FISHING 2025

 

04/05/25      Izaak Walton League (9)/Woodbine (46) – Opening Day

Jeff - 33 - 32 Trout, 1 Small Mouth Bass (3 Brooks, 21 Browns, 8 Rainbows) (3 Brooks, 1 Brown, and 5 Rainbows at the IWL and 20 Browns and 3 Rainbows at Woodbine) (Trifecta)

Craig - 23 - 23 Trout (20 Browns, 3 Rainbows) (Reel broke at trout number 16. Used Jeff’s spare reel) (Only fished Woodbine)

 

04/05/25      South Branch Little Aughwick Creek – Opening Day

Travis - 8 - 8 Trout (4 Brooks, 4 Rainbows)

Ryan - 88 Trout (2 Brooks, 6 Rainbows) (Snagged an 18” Rainbow)

 

04/06/25      South Branch Little Aughwick Creek

Travis - 3 - 3 Trout (3 Rainbows)

 

04/12/25      Woodbine (30)/Dietz’s (0) – Saw a beaver and a bald eagle and 4 guys float stocking

Jeff - 14 - 14 Trout (13 Browns, 1 Rainbow) (Just made a few casts at the bridge at Dietz’s)

Craig - 16 - 16 Trout (15 Browns, 1 Rainbow)

 

04/13/25      Codorus East Branch (21)/Blymire Run (0)

Jeff - 21 - 21 Trout (5 Brooks, 10 Browns, 6 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (Saw two Palominos in the same hole)

 

04/17/25      Woodbine (16)/Bald Eagle (1)/Orson Run (2) – Saw a Palomino

Jeff - 10 - 10 Trout (10 Browns) (Caught a 16¼” Brown in Bald Eagle)

Craig - 9 - 9 Trout (9 Browns)

 

04/18/25      Codorus East Branch (7)/Blymire Run (0)/Izaak Walton League (4)

Jeff - 11 - 11 Trout (2 Brooks, 6 Browns, 3 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (The Palominos at the East Branch were gone, but saw one at the IWL)

 

04/19/25      Leib's Creek

Jeff - 72 - 63 Trout, 5 Chubs, 3 Minnows, 1 Shad (63 Browns) (Lost what might have been a Brook) (Saw deer and turkey) (Spoke with Tim, the landowner)

 

Potter County Trip - Stayed at Private Cozy Cabin Airbnb - 187 Trout Total (20 Brooks, 75 Browns, 91 Rainbows, 1 Palomino)

 

05/02/25      Wycoff Run (8)/First Fork – GBS Dam (3)/First Fork – 872 (5)/East Fork – Wharton Store (1)/First Fork – Wharton Store (13)/East Fork – Marvin Run (1)/Freeman Run (19)

Jeff - 16 - 14 Trout, 1 Small Mouth Bass, 1 Sucker (1 Brook, 5 Browns, 8 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (Lost a ~20” Palomino at Wycoff, caught a Small Mouth Bass at GBS and caught a 17½” Sucker in Freeman)

Brian - 11 - 11 Trout (4 Browns, 7 Rainbows)

Craig - 13 - 13 Trout (4 Browns, 9 Rainbows)

Travis - 13 - 12 Trout, 1 Small Mouth Bass (1 Brook, 3 Browns, 8 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (Caught a Small Mouth Bass at GBS and a 14½” Rainbow in East Fork at the store)

 

Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Totals

Wycoff Run

1

4

3

8

Jeff

1

1

1

3

Brian

 

1

2

3

Craig

 

1

 

1

Travis

 

1

 

1

First Fork – GBS

 

1

2

3

Jeff

 

1

1

2

Brian

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

 

1

1

Travis

 

 

 

 

First Fork - 872

 

2

3

5

Jeff

 

1

 

1

Brian

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

1

 

1

Travis

 

 

3

3

East Fork - Wharton

 

 

1

1

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Brian

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

 

 

 

Travis

 

 

1

1

First Fork - Wharton

 

4

9

13

Jeff

 

 

4

4

Brian

 

2

3

5

Craig

 

1

 

1

Travis

 

1

2

3

East Fork – Marvin Run

 

 

1

1

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Brian

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

 

 

 

Travis

 

 

1

1

Freeman Run

1

5

13

19

Jeff

 

2

2

4

Brian

 

1

2

3

Craig

 

1

8

9

Travis

1

1

1

3

TOTALS

2

16

32

50

 

05/03/25      Oswayo (56)/Oswayo – Portage/Fairgrounds (9)

Jeff - 17 - 17 Trout (3 Brooks, 3 Browns, 10 Rainbows, 1 Palomino) (Quadzilla) (Lost a ~20+” Brook in Oswayo, caught an 18½” Brook in Oswayo - Portage which I declared, and an 18” Palomino below the Fairgrounds) (Caught trout number 8,000 at Oswayo - Portage – about a 10" Brown)

Brian - 17 - 17 Trout (4 Brooks, 8 Browns, 5 Rainbows) (Trifecta)

