Since tomorrow is the first day of water trapping in Pa I thought I would do a post on why some areas have few fish.
Two years ago I worked until lunch and decided to stop at Mountain creek in Cunberland co. since they had stocked trout in it earlier that day. There was one angler fishing a nice run that they always stock so I stopped to chat and I could see some rainbows in the medium current. The water was about 2 1/2 to 3 feet deep and crystal clear. It was mid April and just a beautiful day to be alive and on one of my favorite streams. Suddenly I noticed something flash in the water and then I could see a mink with one of the fresh stocked trout in its mouth. It ran swam across the creek behind some large stones in the stream. A minute or so later it came back across the creek and dove into a small brush pile against the bank under the water. About 2 or 3 minutes later she came back and she caught her second fish. About 5 minutes later a third rainbow met its death. A few weeks later I was fishing that section and low and behold Mom and 3 or 4 little ones were swimming in the creek. I guess she was stocking up for her little ones also.
I hear guys that fish catch and release trout areas and complain that that there is poaching do to the lack of fish. Yes there is poaching but perhaps not from fishermen.