FISHING 2018

 

02/17/18     Laurel Run

Jeff - 1 - 1 Trout (1 Brook)

Craig - DNF

Brian - 0

Travis - 3 - 3 Trout (3 Brooks)

Jason - DNF

Ralph - DNF

 

02/25/18     Falling Spring Creek

Travis - 5 - 5 Trout (4 Browns, 1 Brook) Turned a 19" to 20" Brown

Graham - 1 - 1 Trout (1 Brown)

Ryan - 2- 2 Trout (2 Browns)

 

03/31/18     Conococheague Creek/Falling Spring Creek (Opening Day)

Travis - 7 - 7 Trout (6 Browns, 1 Rainbow)

Graham - 3 - 3 Trout (1 Brown, 2 Rainbows)

Ryan - 0

 

03/31/18     Woodbine (Opening Day - Did not start until 9:30am)

Jeff - 33 - 33 Trout (21 Browns, 12 Rainbows)

Craig - 25 - 25 Trout (16 Browns, 9 Rainbows)

Matt - 1 - 1 Trout (1 Rainbow)

 

04/03/18     Izaak Walton League (8)/Codorus East Branch (12)

Jeff - 20 - 20 Trout (Trifecta) (1 Brook, 16 Browns, 3 Rainbows)  (Saw 3 Palominos.  The two at the IWL were around 16" and the one at the white bridge on Swamp Road I estimated to be between 20" to 22")

 

04/08/18     Dietz's

Jeff - 5 - 3 Trout, 2 Chubs (1 Brook, 2 Rainbows)

Craig - 4 - 3 Trout, 1 Chub (1 Brook, 2 Rainbows)

 

04/09/18     Codorus South Branch (21)/Codorus East Branch (3)/Blymire Run (16)/Izaak Walton League (3)

Jeff - 43 - 43 Trout (Trifecta - Triple Double) (10 Brooks, 14 Browns, 19 Rainbows) (South Branch - 8 Brooks, 5 Browns, 8 Rainbows - East Branch - 1 Brown, 2 Rainbows - Blymire - 2 Brooks, 5 Browns, 9 Rainbows - IWL - 3 Browns) (Was attacked by a goose at the East Branch.  Hit the goose with my arm/rod, went down, and lost my spinner) (All the Palominos I saw previously were gone) (Snow flurries all afternoon)

 

04/23/18     Codorus South Branch - Including Reever Propery and below (22)/Blymire Run (3)/Codorus East Branch (1)/Izaak Walton League (17)

Jeff - 44 - 43 Trout, 1 Chub (Trifecta - Triple Double) (10 Brooks, 16 Browns, 17 Rainbows) (Saw a Palomino at the IWL)

 

Potter County Trip - Stayed at Potter County Family Campground - Family Cabin - 160 Trout Total (17 Brooks, 39 Browns, 101 Rainbows, 3 Palominos)

 

04/26/18     Honey Creek (0)/Wycoff Run (1)/First Fork (1)/Freeman Run (40) - Saw a Palomino in First Fork and Freeman Run

Jeff - 13 - 13 Trout (Trifecta) (1 Brook, 5 Browns, 7 Rainbows)

Craig - 17 - 17 Trout (Trifecta) (1 Brook, 9 Browns, 7 Rainbows) (Caught a 16" Rainbow and a 17½" Brown in Freeman Run)

Travis - 12 - 12 Trout (Trifecta) (1 Brook, 6 Browns, 5 Rainbows)

 

Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Totals

Honey Creek

 

 

 

 

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

 

 

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

Wycoff Run

 

 

1

1

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

 

1

1

Travis

 

 

 

 

First Fork

1

 

 

1

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Craig

1

 

 

1

Travis

 

 

 

 

Freeman Run

2

20

18

40

Jeff

1

5

7

13

Craig

 

9

6

15

Travis

1

6

5

12

TOTALS

3

20

19

42

 

04/27/18     Oswayo (50)/Allegany (2)

Jeff - 21 - 21 Trout (Trifecta) (1 Brook, 1 Brown, 19 Rainbows)

