Spruce Creek, PA
The PSU section!
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 7:15 to 9:30
- Best Fishing Time
- 7:30 to 8:30
- Rating
- Fair
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- -
- Water Clarity
- Stained - 1' to 3' visibility
- Water Level
- 3.8 Ft.
- User
- Herb Yost
Fish Caught
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12" | #2 Silver | |
| 1 | 12" |
Brown Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 9" | #2 Silver | |
| 14 | 9" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly Sunny | X | ||
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | ||
| Wind | |||
| Very Light - <5 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 65.0°F / 60.0°F
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- 29.96 rising
- Moon Phase
- 68% Full (Waxing gibbous)
Other Patterns Tried
No other pattern information for this outing.
Hatches
No hatch information for this outing.
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
No fishing partners were saved with this outing.
Waypoints
No waypoints were saved with this outing.
Tides
No tide information was saved with this outing.
Notes
MCB, TMM, & BD:
I fished the PSU section of Spruce for about two hours this morning. It was high, fast, and cloudy, but the LJ was higher and faster, so I didn't mind fishing Spruce. I got to the stream about 7:00 and there wasn't anyone else there. When I left about 10:00 there was one other vehicle in the parking area, but I never saw anyone else on the stream.
I was a little surprised because it was a cast and clean day on Spruce. Almost every cast I made I had to clean the spinner because the stream was full of some green slimey crap. Yesterday, Spring was about as clean as I ever see it and I was thinking Spruce would be fine this morning, but I was wrong. Normally, I don't have a lot of trouble with junk getting on my spinner when I'm fishing Spruce, but that wasn't the case this morning. I caught one rainbow trout, and it was the biggest fish of the morning at a whopping 12 inches. I caught 14 brown trout and most of them were 8-9 inch trout.
On my last cast of the morning, I hooked a big Donny Beaver trout, but before I could get him in, my line snapped and I lost the nicest trout of the morning. I would guess that it was an 18-20 inch trout and it looked like a big brown. It was probably due to several factors. One, I didn't retie my spinner and had already caught 15 trout on it, just a bit lazy I guess. Two, I always fish with my drag all the way off, because I think it helps me set the hook and keeps me from losing a lot of fish. Three, the current was strong and the big boy got into a fast section and it was just too much for my line. Oh, well, I'll get him some other day. I didn't catch any fish, big or small, in my two favorite holes on Spruce this morning, I don't know why, but that doesn't happen often either.
Tomorrow morning, I'm going to help stock fingerlings on the LJ, so I don't think I'll do any fishing. They said it would take about three hours and by that time I'll be ready to head home for lunch.
Have a great weekend: LJH!