Spring Creek, PA
Below the Paradise
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 7:30 to 10:00
- Best Fishing Time
- 9:00 to 10:00
- Rating
- Good
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- 58.0°F
- Water Clarity
- Clear - 5'+ visibility
- Water Level
- 3.36Ft. - 38cfs
- User
- Herb Yost
Fish Caught
Brown Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 11½" | #2 Silver | |
| 18 | 11½" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly Cloudy | X | ||
| Foggy | X | ||
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | ||
| Wind | |||
| Light - 5 to 10 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 71.0°F / 62.0°F
- Wind Direction
- N,NW
- Weather Front
- Today preceded a cold front.
- Barometer
- 29.96 rising
- Moon Phase
- 92% Full (Waning gibbous)
Other Patterns Tried
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Hatches
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Insect Seining
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Fishing Partners
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Waypoints
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Tides
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Notes
MCB, TMM, & BD:
I thought maybe I would fish the Kish this morning, but last night's rain made it a bit too high and fast for me. I checked Spring and it was fine, in fact it was still fairly low, which I guess isn't a good sign for this summer. When you consider that June is our wettest month in this area and Spring is 15 cfs below it's average flow, I suppose it will be too low for spin fishing during a lot of this summer. I fished the section below the Paradise and above the handicapped platform. I parked at the parking area directly downstream from that yellow house and near the little foot bridge. I then walked downstream to the start of the rapids above the handicapped platform and fished to above the yellow house. I would have fished further, but I ran into three young kids spin fishing downstream above the yellow house, so I figured I might as well just quit for the morning and I did. Those kids were a lot tougher than me, they were wading Spring in their sneakers and shorts. They were also thrasing the water and spooking every trout within 200 yards of them. I think they were spin fishing bait, but I'm not sure.
I had a good morning and caught 18 browns in about 2.5 hours. The best part was the size of the fish I caught this morning. I only caught two that were as small as nine inches and I caught 4 or 5 trout that were 14 inches long. The rest of the trout were in the 11-13 inch range. Spring does have a lot of nice big fat trout and some mornings I catch mostly those nice big fat trout. Some mornings I'll catch mostly 9-10 inch trout, so who knows!
One of these days I am going to fish the Kish, but by the time I get to it, I suppose the Amish will have gotten the vast majority of the stocked trout and the pickings will be slim. The section Iike to fish on the Kish is a bit rocky and hard to wade if it's high and fast, so I usually wait until the water level in the Kish is under 2.7 feet or so.
O&O:LJH