Craig - 17 - 17 Trout (Trifecta) (1 Brook, 1 Brown, 15 Rainbows) (Caught a 15" Brook in Oswayo)

Travis - 14 - 14 Trout (Quadzilla) (1 Brook, 2 Browns, 10 Rainbows, 1 Palomino) (Caught a 16¼" Palomino and a 15¾" Brown in Oswayo)

 

Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Palominos

Totals

Oswayo

3

3

43

1

50

Jeff

1

1

19

 

21

Craig

1

1

15

 

17

Travis

1

1

9

1

12

Allegany

 

1

1

 

2

Jeff

 

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

 

 

 

 

Travis

 

1

1

 

2

TOTALS

3

4

44

1

52

 

04/28/18     Borie (24)/Freeman Run (13)/East Fork (Wild Boy) (4)

Jeff - 20 - 20 Trout (Quadzilla) (6 Brooks, 6 Browns, 7 Rainbows, 1 Palomino) (Caught a 16½" Brown in Borie and an 8¾" Palomino in a tributary of Freeman Run) (Caught and mounted a 26" Rainbow weighing just shy of 8 pounds in Borie) (This Rainbow was entered in the Wharton General Store big tout contest which ran from April 14 to July 8.  It took first place in both the length and weight categories.  Eleven people entered the competition for $5.  I won the $55 collected.  There was also a feature article in the Wharton Gazette about me winning the contest)

Craig - 12 - 11 Trout, 1 Yellow Perch (Quadzilla) (3 Brooks, 3 Browns, 4 Rainbows, 1 Palomino) (Caught a 16" Brown in Borie, a 15" Brook in Freeman Run and the Palomino in a tributary of Freeman Run)

Travis - 11 - 10 Trout, 1 Yellow Perch (3 Browns, 7 Rainbows)

 

Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Palominos

Totals

Borie

 

10

14

 

24

Jeff

 

5

5

 

10

Craig

 

3

3

 

6

Travis

 

2

6

 

8

Freeman Run

5

2

4

2

13

Jeff

3

1

2

1

7

Craig

2

 

1

1

4

Travis

 

1

1

 

2

East Fork

4

 

 

 

4

Jeff

3

 

 

 

3

Craig

1

 

 

 

1

Travis

 

 

 

 

 

TOTALS

9

12

18

2

41

 

04/29/18     Oswayo (24)/Freeman Run (Road) (1)/First Fork (0)/Wycoff Run (0) - Snowed much of the morning - Saw a Palomino in Oswayo and 2 Palominos at the bridge in First Fork

Jeff - 12 - 12 Trout (Trifecta) (2 Brooks, 1 Brown, 9 Rainbows) (Caught a 16" Brown in Oswayo and a 15½" Brook in Freeman Run)

Craig - 4 - 4 Trout (1 Brown, 3 Rainbows) (Caught a 16" Brown in Oswayo)

Travis - 9 - 9 Trout (1 Brown, 8 Rainbows) (Caught a 17½" Rainbow in Oswayo)


Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Totals

Oswayo

1

3

20

24

Jeff

1

1

9

11

Craig

 

1

3

4

Travis

 

1

8

9

Freeman Run

1

 

 

1

Jeff

1

 

 

1

Craig

 

 

 

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

First Fork

 

 

 

 

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

 

 

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

Wycoff Run

 

 

 

 

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

 

 

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

TOTALS

2

3

20

25

 

05/01/18     South Branch Little Aughwick Creek

Travis - 1 - 1 Trout (1 Brook)

 

05/14/18     Izaak Walton League (52) (Too muddy to fish in the morning)/Muddy Creek Forks (1)/Orson Run (10)

Jeff - 63 - 63 Trout (Quadzilla) (8 Brooks, 44 Browns, 10 Rainbows, 1 Palomino) (The trout at Muddy Creek Forks and Orson Run were all Browns) (Caught a 15¾" Palomino at the IWL)

 

05/27/18     Izaak Walton League (Saw 3 other Palominos)

