Little Juniata River, PA

Barree Gorge- Above the 2nd RR bridge

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Outing Information

Date
Start/End Time
7:30 to 10:30
Best Fishing Time
9:00 to 10:00
Rating
Good
Classification
Public
Water Temp
64.0°F
Water Clarity
Slightly Stained - 3' to 5' visibility
Water Level
2.08ft. - 120cfs
User
Herb Yost

Fish Caught

Brown Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
15 10½" #2 Silver
15 10½"

Rainbow Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
1 14½" #2 Silver
1 14½"

Rock Bass

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
1 7" #2 Silver
1 7"

Smallmouth Bass

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
1 10" #2 Silver
1 10"
Total: 18 fish Top Patterns: Unspecified (18)

Weather

SkiesMorningAfternoonEvening
Mostly Sunny X
Foggy X
Precipitation
None X
Wind
Very Light - <5 knots X
Air Temp High/Low
75.0°F / 58.0°F
Wind Direction
-
Weather Front
-
Barometer
30.12 rising
Moon Phase
51% Full (Last quarter)

Other Patterns Tried

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Notes

MCB, TMM, & BD:

I didn't get to fish yesterday because I went to Manheim to pick up a car for Huston Ford, so I fished today even though I usually don't fish on a Friday. I drove over to Barree and parked at the beginning of the Gorge trail. I got there about 7:00 and there was no one else there, but the stranger thing was that there still wasn't anyone there when I finished eating my lunch in the parking area around 12:00. Of course I was fishing fairly far back since I started at the second RR bridge above the parking area and fished until I was at the end of the rapids above the big island, so people could have come and gone while I was fishing and I wouldn't have know about it. I can't remember the last time that I fished that area and didn't see another vehicle in the parking lot coming or going. Maybe the summer rush is over! One can only hope.

I had a good morning. It was a really nice morning, low humidity, low temperatures, and not real windy. You almost couldn't ask for a better July morning to fish. I caught 18 fish, one smallmouth bass, one rock bass, one rainbow trout, and of course 15 brown trout. The biggest fish of the morning was the rainbow at 14.5 inches. The biggest brown was 13 inches, but I don't think I caught one brown trout less than 9 inches long. It wasn't the most trout that I have ever caught in that section in three hours, but it was still a fun morning. I decided on one more cast and lost my spinner on the last cast of the morning. I had been using that same spinner for about two weeks, so I guess it was due to get lost.

O&O:LJH