Little Bald Eagle, PA
Above Tyrone and Vail
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 7:30 to 10:00
- Best Fishing Time
- 8:00 to 9:00
- Rating
- Fair
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- 60.0°F
- Water Clarity
- Slightly Stained - 3' to 5' visibility
- Water Level
- 0.71 ft. - 45 cf
- User
- Herb Yost
Fish Caught
Brown Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 9" | #2 Silver | |
| 10 | 9" |
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 10½" | #2 Silver | |
| 5 | 10½" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly Cloudy | X | ||
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | ||
| Wind | |||
| Very Light - <5 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 65.0°F / 58.0°F
- Wind Direction
- NW
- Weather Front
- Today followed a warm front.
- Barometer
- 29.89 rising
- Moon Phase
- 24% Full (Waning crescent)
Other Patterns Tried
No other pattern information for this outing.
Hatches
No hatch information for this outing.
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
No fishing partners were saved with this outing.
Waypoints
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Notes
MCB, TMM, & BD:
I checked the stream levels this morning and thought the Little Bald Eagle was at a good level for fishing, so that's where I went. I haven't fished the LBE for about four years, so I thought it would at least be a little different and a little interesting. I had forgotten just how small the LBE really is. It's the size stream that Mike and Jeff really like to fish. It's also really overgrown and has a lot of obstacles to wade over, but it was still a good morning to fish it.
I parked the truck right over the bridge at Black Vail Road or maybe it's Back Vail Road, who knows. Then I fished upstream until I was behind the Robert Jubelirer business park and I would have fished fauther, but I ran into a guy spin fishing upstream with minnows. I stopped to talk to him and he told me he was just starting to fish and wanted to fish up to the I-99 bridge, so I had been fishing about 2.5 hours and had caught 15 trout, so I figured I would just quit and let him have the stream to himself. The LBE is really too small for two guys to fish the same section and I guess I could have jumped ahead of him and fished some of the better holes, but I figured I might as well be a nice guy.
I caught 15 trout this morning. Five were stocked rainbows that were all 10-11 inches long. The other ten were brownies, and the strange thing is that I don't think any of the browns were stocked fish. I caught 4 or 5 that were only 6-7 inches long and the biggest fish of the day was a 14 inch brown that was hiding in a hole under some tree roots. The other four browns were 8-10 inches. All of the brown trout seemed to be nicely colored and had nice fins, so I think they were all wild trout, but I could be wrong.
All in all, I had three nice mornings on three different streams this week, and who can ask for anything more. Life is good! I came home this morning, ate lunch and mowed the weeds or grass or whatever you want to call my lawn. Tonight we are hosting a couple of college girls who are in a singing group that is doing a show at our church, so that should be interesting. Tomorrow is the big Shaver's creek gun raffle and I think Diane and I will spend a couple of hours there and of course not win anything.
Have a great weekend guys! O&O:LJH