Year 2001 Expanded Trout Fishing Opportunities by Tom Greene, Coldwater Unit Leader

New waters Chambers Lake, Chester County. The Sullivan County; Kinzua Creek, McKean water has been removed from the catch- addition of catchable trout management County; Leaser Lake, Lehigh County; able trout program. adds diversity to the multi-species fishery Little Mahanoy Creek, Schuylkill County; Rexmont Dam #2 (Lower), Lebanon in this 89.9-acre impoundment. Marvin Creek, McKean County; Medix County. This dam will be breached be- Hickory Run, Carbon County. Pend- Run, Elk County; Neifert Creek Flood cause of concerns for the impoundment’s ing the continuation of water quality Control Reservoir, Schuylkill County; structural safety. This water has been improvements, a 1.0-mile stream section Little Schuylkill River, Schuylkill County; removed from the catchable trout pro- from Hickory Run Lake downstream to Starrucca Creek, Susquehanna County; gram. Saylorsville Dam has been added to the and Little Yellow Creek, Indiana County. Roaring Brook, Lackawanna County. catchable trout program in 2001. Landowner posting following the transfer Hickory Run Lake, Carbon County. New Delayed-Harvest area of property has led to the removal of a Pending continued water quality im- Piney Creek, Clarion County. Begin- stream section from the catchable trout provements, this 4.2-acre impoundment ning this year, a 1.2-mile section of Piney program. The section extends from the returns to the catchable trout manage- Creek will be managed under the Delayed- outflow of Elmhurst Reservoir down- ment program this year. Harvest, Artificial-Lures-Only program. stream 2.0 miles. Lily Pond, Pike County. The addition This section will extend from the SR 2016 Spring Brook, Lackawanna County. of this 12.1-acre pond to the catchable bridge downstream to 0.2 miles upstream A stream section extending from Nesbitt trout program provides more angling of the SR 0066 bridge. Reservoir downstream 3.4 miles to the opportunities near an area of rapid popu- pipeline crossing has been removed from lation expansion. Loss of Delayed-Harvest area stocking because of landowner posting Turtle Creek, Allegheny and following the transfer of property. This Harvey Creek, Luzerne County. Land- Westmoreland counties. Recent water water had been stocked inseason. owner posting following the transfer of quality improvements have led to this Wapwallopen Creek, Luzerne County. property along this stream has led to the water’s return to the catchable trout An increase in the amount of landowner closure of this area to the angling pub- management program. Stocking will posting has led to a stream section’s re- lic. A 1.5-mile section from Jackson Road take place on the 3.9-mile section from moval from the catchable trout program. (T-812) downstream to Pavlick Road (T- the Saunders Station Bridge on SR 2100 The stream section extends 2.2 miles from 497) had been open to angling under the downstream to the confluence with SR 3011 downstream to SR 3013. Delayed-Harvest program. Brush Creek. Beech Run, Clearfield County. Be- Yellow Creek, Mercer County. A 3.2- cause of a recent increase in landowner mile stream section from the SR 0062 Early warning waters posting, this water has been removed bridge downstream to the mouth has Lofty Reservoir, Schuylkill County. from the catchable trout program. The been added to the catchable trout pro- This reservoir has been drained as part stream section extends 2.0 miles from T- gram this year. of a dam breaching project. Lofty Res- 336 downstream to the mouth. ervoir has been removed from the Expansions to listed waters catchable trout program. Loss of angling opportunities Classification changes and/or stocking Lyman Lake, Potter County. Concerns The following waters will receive a limit extensions have led to an increased regarding structural deficiencies and the reduction in their allocation for the 2001 stocking program on the following wa- safety of the dam have led to a drawdown season because of an increase in the ters: Angelica Lake, Berks County; North of this impoundment. The lake has been amount of landowner posting: Antietam Branch Little Aughwick Creek, removed from the catchable trout pro- Creek, Berks County; Fishing Creek, Huntingdon/Fulton counties; Little Buf- gram until these issues can be properly Clinton County; Harvey Creek, Luzerne falo Run, Butler County; Clark Creek, addressed. County; Big Spring Creek, Cumberland Dauphin County; West Branch Mountain Springs Lake, Luzerne County; and Yellow Creek, Indiana Conococheague Creek, Franklin County; County. This lake has been drained to County. Cove Creek, Fulton County; Delaware address concerns regarding the Creek, Juniata County; Hoagland Branch, impoundment’s structural safety. This