Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 20
SUBURBAN
TROUT
STREAMS
by Bob Frye
T
his log wasn't here a few weeks ago and probably
wouldn't be much longer. One good spring storm-
like the one a year earlier that flooded the creek and
left carp swimming under the apple trees in my backyard-
would wash it away.
But, it represented opportunity.
I cast a small spinner into the fast-moving channel created
by the obstruction and tracked it as it swept into the pool
below. That worked, again.
Feeling the strike, setting the hook, I reeled in a colorful
Brook Trout. It was a nice trout, one of about a dozen-the
rest Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout-caught in the same
general area over the course of early evening.
I was preparing to release that fish when two elementary
school-aged boys asked to see it. I looked over my shoulder,
startled a bit. Focused on fishing-exhibiting the selective
hearing my wife marvels at to this day-I hadn't noticed
them approach.
That's not uncommon for me.
Once through my yard, this stream runs past a pair of
busy youth ballfields, through a community park, and by
20
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater
a school playground. I often start downstream of there
and fish my way home.
The action is usually good enough to leave me lost in
my own world, oblivious to who or what else is around,
fishing in virtual solitude if not the real thing.
Lots of anglers can experience the same thing
all across Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Fish and
Boat Commission (PFBC) stocks miles upon miles
of streams across the state with trout, of course. How
many trout each gets, and how often, depends on
various resource-based factors, including stream size,
amount of public access, and wild trout classification.
But, human populations factor in, too.
All things being equal, a stream classified as
" suburban " is stocked at a higher rate (trout per acre)
than one ranked as " rural. "
" Urban " and " metro " waters, meanwhile-those
closest to the greatest masses of people-get stocked at
an even higher rate.
" It's all about stocking trout to meet relative demand
as fairly as possible, " said Nate Walters, PFBC's
Coldwater Unit Leader.
" We want see people catch our stocked trout, so we
definitely try to put them where people can go catch
them, where we think those streams and those fish will
see good use, " said Walters.
fishandboat.com
photo-Bob Frye
http://www.fishandboat.com
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023
Contents
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - Cover1
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - Cover2
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - Contents
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 4
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 5
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 6
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 7
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 8
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 9
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 10
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 11
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 12
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 13
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 14
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 15
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 16
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 17
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 18
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 19
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 20
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 21
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 22
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 23
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 24
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 25
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 26
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 27
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 28
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 29
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 30
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 31
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 32
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 33
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 34
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 35
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 36
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 37
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 38
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 39
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 40
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 41
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 42
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 43
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 44
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 45
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 46
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 47
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - 48
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - Cover3
Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - January/February 2023 - Cover4
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20240102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20231112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20230910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20230708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20230506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20230304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20230102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20221112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20220910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20220708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20220506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20220304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20220102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20211112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20210910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20210708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20210506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20210304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20210102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20201112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20200910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20200708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20200506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20200304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20200102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20191112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20190910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20190708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20190506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20190304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20190102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20181112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20180910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20180708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20180506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20180304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/201780102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20171112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20170910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20170708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20170506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20170304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20170102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20161112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20160910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20160708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20160506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20160304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20160102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20151112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20150910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20150708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20150506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20150304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20150102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20141112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20140910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20140708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20140506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20140304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20140102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20131112
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20130910
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20130708
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20130506
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20130304
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20130102
https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/pafishboat/20121112
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com