Standing Stone Creek, PA

From Hern's Camp to the Fording

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Outing Information

Date
Start/End Time
8:00 to 11:00
Best Fishing Time
10:00 to 11:00
Rating
Good
Classification
Public
Water Temp
55.0°F
Water Clarity
Stained - 1' to 3' visibility
Water Level
High, Fast, & Mu
User
Herb Yost

Fish Caught

Brown Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
11 11" #2 Silver
11 11"

Rainbow Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
4 11" #2 Silver
4 11"
Total: 15 fish Top Patterns: Unspecified (15)

Weather

SkiesMorningAfternoonEvening
Mostly Sunny X
Precipitation
None X
Wind
Very Light - <5 knots X
Air Temp High/Low
65.0°F / 52.0°F
Wind Direction
S,SW
Weather Front
Today followed a cold front.
Barometer
29.84 rising
Moon Phase
88% Full (Waxing gibbous)

Other Patterns Tried

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Hatches

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Insect Seining

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Fishing Partners

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Waypoints

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Notes

MCB, TMM, & BD:

They stocked Standing Stone this week and it was high, fast, and muddy when they stocked it and was still pretty much that way this morning, although it wasn't at a bad level for spin fishing. I figured that the stocking truck followers wouldn't have gotten all the fish this week because of the weather and water conditions and I was right.

I put on my gear walked down to the creek right below my shale bank and fished upstream until I got the fording. It took me three hours and I was tired because the current was strong enough to make it a bit difficult to wade. I had one of my better trout fishing days on the Stone this morning. I caught 15 trout, all stocked, 11 browns and 4 rainbows. They were all pretty much the standard stocked size of 11 inches with three exceptions. Two of the browns were only 8 or 9 inches and one brown was a nice 14 incher.

The good thing about this mornings fishing is that I didn't have to use a drop of gasoline and I got a fair amount of exercise wading against the current and walking back to the house. It was a nice morning for a little fishing, but I still would have liked to fish the LJ, but it was too high and fast.

O&O:LJH