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Mike
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For those of you intimately familiar with sections of the Conestoga River between Brownstown (Rt 322) and Lancaster (Rt 30), I could use some help locating potential fingerling smallmouth bass habitat in order to do some sampling of the fingerlings. We have one site that we have sampled near Millersville for three years, but I would like to locate another potential site above Lancaster. What I need is the location of a stretch of 300 yards of shoreline where the substrate is primarily comprised of rock, rubble, and gravel. The bottom should be firm, not soft. It is challenging to locate such habitat on the Conestoga, since most pools and glides have silt, sand, and gravel substrates. So, if you know of any potential stretches where rubble, gravel, and even some larger rocks predominate along the shore, please let me know of the location using some geographical reference point that we can find on a topographic map or in the field. If we find the site to be unsuitable, at least you have provided us with more info than we would have had prior to leaving the office.
By the way, the 300 yd stretches may be on one side of the stream or 150 yds of such habitat may occur on opposite sides of the stream...either way we can still sample 300 yds.
Thanks for your consideration of this question. If you don't know of such areas, no problem.
By the way, the 300 yd stretches may be on one side of the stream or 150 yds of such habitat may occur on opposite sides of the stream...either way we can still sample 300 yds.
Thanks for your consideration of this question. If you don't know of such areas, no problem.