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Fishing
Creek - Clinton County, PA (Page 1 of 3)
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Fishing Creek originates above the town of Tylersville and flows north east into Bald Eagle Creek at Mill Hall. But the section referred to as the “Narrows,” near the town of Lamar, is by far the most popular with anglers. A large spring at the Tylersville’s state hatchery adds a healthy dose of cold, limestone water and the necessary nutrients to produce one of the state’s finest wild brown trout fisheries. Anglers from all over the world come to fish this stream and its abundant hatches. Wildlife encounters are common within Big Fishing Creek’s beautiful, untamed, heavily shaded valley. White tail deer, black bears, turkeys, coyotes, and rattle snakes are a possibility anytime an angler decides to fish the “Narrows.” Fishing Creek’s dynamic geology enables anglers to fish varieties of water types more commonly found in freestone streams--from fast flowing riffles, to runs, and slow, glassy pools. Wild Brown trout up to 16 inches and native brook trout up to 12 inches are often caught in this section. But fishing during the famed green drake hatch, or high-water streamer conditions, can produce the occasional leviathan brown trout--this is where Joe Humphreys caught his state record brown trout while night fishing. Fishing Creek is often the most productive Central Pennsylvania trout fishery during periods of extreme summer heat and low water. |
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| The Story: (Courtesy of Charles R. Meck - Pennsylvania Trout Streams and Thier Hatches - 2nd Edition) |
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Pennsylvania probalby contains dozens of streams with the same names. There are many Pine Creeks, Cedar Creeks and Cedar Runs, Bear Creeks, and yes, quite a few Fishing Creeks. But none of the so-called Fishing Creeks is more productive, contains more hatches, and has consitently colder water all season long that does Fishing Creek in Clinton County. Fishing Creek originates near Loganton in souther Cliton County, then flows west and south for 15 miles until it enters the Susquehanna river near Lock Haven. A few miles below Clintondale and a couple of miles above Lamar, Fishing creek enters a section affectionately called the Narrows by many fly-fishing enthusiasts. The narrows section is about four miles long and carries trophy-trout regulations. This section is the most productive, but also the most heavily fished.
Special regulations end at the lower hatchery at Lamar. From this point almost to Mill Hall, Fishing Creek is classified as a wild-trout stream and receives no state stocking. This section, about seven miles long, has plenty of browns and brook trout and great hatches. From Cedar Run downstream through Mill Hall, Fishing Creek is stocked with large numbers of trout annually. This section too has excellent hatches ad is seldom fished after June.
Throughout its entire length Fishing Creek retains cool water all season long. Mid-July temperatures in the Narrows remain in the low 60s. Cool limestone springs create these ideal temperatures. Fishing Creek picks up additional cooling water below the Narros from it's limestone tributaries. In succession going downstream, Fishing Creek picks up cooling water from Cherry Run (a freestone stream) in the Narrows, Little Fishing Creek at the town of Lamar and Cedar and Spruce runs just above Mill Hall.
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