons are working well. Try using a steel leader to prevent loosing valuable lures on the river’s jagged rock bed. Many anglers are catching beautiful smallmouth bass on dark colored rubber worms and bronze metal spoons. Boaters are warned to stay away from the powerful flowing water of the Dock Street Dam. Be mindful of the posted exclusion zones, stay out of the hydraulic, and stay alive. Low head dams can kill.
Dauphin County
Recent rains have the Susquehanna River producing nice walleye in areas of fast flow and deep pools.
Mr. Ceasar caught these nice walleye on jigs and light colored tubes on the Susquehanna River on the east shore at the dock street dam.
Franklin County
A gradual drawdown of the Gunter Valley Reservoir is underway; as a result of this drawdown the PFBC has temporarily suspended all season, sizes and creel limits until further notice but not after April 8, 2010. Anglers must be properly licensed and all other fishing and/or property regulations are in effect.
Fulton County
Fall trout fishing is in full swing on Cowans Gap Lake. Anglers have been observed with daily limits of trout on several occasions. A variety of colors of paste type baits fished on the bottom have been producing fish. Anglers are reminded that the daily limit of trout is three per day. Anglers are also reminded that it is unlawful to possess more than one daily limit of any species of fish. One exception is that an angler may possess more than one daily limit at your residence. If an angler intends to give away their daily limit to another, the fish shall be counted in the donor's creel limit and neither the donor or recipient may kill or possess (while in the act of fishing) more than the daily limit allowed. Consult page 33 of the 2009 Summary Guide.
Effective on lakes as of November 1, 2009; the daily limit for bass is 4 and a minimum length of fifteen inches for largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass. Consult page 6 of the 2009 Summary Guide for additional information.
York County
Anglers at Lake Redman continue to catch largemouth bass. Anglers fishing on cooler days with overcast skies seem to produce the best results. Largemouth from 15 inches to 20 inches are being caught with the most popular lure being the 5 inch watermelon green soft-plastic stick-bait rubber worm hooked up on a Carolina Rig in depths of water from 2’ to 7’ works best. Also in neighboring Lake Williams a 32 inch striped bass was caught last week by an angler using a black and silver Rapala.
River levels on the Susquehanna River are starting to get back to normal after a week of rain. Catfish are being caught on worms at York Haven Hydro and at Bruner Island. Further downstream at Long Level anglers are catching smallmouth bass using crank baits. |