Jeff - 34 - 34 Trout (Double Quadzilla) (4 Brooks, 19 Browns, 9 Rainbows, 2 Palominos) (Caught a 14½" and a 13" Palomino) (The Palominos were caught back to back with a White Coach Dog) (Lost a Palomino earlier in the day and missed another one after the two I caught) (Caught 1 Brown later in the day with Stacey and missed yet another Palomino, for a total of three missed Palominos)

Matt - 5 - 4 Trout, 1 Blue Gill (Trifecta) (2 Browns, 1 Rainbow, 1 Palomino) (Caught a 10¾" Palomino)

 

06/10/18     Izaak Walton League

Jeff - 29 - 29 Trout (Quadzilla) (5 Brooks, 15 Browns, 8 Rainbows, 1 Palomino) (Caught an 11" Palomino on a White Coach Dog) (Missed three other Palominos, one of which would have been fish 8,000) (Caught fish number 8,000 which was a 10¼" Rainbow)

Matt - 19 - 18 Trout, 1 Blue Gill (2 Brooks, 16 Rainbows)

 

06/15/18     Mountain Creek

Brain - 2 - 1 Trout, 1 Fall Fish (1 Brook)

 

06/24/18     Izaak Walton League (21)/Codorus East Branch (48)/Woodbine (2)

Jeff - 66 - 56 Trout, 4 Small Mouth Bass, 5 Chubs, 1 Blue Gill (Quadzilla - Triple Double) (16 Brooks, 13 Browns, 26 Rainbows, 1 Palomino) (Caught a 9" Palomino in the East Branch) (Lost two other Palominos and saw another one at the IWL and saw another one in the East Branch)

Matt - 18 - 14 Trout, 2 Small Mouth Bass, 1 Chub, 1 Gizzard Shad (Trifecta) (6 Brooks, 3 Browns, 5 Rainbows) (Only fished IWL and East Branch)

                                    Craig - 2 - 1 Trout, 1 Chub (1 Brown) (Only fished Woodbine)

 

06/26/18     Codorus East Branch (12)/Dietz's (Honey Hole) (0)

Craig - 14 - 12 Trout, 2 Small Mouth Bass (Trifecta) (4 Brooks, 6 Browns, 2 Rainbows)

 

06/29/18     Izaak Walton League (7)/Codorus East Branch (27)

Jeff - 41 - 34 Trout, 2 Small Mouth Bass, 5 Chubs (Trifecta) (9 Brooks, 16 Browns, 9 Rainbows) (Caught a 15" Rainbow) (Saw one Palomino at the IWL and one at the East Branch) (Saw a raccoon that was likely rabid on the road at the IWL)

 

06/30/18     Codorus South Branch

Jeff - 28 - 21 Trout, 7 Chubs (Trifecta) (6 Brooks, 6 Browns, 9 Rainbows) (Saw what I guess to be a 24" Palomino at the bridge.  Not interested in anything, but I had him snagged for a few seconds) (Saw a doe and her spotted fawn walking in the creek)

 

07/05/18     Codorus South Branch (6)/Izaak Walton League (12)/Codorus East Branch (0) (Only fished for the Palomino)

Jeff - 25 - 18 Trout, 4 Chubs, 3 Small Mouth Bass, 1 Crayfish (7 Browns, 11 Rainbows) (Caught a 17" Brown and lost something that was 20" or better at the South Branch) (Did not see the big Palomino at the bridge, but saw two not seen before at the IWL and one at the East Branch) (Kicked up a spotted fawn at the South Branch)

 

07/14/18     Codorus South Branch (29)/Izaak Walton League (1)/Codorus East Branch (0) (Only fished the for Palomino)

Jeff - 43 - 30 Trout, 10 Chubs, 3 Small Mouth Bass (Trifecta) (4 Brooks, 5 Browns, 21 Rainbows) (Saw the big Palomino at the bridge at the South Branch and saw five Palominos at the IWL - Did not see the Palomino in the East Branch) (Kicked up a spotted fawn at the South Branch) (Went back later in the evening to fish for the Palomino with Craig and Matt and caught 2 of the Rainbows at the bridge with them)

Craig - 1 - 1 Small Mouth Bass (Just fished for the Palomino in the evening)

