Clarion River

Since mt daughter is now going to clarion u and i will be up there some times to visit her...why not try to fish the river rite over the hill. and tips on that part of the river rite outside of town would be great and what might i catch. thanks in advance!

Fished between Toby and Millcreek on some private property over the weekend.  I enjoy hitting it around dark with a container of chicken liver.  Channel cats love the liver.  Put in a few hours and caught 6 on Saturday night.  There is some shore space around toby.  Can park right at the boat launch.

Try up by the Gravel Lick Bridge

the river (Piney reservoir) is in a steep sided canyon. limited shore access at the boat launches is possible, but you won't be wading far. I've never done any good fishing the reservoir from the shore or kayak for that matter. There's a few decent streams for trout in the area that get stocked and hold natives if that's your thing. But I'd look into taking a 15 minute drive from campus to the free flowing river in cook forest or allegheny river just off of I80.

What are you targeting?

What we always called the "back water" or the pool created by the dam is good fishing for perch, crappie, sunfish, catfish, carp, walleye and tiger muskie and you'll even catch the occasional trout. Small jigs tipped with maggots always seem to work. If you're seeking swift water you'll have to at least head to the Fisher area which isn't real far from town, or head further up stream to the Cook Forest area or Halton/Belltown area even further up stream.

If you don't have a ton of time and want to fish by the Toby or 322 bridges, I would take two rods and bait one up for carp/catfish and cast the other for perch etc.

I literally grew up on that stretch of water and my parents still live within 50' of it. Shoot me a PM the next time you're coming up, if I have some free time I'd be glad to show you a couple of places you can get to fairly easily...