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Orrtanna Pond (Pond #1), Adams County
This 4.9-acre pond has been added to the stocking program
for the 2014 season. Rainbow Trout will be stocked during the
preseason stocking period.
Oxbow Lake, Wyoming County
A classification change based on an increase in human
population density will lead to an increase in the number of
trout allocated to this 60-acre lake. Rainbow Trout will be
stocked during the preseason and inseason stocking periods.
Poe Lake, Centre County
A classification change based on an increase in human
population density will lead to an increase in the number
of trout allocated to this 24-acre impoundment. Rainbow
Trout and Brook Trout will be stocked during the preseason
distribution period, and Rainbow Trout will be stocked during
the inseason and fall stocking periods.
Sheppard-Myers Reservoir, York County
Adult trout stocking will be reinstated in this 47-acre
reservoir. Rainbow Trout will be stocked during the preseason
stocking period.

photo-Jeff Decker

West Branch Susquehanna River, Clearfield County
Adult trout stocking will commence in a 2.8-mile section
of stream located near Curwensville. The stocking limits will
extend from the confluence with Anderson Creek downstream
to SR 2024 at Porters Bridge. Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout
will be stocked during the preseason stocking period.

Early warning
waters

photo-Spring Gearhart

North Branch Muddy Creek, York County
A classification change stemming from an increase in
human population density will lead to an increase in the
number of trout allocated to the 3.7-mile section of stream
extending from the SR 2075 Laurel Road Bridge downstream
to the mouth. Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout will be stocked
during the preseason and inseason stocking periods.

Jack Dent Branch,
Clearfield County
Based on the
confirmation of the
presence of a Class A wild
Brook Trout population,
adult trout stocking will
be terminated on a 1.75mile section of stream
extending from the first
Jack Dent Road Bridge
downstream to the mouth.
Formerly, this water
had been stocked on a
preseason only basis.
Little Clearfield Creek,
Clearfield County
The average size of trout produced for
Access limitations
stocking will be 11 inches in length.
stemming from an increase
in landowner posting has led to the removal of a
4.3-mile section of stream extending from 0.2 miles upstream
of the SR 2023 Bridge (Turkey Hill Bridge) downstream to the
confluence with Laurel Run.
Shobers Run, Bedford County
Due to an increase in landowner posting, adult trout
stocking will be discontinued on a 1.5-mile section of stream
extending from the upstream boundary of the Elks Country
Club downstream to the mouth.
Trout Run, Lancaster County
Adult trout stocking will be discontinued on this 0.75-mile
section of stream extending from the confluence with an
unnamed tributary downstream to the mouth due to access
limitations for stocking. Formerly, this water had been stocked
on a preseason only basis.
Yellow Creek, Mercer County
Adult trout stocking will be discontinued on the
3.2-mile section of stream extending from the SR 0062
Bridge downstream to the mouth due to an increase in
landowner posting.

Changes in stocking practices

Little Buffalo Lake, Perry County
Beginning with the 2014 season, trout stocking will
occur during the preseason stocking period in this 88-acre
impoundment. Formerly, stocking occurred during only the
inseason and fall stocking periods.

In 2014, PFBC will stock approximately 3.2 million adult trout in
the waters of the Commonwealth open to public angling.
PFBC website: www.fishandboat.com

Tom Greene is the Coldwater Unit Leader in the Commission's
Division of Fisheries Management.

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