Matt - 0 - (Just fished for the Palomino in the evening)

 

07/15/18     Codorus South Branch

Matt - 4 - 4 Trout (1 Brown 3 Rainbows) (Did not see the Palomino)

 

07/17/18     Wycoff Run (2)/First Fork - GBS Dam (0)/Freeman Run (14)

Craig - 16 - 16 Trout (10 Browns, 6 Rainbows) (All fish were 12" or better.  One Brown was 14" and one Brown was 15") (The two trout caught in Wycoff were both Browns) (Saw a 12" to 14" Palomino in Freeman Run)

 

07/18/18     Oswayo (0)/Big Moore's Run (road fishing) (0)/Borie (7)/East Fork (road fishing) (1)/First Fork Bridge (0)/Bailey Run (0)/Wykoff Run (2)

Craig - 10 - 10 Trout, 1 Chub (Trifecta) (1 Brook, 3 Browns, 6 Rainbows) (Extremely high water in Oswayo) (Also fished the Freeman Run/First Fork confluence and saw a Palomino there)

 

07/29/18     Dietz's

Brian - 3 - 1 Trout, 2 Chubs (1 Brown) (The Brown was about 8" and five other trout in the 10" to 12" range came out) (Saw a water snake and a muskrat)

 

08/06/18     Dietz's (Evening trip - only fished for about 45 minutes)

Jeff - 2 - 1 Trout, 1 Chub (1 Brown)

Brian - 0

 

08/11/18     Codorus East Branch (18)/Izaak Walton League (1)

Jeff - 28 - 19 Trout, 5 Chubs, 2 Small Mouth Bass, 1 Large Mouth Bass, 1 Blue Gill (Trifecta) (2 Brooks, 8 Browns, 9 Rainbows) (Saw a Palomino at the IWL and kicked up a spotted fawn at the East Branch)

 

08/18/18     Laurel Run

Jeff - 23 - 15 Trout, 4 Chubs, 3 Blue Gills, 1 Small Mouth Bass (14 Brooks, 1 Brown) (Closed down the second recorded triple triple in a single season) (Almost stepped on what I'm pretty sure was a rattlesnake and saw a rattlesnake on the way out the dirt road) (Stacey was along for the ride)

 

09/02/18     Muddy Run Park

Jeff - 0

Matt - 3 - 1 Small Mouth Bass, 2 Blue Gills

Stacey - DNF

Katelyn - DNF

Nicole - DNF

Megan - DNF

 

09/03/18     Leib's Creek

Jeff - 43 - 35 Trout, 8 Chubs (33 Browns, 2 Rainbows) (Kicked up two spotted fawns)

 

09/21/18     Codorus South Branch (32)/Izaak Walton League (5) - WWA lands trout number 9,000

Jeff - 45 - 37 Trout, 8 Chubs (29 Browns, 8 Rainbows) (Trout number 9,000 for the WWA was a 9¼" Brown) (Caught an 18" Brown and a 16½" Brown at the South Branch)

 

Potter County Trip - Stayed at Potter County Family Campground - Family Cabin - 84 Trout Total (8 Brooks, 58 Browns, 17 Rainbows, 1 Palomino)

 

10/06/18     Wycoff Run (6)/First Fork (8)/Freeman Run (33) - Saw a big (maybe 27") Brook or Brown in Freeman Run

Jeff - 14 - 14 Trout (Quadzilla) (2 Brooks, 9 Browns, 2 Rainbows, 1 Palomino) (Caught a 20¼", ~2¾ pound Palomino in First Fork)

Brian - 10 - 10 Trout (Trifecta) (1 Brook, 7 Browns, 2 Rainbows)

Craig - 13 - 13 Trout (Trifecta) (1 Brook, 8 Browns, 4 Rainbows)

Travis - 10 - 10 Trout (Trifecta) (2 Brooks, 7 Browns, 1 Rainbow)

 

Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Palominos

Totals

Wycoff Run

6

 

 

 

6

Jeff

2

 

 

 

 

Brian

1

 

 

 

 

Craig

1

 

 

 

 

Travis

2

 

 

 

 

First Fork

 

