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New to the site from Cambria County. Just curious if anyone else is from around this area or if anyone travels here to do some fishing. I target anything that's biting. Gearing up for trout season now. I have been doing a little trout fishing in the Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only section of Chest Creek and doing well. Also fishing a few ponds and reservoirs in the area for bass and doing well with Wacky Worming.

I would appreciate feedback from anyone in the area.

Are you allowed to fish the reservoirs in Ebensburg? I thought you weren't allowed on those? One is Williams Run and the other is smaller and a little farther west. My step FIL told me they were off limits but he isn't a fisherman so who knows.....

I was just up that way this past weekend at the inlaws and did ok on crappie at a local reservoir on Thursday and almost struck out at Glendale on Friday. I didn't want to join the crowd at the causway so I putzed back in Wyerough and only landed a chain pickerel. First one for me. My son got a kick out of it and all the teeth.

I have camp in cambria and fish glendale lake often...always wanted to fish chest creek but have yet to do so...

Welcome to the forumn..enjoy the ride

the long skinny one right off of 422 on municipal road is private. I've fished it in my youth but the police barracks is about 1/4 mile away so I don't push my luck anymore. The two res's on the east side of ebensburg must be fished from dry ground. There are signs(that are in rough shape) that read no fishing from breasts of dams. I will say though that NO ONE follows those rules. I've seen whole families set up on lawn chairs fishing the breast at the lower res. For a while in my renegade teen years I'd take my inflatable boat out on the upper res in the back by the weed beds and never got b!itched at, but that doesn't mean it was legal. If you need any places for those two res's let me know. My parents live on crawford street by the lower/smaller res and like I said just a couple hundred yards away. I've even parked down by the water treatment plant at the lower and have talked to the local PD while there and they didn't care. Helps to know the police chief as a neighbor tho!

Im from Portage and i fish all over the place lol From lake erie to the susquehanna river. I do alot of fishing at gledale lake for bass and musky. I like going to raystown in the early spring and fall when all the crazy drunk people are not there. I remember when i was younger i fished those two dams you guys are talking about in ebensburg. We would slam the bass there all day on sara spooks. Good times :) I also am the owner of Scared Fishless Tackle Company. If you have every been to Unkle Joes woodshed in altoona or some of the other smaller takle shops in the area yu may have seen my product. Anyways welcome to the forum and have fun :)

Wow, definitely not expecting this much info from anyone. Been looking for a good forum for a while now. Guess I'll have to check more often now. Yeah, I have been hitting up upper and lower Res. pretty good the past 2 years. Never caught anything with much size, but love taking my boy there. We have caught crappie, perch, blue gill, and bass out of there. Do you know of any other fish that are in there? I think i saw a carp one time too. I also fish the pond behind the county pool close to lake roweena. I do better there for bass size.

The Delayed Harvest area is nice because it doesnt get as much pressure from people. I usually do OK there. Quality of fish definitely outweighs the quantity most times. I usually start at the bridge and go up stream to above the A frame house.

First day I plan to head to Westover and crowd out a hole in town with my brothers. Not sure if you ever fished there, but as you come into town off of Rt. 36 from Patton there is an old railroad tressel you can see off on the right hand side. We go down in there and usually do pretty well. Its kind of a tradition the past few years and someone always manages to get a big one. 2 of the past 3 years I have caught an 18in rainbow and 16in Palomino (same day) and last year a 21in Rainbow. The year I missed out on a big one my brother got a 21 and 1/2in Rainbow. Then about midway through the day I come home and take the boy out to Roweena. He is 6 and last year caught his limit first day.

PikeGuy, I remember you from a site last year. I havent been out to glendale much, but when I do, i hit up killbuck, or the causeway bridge for crappie. EyesNGillz never fished wyerough. Do you go from shore or boat??? Havent made the boat purchase yet, but need to. But to answer your question, you can definitely fish the res's in Eburg. There are signs posted, stating so. We can get together sometime and I'll show ya if you want. They all say special reg fishing, no fires, no fishing from the ****, etc. but you can definitely fish there.

Well, I was curious, anyone been out to wilmore or is the bite picking up at glendale??

Get at me guys and good luck first day if I dont talk to you sooner!

OK, just wondering about the res. I have heard stories about catfish in there but never seen any. As for Westover, I grew up in town there, so I know that creek like the back of my hand. Im sure you know about straight mile as well. Love to fish there, but I stay away from it first day. Will you be going out first day? If so, where at?

What was your buddy catching at wilmore? As I mentioned before, I dont have a boat, so I'm limited to fishing from shore. I got advice last year about fishing for cats where howells run flows into the dam. I found the spot, but didnt get a chance to fish it. Ever heard anything about that?

My buddy said he was catching nice size crappy and one largemouth about 17". He is land locked too, all we ever do at wilmore is fish from the breast then along the path tossing spoons or cranks, he said he caught crappiess by the boat launch. My, first day still isn't figured out yet, either fishing down this way (greensburg area) or I'll be back in Ebensburg probably fishing bob's creek in the AM then Dumans after lunch. Got a job interview down here either Friday or Saturday.

I went to petersburg dam on the juniata. Its a nice place that i have not fished in a while. We did really well. We got alot of largemouth and a few smallies. Alos got some perch, crappie and a huge carp that decided it wanted a bass tube lol. Once the front hit the fish really turned on. I thought i would get some trout where the little J dumps in but no such luck. O well. I cant wait to go back down. That place is really gonna turn on in the next few weeks.

I know exactly where you are fishing. Yes that is fort bedford. I never fished that section of river before. That is on the raystown branch of the juniata, petersburg is on the frankstown branch. I fish for trout but i dont really like going out on the first day. To my silly people out there. Hopefully i will be getting up to glendale soon. Im really into petersburg right now and i feel that the fishing is only going to get better down there in the next few weeks. Ill hit gledale hard in the summer though. Ill probly fish a few tournaments there this year if i dont get to busy with work at home. They are always fun and get your adrenaline pumping.