salvelinusfontinalis
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This river I little experience with but I plan on floating it in the water trail area this year a few times and fishing the upper end by foot.
My questions have nothing to do with spots to fish, Ill find them on my own. ;-)
My questions have to do with Shad and other fish species.
The historical stockings of the Conestoga River on the PFBC website are as follows:
Conestoga River - CONF SWAMP CK AND E BR CONSTG to CONFLUENCE WITH COCALICO CK. In this area they have stocked 483,991 Shad Fry from 2003 - 2008
It is obvious that the PFBC is stocking these fish for the Susquehanna River. However the Rockhill Dam was removed to allow fish passage. I found this quote from a link:
The 3 questions I have about this are....
The Rockhill dam has to be low in the River basin. The past pictures I have seen of it show it in a wooded area. The stocking of these shad are taking place up my way on the River. I know or at least think i do, that there is a dam at Waterworks in Lancaster.
So....
are the shad migrating back up the Conestoga and if so, how far? Does the Dam at Waterworks in anyway effect the migration downstream? I will be targeting Bass in the River this year but getting into the shad would be nice also.
Also
Conestoga River - COCALICO CK CONF to LANC WATERWORKS DAM
has been stocked with 1,832,350 fish, between Tiger Muskie and Shad Fry from 1991 to 2009.
How have the muskie been fairing in this River? Are they in good numbers and size?
Mostly I will be targeting SM Bass....
The article I posted a bit ago about Capital City fishing discussed that the lower reaches of the Conestoga River have had better electro fishing results than the lower Susquehanna River. Both in size and numbers.
I want to know....
How long ago was this?
Is it still the same way?
Can I get any biologist reports on the Conestoga River?
I hope Mike K replies to this....he was mentioned and probably has a wealth of knowledge on the subject.
Thanks!
My questions have nothing to do with spots to fish, Ill find them on my own. ;-)
My questions have to do with Shad and other fish species.
The historical stockings of the Conestoga River on the PFBC website are as follows:
Conestoga River - CONF SWAMP CK AND E BR CONSTG to CONFLUENCE WITH COCALICO CK. In this area they have stocked 483,991 Shad Fry from 2003 - 2008
It is obvious that the PFBC is stocking these fish for the Susquehanna River. However the Rockhill Dam was removed to allow fish passage. I found this quote from a link:
To enhance and regulate the flow of water, many small dams were constructed. This impeded the passage of such anadromous fish as the shad to move upstream and inland to spawn, thus ending a rich fishery. Furthermore, each of the reservoirs created collected thick deposits of sediments after deforestation' Recently, these dams were demolished (e.g. Rock Hill dam), which allowed not only the return of the shad but also the bayward movement of the so-called "legacy-sediments" and associated toxic substances and nutrients.
The 3 questions I have about this are....
The Rockhill dam has to be low in the River basin. The past pictures I have seen of it show it in a wooded area. The stocking of these shad are taking place up my way on the River. I know or at least think i do, that there is a dam at Waterworks in Lancaster.
So....
are the shad migrating back up the Conestoga and if so, how far? Does the Dam at Waterworks in anyway effect the migration downstream? I will be targeting Bass in the River this year but getting into the shad would be nice also.
Also
Conestoga River - COCALICO CK CONF to LANC WATERWORKS DAM
has been stocked with 1,832,350 fish, between Tiger Muskie and Shad Fry from 1991 to 2009.
How have the muskie been fairing in this River? Are they in good numbers and size?
Mostly I will be targeting SM Bass....
The article I posted a bit ago about Capital City fishing discussed that the lower reaches of the Conestoga River have had better electro fishing results than the lower Susquehanna River. Both in size and numbers.
I want to know....
How long ago was this?
Is it still the same way?
Can I get any biologist reports on the Conestoga River?
I hope Mike K replies to this....he was mentioned and probably has a wealth of knowledge on the subject.
Thanks!