3

4

1

8

Jeff

 

1

1

1

 

Brian

 

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

1

3

 

 

Travis

 

1

 

 

 

Freeman Run

 

28

5

 

33

Jeff

 

8

1

 

 

Brian

 

7

2

 

 

Craig

 

7

1

 

 

Travis

 

6

1

 

 

TOTALS

6

31

9

1

47

 

10/07/18     Big Moore's Run (4)/Borie (21)/Allegany (1)/Oswayo (Too high to fish - 0) - Saw what was maybe a 6 point buck crossing the creek at Borie

Jeff - 8 - 8 Trout (Trifecta) (1 Brook, 4 Browns, 3 Rainbows) (Caught a 19" Brown in Borie)

Brian - 9 - 9 Trout (8 Browns, 1 Rainbow) (Caught an 18½" Brown in Borie)  (Took a class 5 fall in Borie)

Craig - 5 - 5 Trout (4 Browns, 1 Rainbow) (Caught a 20¾" Brown in Borie)

Travis - 4 - 4 Trout (4 Browns)

 

Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Totals

Oswayo

 

 

 

 

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Brian

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

 

 

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

Big Moore's Run

1

3

 

4

Jeff

1

1

 

 

Brian

 

1

 

 

Craig

 

1

 

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

Borie

 

17

4

21

Jeff

 

3

3

 

Brian

 

7

1

 

Craig

 

3

 

 

Travis

 

4

 

 

Allegany

 

 

1

1

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Brian

 

 

 

 

Craig

 

 

1

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

TOTALS

1

20

5

26

 

10/08/18     Oswayo (5)/West Branch Pine Creek (3)/Kettle Creek (3)

Jeff - 2 - 2 Trout (2 Browns) (Took a class 3 fall in Oswayo)

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

Craig - 3 - 2 Trout, 1 Small Mouth Bass (1 Brown, 1 Rainbow)

Travis - 2 - 2 Trout (1 Brook, 1 Rainbow)

 

Stream

Brooks

Browns

Rainbows

Totals

Oswayo

1

4

 

5

Jeff

 

2

 

 

Brian

 

2

 

 

Craig

 

 

 

 

Travis

1

 

 

 

West Branch Pine Creek

 

2

1

3

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Brian

 

1

 

 

Craig

 

1

 

 

Travis

 

 

1

 

Kettle Creek

 

1

2

3

Jeff

 

 

 

 

Brian

 

1

1

 

Craig

 

 

1

 

Travis

 

 

 

 

TOTALS

1

7

3

11

 

11/23/18     Wycoff Run (0)/First Fork (0)/Freeman Run (4)

Jeff - 2 - 2 Trout (2 Browns) (Caught a 15" Brown)

Brian - 0

Craig - 2 - 2 Trout (2 Browns)

Keith - 0

 

11/24/18     Oswayo (12)/Big Moore's Run (0)

Jeff - 5 - 5 Trout (5 Browns)

Brian - 2 - 2 Trout (2 Browns)

Craig - 4 - 4 Trout (4 Browns)

Keith - 1 - 1 Trout (1 Rainbow)

 

11/25/18     East Fork (Behind Abel's)

Jeff - 2 - 2 Trout (2 Browns) (Caught two 15" Browns)

 

12/24/18     Leib's Creek (18)/Dietz's (3) (Saw five deer at Leib's)

Jeff - 10 - 10 Trout (10 Browns) (Caught 2 Browns at Dietz's)

Craig - 12 - 11 Trout, 1 Chub (11 Browns) (Caught 1 Brown and the Chub at Dietz's)

 

12/30/18     Woodbine (1)/Orson Run (1)/Bald Eagle Creek (1)

Craig - 3 - 3 Trout (3 Browns)

 

Jeff - 644 Trout on 30 trips (104 Brooks, 311 Browns, 222 Rainbows, 7 Palominos)

(Average of 21.5 per trip and 88.8% of the fish)

Fish caught on trout fishing trips:  725

My total fish for the year:  725

Twenty-two year total fish (97-18):  8,394 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

22 Year Grand Total

5,674

1,317

1,832

320

9,143