Penngift60
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Can anyone give me info on fishing Mahoning Creek in Armstrong County? I'm interested in the section below the dam to the Allegheny.
Mahoning Creek
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I don't know anything about Mahoning Creek, but here is at least a PFBC study on something there.
Most stuff I'm finding is about the lake, but if it's a trib to the Allegheny and it is a cool water creek, it probably has pike and walleye in it.. That article suggests they tried fingerling stockings of trout.. I'd just go fish it and see how you do. Exploring can be one of the best parts of fishing..
Penngift60
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Thanks, just checked it in the trout stocking section of PFBC regs. Will make a scouting trip, I've been to that area in the past on non-fishing adventures.
Dr.J 1952
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There is a fly fishing only section of Little Mahoning Creek off of 119 between Indiana and Punxatawney near Rochester Mills. I know where Mahoning Creek empties into the Allegheny. I don’t really know of any trout fishing in Mahoning Creek. Little Mahoning is stocked with trout pretty well. Not really sure where the Little Mahoning meets Mahoning Creek but that would probably be your best bet if you’re looking for trout fishing.
"Channel catfish ranged from 14 to 15 inches with a large individual of 27 inches also sampled. A dozen of the smallmouth bass sampled ranged from 11 to 14 inches in length, and walleye were running from 16 to 21 inches in length."
That sounds pretty good!
That sounds pretty good!
I agree. It sounds like a place worth fishing.
When I lived in Tionesta during the 90's, I used to fish Mahoning Creek a few times a year mostly in the first 5 miles or so below the dam. It was worth fishing for smallmouth and walleye, although no better than a dozen other streams of similar size in western PA. I used to fish nearby Redbank Creek as well, mostly in the vicinity of New Bethlehem. It was also a decent bass fishery. I liked Mahoning better though because there were fewer runty northerns than in Redbank to schnitzel off my flies. I got tired of that..
dudemanspecial
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Wikipedia says its "a popular destination for fly fisherman".
I live about an hour from there and nobody I know has ever fished it. I drive over the section further east in Punxsutawney every time I go back and forth to camp but never stopped.
I live about an hour from there and nobody I know has ever fished it. I drive over the section further east in Punxsutawney every time I go back and forth to camp but never stopped.
tomgamber
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Below either Mahoning dam or Loyalhanna dam in that area used to be a year round or delayed harvest trout stocked water. Its been a long time since I was there and honestly can't even remember which dam I fished below but I remember it not being pretty water by any means. My wife has a cousin that fishes for musky at the very base of the dam if that narrows down which one.
dudemanspecial
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Loyalhanna dam outflow has never been any kind of approved trout water. It's not really even accessible outside of the few hundred yards down from the dam.
Lips are sealed about the musky fishing.
The Mahoning Creek lake outflow/tailrace was briefly managed with Fall fingerling plants of trout around Y2K for a couple years. It didn't pan out..
