Is anyone still fishing?!?!?!?

[jifigz]

I still haven’t fished since the last time I fished.

Me neither. And the last time I fished was September.

 

[tomgamber]

I'm at the point where it'll have to be at least 50° and not raining. See ya then.

 

[Duriensbane]

Winter fishcation is just about to begin for me.

 

[hooker-of-men]

I've still managed to catch a trout every month this year up until December, but this month isn't looking great. It's been freezing and quite windy every day; now, today is going to be almost 50 degrees, but it's a rare day that I really can't get out of work.

Back to the 30s for Thursday and Friday - when I'll be working from home and could fish - and then down to a high of 15 Sunday. Yikes.

I hate to admit defeat, but...

 

[Jay_H]

I was able to get out twice last week after the rain. Thursday was windy as all get out and high - no luck. Friday was cold, but was able to catch a few small wild fish and this holdover stockie. Put up a nice fight.

 

[Swattie87]

Me neither. And the last time I fished was September.

I may have fished in the meantime though.

 

[rustbeltwilds]

Yep. Crunch time

 

[Swattie87]

I really don’t see me getting out until the next time I get out at this point.

 

[Mikey2006]

I’ve been fishing a lot still, and up until this week the action was still really good. Great success on the spring creeks and smaller freestoners. Yesterday, however, was the first time that I remember getting skunked this year while fishing for brook trout. Water was freezing from snowmelt and I only saw one fish all day. Hopefully the fishing stays good enough to make it worth going out in the cold over the winter

 

[Wild_Trouter]

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I’ve been fishing a lot still, and up until this week the action was still really good. Great success on the spring creeks and smaller freestoners. Yesterday, however, was the first time that I remember getting skunked this year while fishing for brook trout. Water was freezing from snowmelt and I only saw one fish all day. Hopefully the fishing stays good enough to make it worth going out in the cold over the winter

Broad Run or Bear Valley Run?

 

[Mikey2006]

Broad Run or Bear Valley Run?

Broad. I haven’t caught anything worth catching at bear valley ever since all of the wood structure got washed out, last time I was there the majority of the good pools were way shallower than they used to be, and it wasn’t just because of a lack of rain

 

[bdhoover77]

I’ve been itching to get out to fish somewhere. I don’t think I’ve been on the waster since early September.

 

[HoboWithAFlyRod]

I went out last night and it was good. I packed it in after I caught a nice one because I lost all will to keep enduring my fingers freezing off.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Going against my post above, I got out for 2 hours on my lunch break yesterday. Water was a bit high though fishable - which is a good thing given recent trends - but this was due to about 4 inches of snowmelt in the past week. Despite the warm air temp, the water was quite frigid. I didn't catch or see a damn thing.

 

[Wild_Trouter]

Broad. I haven’t caught anything worth catching at bear valley ever since all of the wood structure got washed out, last time I was there the majority of the good pools were way shallower than they used to be, and it wasn’t just because of a lack of rain

Have you poked around Shippensburg yet?

 

[Mikey2006]

Have you poked around Shippensburg yet?

Not yet. That’s about the only place I haven’t gotten too yet, I was looking on google maps and wasn’t quite sure where to access it because some of it looked like private property

 

[dc410]

I went fishing last weekend on the West Branch Susquehanna and I could see bottom in 18 feet of water! I've never seen it that clear before. One time before I recall seeing down to 11 foot.

How do you know it was 18’ deep? Heavy duty 25’ tape measure in your sling pack? Maybe zip tie a small diameter piece of rebar to it if the water is really moving? Sorry, I just can’t make any sense of this one.

 

[Swattie87]

Broad. I haven’t caught anything worth catching at bear valley ever since all of the wood structure got washed out, last time I was there the majority of the good pools were way shallower than they used to be, and it wasn’t just because of a lack of rain

Haha. Broad Run was the first stream that popped into my mind when seeing that pic too, but I couldn’t place it specifically. Funny how you get a knack for that after a while. I would’ve bet my 401k that stream was somewhere in the forested parts of SCPA though.

 

[FYfly]

How do you know it was 18’ deep? Heavy duty 25’ tape measure in your sling pack? Maybe zip tie a small diameter piece of rebar to it if the water is really moving? Sorry, I just can’t make any sense of this one.

I imagine by using fish finder from a boat or kayak.