Craig - 15 - 15 Trout (2 Brooks, 9 Browns, 4 Rainbows) (Trifecta)

Travis - 16 - 16 Trout (4 Brook, 6 Browns, 6 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (Caught a 15” Brown in Oswayo)

 

Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Palominos

Totals

Oswayo

9

23

24

 

56

Jeff

2

2

9

 

13

Brian

3

7

5

 

15

Craig

2

8

4

 

14

Travis

2

6

6

 

14

Oswayo – Portage/Fairgrounds

4

3

1

1

9

Jeff

1

1

1

1

4

Brian

1

1

 

 

2

Craig

 

1

 

 

1

Travis

2

 

 

 

2

TOTALS

13

26

25

1

65

 

05/04/25      Allegany – Westgate (1)/Big Moore’s Run (8)/Borie (42)/East Fork – Between Camp Run and Abel’s (5)/West Branch Pine (0) - WWA lands trout number 13,000

Jeff - 15 - 15 Trout (3 Brooks, 6 Browns, 6 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (Caught an 18” Brown in Big Moore’s Run)

Brian - 17 - 17 Trout (5 Browns, 12 Rainbows) (Caught an 18¾” Brown at Borie and a 16½” Brown in East Fork at Abel’s which was the 200th trout on the size chart) 

Craig - 9 - 9 Trout (1 Brook, 6 Browns, 2 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (Caught a 19½” Brown at Borie which was declared and won the big trout contest, and caught a 15½” Brown in East Fork at Abel’s) 

Travis - 15 - 15 Trout (1 Brook, 7 Browns, 7 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (Caught a 15” Brown at Borie)

 

Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Totals

Allegany - Westgate

 

1

 

1

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Brian

 

1

 

1

Craig

 

 

 

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

Big Moore’s Run

5

3

 

8

Jeff

3

2

 

5

Brian

 

 

 

 

Craig

1

 

 

1

Travis

1

1

 

2

Borie

 

15

27

42

Jeff

 

2

6

 

Brian

 

3

12

 

Craig

 

5

2

 

Travis

 

5

7

 

East Fork – Abel’s

 

5

 

5

Jeff

 

2

 

2

Brian

 

1

 

1

Craig

 

1

 

1

Travis

 

1

 

1

TOTALS

5

24

27

56

 

05/05/25      Oswayo (12)/Freeman Run – Road (1)/First Fork – Hemlock (3)/Wycoff Run (0)

Jeff - 6 - 6 Trout (3 Browns, 3 Rainbows) (Lost two ~17” Rainbows at Oswayo)

Brian - 4 - 4 Trout (2 Browns, 2 Rainbows)

Craig - 5 - 5 Trout (4 Browns, 1 Rainbow)

Travis - 1 - 1 Trout (1 Rainbow)

 

Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Totals

Oswayo

 

6

6

12

Jeff

 

2

3

 

Brian

 

 

1

 

Craig

 

4

1

 

Travis

 

 

1

 

Freeman Run - Road

 

1

 

1

Jeff

 

1

 

1

Brian

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

 

 

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

First Fork - Hemlock

 

2

1

3

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Brian

 

2

1

3

Craig

 

 

 

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

TOTALS

 

9

7

16

 

05/12/25      Izaak Walton League

Jeff - 30 - 30 Trout (7 Brooks, 10 Browns, 13 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (Lost 15 to 20 trout as I was pulling them out of the water to take them off the hook that I could not count) (Caught an 18” Brown) (Caught my 2,000th recorded Rainbow) (Caught fish number 11,000 which was a Rainbow)

 

05/17/25      Izaak Walton League

Jeff – To muddy to fish

 

05/18/25      Izaak Walton League

Jeff - 11 - 11 Trout (2 Brooks, 7 Browns, 2 Rainbows) (Trifecta)

 

06/01/25      Codorus South Branch – (lower section (2)/upper section (11)/Reever property Seven Valleys (2)

Jeff - 15 - 15 Trout (4 Brooks, 7 Browns, 4 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (Spoke with the park ranger on the rail trail and he said the property owner that posted his land is an asshole and doesn’t want anyone on his property.  He said I can walk in the creek, though, because he doesn’t own the waterway)

 

06/09/25      Marshfield, Massachusetts

Craig - 2 – 1 White Hake, 1 Sculpin

 

06/13/25      Wycoff Run (0)/First Fork – GBS Dam (0)/First Fork – Bridge (0)/First Fork – 872 (0)/Freeman Run (24)/Borie (20)

Craig - 44 - 44 Trout (3 Brooks, 30 Browns, 11 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (Saw a bear at Wycoff and a beaver at Borie) (Caught an ~16” Rainbow at Freeman and an 18” Brown at Borie) (Saw a 25” Palomino with another Palomino at the confluence of Freeman and First Fork and a Palomino at Borie)

 

Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Totals

Freeman Run

1

16

7

24

Craig

1

16

7

24

Borie

2

14

4

20

Craig

2

14

4

20

TOTALS

3

30

11

44

 

