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'Hunting' some types of fish legal
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
BY MARCUS SCHNECKFor The Patriot-News Catfish will be legal game for anglers/hunters using bows and arrows, crossbows, spears and gigs, as soon as the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission can publish the regulation change in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Commissioners approved the change on Tuesday, adding catfish to the two other types of fish that have been legal game for archers for many years: carp and suckers.
"Catfish are an under-utilized species in Pennsylvania," said Leroy M. Young Jr., director of the commission's Bureau of Fisheries.
And, he noted, "bowfishing has a relatively light following in Pennsylvania," which should mean the change will have minimal impact on catfish numbers.
Publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin serves as official notification to the public of the regulation change.
Commissioners also voted to formalize the commission's program of approved trout waters open to year-round fishing.
On the waters open to year-round fishing, anglers may fish from March 1 to the first day of trout season but they may not keep any trout they catch during that period.
They also approved the following list of waters to be included in the year-round program.
Mahoning Creek in Armstrong County, Koon Lake in Bedford County, Tulpehocken Creek and Kaercher Creek Dam in Berks County, Mountain Lake and Sugar Run in Bradford County, West Creek in Cameron County, Laurel Run in Clearfield County and Mountain Creek, Cumberland County.
Stony Creek in Dauphin and Lebanon counties; West and Straight creeks in Elk County; Tionesta Creek in Forest County; Cummins Reservoir in Indian County; Cascade Quarry in Lawrence County; Frances Slocum Lake, Upper Ice Pond and Sylvan Lake, Luzerne.
Lake Jean in Luzerne and Sullivan counties, Meade Run in McKean County, Minsi Lake in Northampton County, Holman Lake in Perry County, Tuscarora Lake in Schuylkill County, Blue Hole Run and Fall Creek, Somerset County.
Duck Harbor Pond in Wayne County; Mehoopany Creek in Wyoming County; South Branch Codorus Creek, Glatco Lake and Lake Marburg, York County.
Commissioners also approved kids-only fishing areas on sections of two Franklin County streams: 955 feet of Carbaugh Run from the Route 30 bridge downstream to the confluence with Conococheague Creek, and 1,050 feet of Conococheague Creek downstream from the Tallow Hill Bridge.
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