06/14/25      Oswayo

Craig - 28 - 28 Trout (6 Brooks, 13 Browns, 9 Rainbows) (Trifecta) (Caught a 16¼” Brown, a 16½” Rainbow, and two 16½” Brooks) (Got a spinner stuck in right forearm and passed out trying to get it out) (Saw a snapping turtle)

 

07/04/25      Leib's Creek

Jeff - 37 - 27 Trout, 10 Chubs (27 Browns) (Saw lots of deer and kicked up a fawn that I almost stepped on)

 

08/03/25      Izaak Walton League (15)/Codorus East Branch – Upper Section Only (0)

Jeff - 18 - 15 Trout, 2 Chubs, 1 Small Mouth Bass (2 Browns, 13 Rainbows) (One Rainbow was a wild Rainbow) (A squirrel fell out of the tree above me and landed in the water in front of me.  It swam across the hole and climbed back up the tree.)

 

08/31/25      Laurel Run

Jeff - 4 - 4 Trout (3 Brooks, 1 Brown) (Caught an 18½” Brown)

 

09/19/25      Codorus South Branch (7)/ Reever property Seven Valleys (0)

Jeff - 19 - 7 Trout, 10 Chubs, 1 Small Mouth Bass, 1 Blue Gill (7 Browns) (Had a 16” to 18” trout come out after my spinner, but a Chub intercepted it and I caught the Cub instead) (Found a shovel in the creek that I kept)

 

10/13/25      Leib's Creek

Jeff - 41 - 35 Trout, 4 Chubs, 2 Small Mouth Bass (35 Browns) (Lots of nice ones)

 

11/16/25      Izaak Walton League (5)/Codorus East Branch – Lower Section (2)/Codorus East Branch – Upper Section (0)/ Blymire Run (1)

Jeff - 10 - 8 Trout, 1 Chub, 1 Small Mouth Bass (8 Browns) (Lost two Rainbows and a couple of Browns) (Saw one of the biggest does and possibly biggest buck ever (8 or 10 point) at the IWL. They jumped up from beside the creek and ran across the skeet range) (Found a knife at Blymire Run)

 

11/28/25      Wycoff Run (0)/First Fork – GBS Dam (0)/First Fork – 872 (2)/Freeman Run (16)/East Fork – Behind Abel’s (1)

Jeff - 7 - 7 Trout (6 Browns, 1 Rainbow) (Caught a 15¾” Brown along 872 and a 15” Brown in Freeman) (Caught the Rainbow along 872)

Brian - 4 - 4 Trout (4 Browns) (All in Freeman)

Craig - 8 - 8 Trout (6 Browns, 2 Rainbows) (Caught an ~15” Brown and an ~14½” Brown in Freeman) (All in Freeman)

 

12/01/25      East Fork – Along Road (1)/First Fork – 872 (0)/Wycoff Run (1)

Jeff - 1 - 1 Trout (1 Brook) (In Wycoff)

Brian - 1 - 1 Trout (1 Brown) (In East Fork)

Craig - 0

 

12/04/25      Leib's Creek

Jeff - 14 - 14 Trout (14 Browns) (Kicked up a couple of deer. One was a buck with a small Y antler on just the right side)

 

12/28/25      Woodbine (2)/Orson Run (0) – Saw 2 foxes walking in from the truck, 7 deer at the railroad trellis, and a flock of turkey

Jeff - 2 - 2 Trout (2 Browns) (Caught a 14” Brown) (The trout were caught in the same spot two casts in a row)

Craig - 0

 

Jeff - 379 Trout on 23 trips (34 Brooks, 266 Browns, 78 Rainbows, 1 Palomino)

(Average of 16.5 per trip and 89.4% of the fish)

Fish caught on trout fishing trips: 424

My total fish for the year: 424

Twenty-nine year total fish (97-25): 11,191 and 1 Turtle and 1 Crayfish

 

Year

Jeff

Brian

Craig

Travis

Year Total

1997

11

6

1

 

18

1998

2

0

3

 

5

1999

11

4

13

 

28

2000

19

14

23

 

56

2001

32

31

16

 

79

2002

124

67

48

 

239

2003

368

140

226

 

734

2004

337

204

145

 

686

2005

223

126

127

 

476

2006

152

118

169

8

447

2007

114

53

83

2

252

2008

136

68

149

4

357

2009

141

39

96

12

288

2010

231

77

92

16

416

2011

282

67

71

7

427

2012

415

62

65

21

563

2013

322

49

40

23

434

2014

781

40

62

26

909

2015

351

40

79

48

518

2016

470

53

88

57

668

2017

508

31

80

19

638

2018

644

28

156

77

905

2019

354

44

194

39

631

2020

370

40

164

41

615

2021

182

15

63

177

437

2022

317

27

63

95

502

2023

449

37

77

75

638

2024

475

50

91

62

678

2025

379

54

170

55

658

29 Year Grand Total

8,200

1,584

2,654

864

13,302