annoyed at PFBC

If you fish North Park Lake, are you a little annoyed right now? There is not one body of water in Allegheny county which received winter trout. I know they just got done with the sediment removal there. But why couldn't they have stocked it with winter trout? Lack of forage? If there's enough forage for the fish they threw in from Glade Run, why wouldn't it be enough for some traht? And how hard would it be to throw in a couple thousand shiners or other small forage fish?
I know there are other bodies of water to fish at. Plenty of creeks and the rivers. But sometimes i just wanna grab a chair, sit by the lake and chill out with the hopes of catching a trout or two. And now with my kids, I would have really loved to take them there today while it was warm and sunny. Where is the license money going?
I did email the fish commission and am awaiting a response.

You could have fished brady's Run,It isnt more than 20 miles from North Park.Weve been hammering them since they stocked.Most fish fave been realeased Plenty of fish, some nice weather.

Brady's run is an extra 35 minutes. With two small children I was looking for something quick and easy.

There is not one body of water in Allegheny County fit to support trout. None of them should be stocked at all.

Fish 79-I contacted then via the website 4 days ago and haven't gotten a response yet.
Spoon your answer seems valid, but there have already been people fishing their this year. They coulda just thrown some in.

What's wrong with senior citizens and parents/kids catching bass and bluegill in North Park Lake? Fish that can actually live in there.

I've asked this question before, but nobody has a very good answer. It goes back to the great tradition of Pennsylvania trout worship.

ORIGINAL: spoonchucker

I suspect that like Brady's run, a period of time for bank stabilization, and grass regrowth along the shore line was required. Before the contractor, or engineer would/could sign off on opening it to the public.

+1 Spoonie,
I'm sure the same thing applied to North Park as Bradys as you stated. They still have the access road roped of at Brady's. It's all walk in past the beach.

Well regardless of whether your for it or not.Id be more concerned with the possibilty that they are gona discontinue the winter season stocking and also the special march season in particular.I read the article in sundays tribune review.
Ive always enjoyed the early season stockings at raccoon and bradys run.No ice this year so it was the only game in town.Its nice to fish local without throngs of people this time of year! Ive personally witnessed 3 young kids catching trout this past week at bradys run they had a ball as I did watching! The weather was nice and good to be out!!!!!!! Id rather they didnt stock a particular lake but continue to stock other lakes so the season wont be discontinued>>>>>>>
I just think we should be thank-ful we have these seasons and hope the program continues rather than quabble over they did or didnt stock this lake.

icenut

Read my post, i said 10 MILES, not minutes!!!
-I will devote every waking hour to introduce snakeheads immediately...
-Yes of course the kids catching bluegills and other panfish is a good idea. We did that last year with them and they loved it! Even got a couple bass too. I plan on continuing that for a few more years to help the kids establish some excitement about catching some.
Taking a 2 and a 4 year old to a stream just wasn't conducive-glad Pork u understood that. Getting the older one on a stream will happen soon though.
Cowboy-It's not "trout worship" dude...i love catching all types of fish. My original post was on a 48 degree sunny day that was perfect for a quick getaway to NP lake with the little ones. In years past it would have been a cinch, because every year they stock it in late january. I was disappointed that they didn't this year, and also that there aren't many other waterways in the county which did get winter trout. Could i have taken them anyway? yes. But i had just recently returned from a trip to Erie, and was talking to the kids about catching trout, so they wanted to get one too. My 4 year old daughter can actually identify the difference between a rainbow, a brown and and a steelie, so i wanted to try and do a little hands on lesson. Ive been fishing north park lake since i was a kid catching stockies. Looking forward to passing that along to my kids. Hence the original reason for the thread and the focus on trout....sheesh yinz guys!

I'd say stop stocking the class B streams, and keep the fall stocking.

ORIGINAL: fisherofmen376

Read my post, i said 10 MILES, not minutes!!!

My bad. At least I understood the kids part... Also know what you mean about passing on the tradition. I used to always fish Cannonsburg Lake with my Dad. Much of what got me into fishing (somehow, that place sucks). I'm sure my kids will end up fishing the same banks that I did as a youngster before too long.

BTW - I think your 4 year old is smarter than many folks that I see on the waters, if she can tell the difference already.

Trout worship appears to be the largest organized religion in Pennsylvania. From what I gather, their holiest day is a Saturday in April.

I bow the knee all year long to the glorious traahht. It seems there are some parallels though between Christianity and trout fishing. Some folks I call "Chreasters"-they only come to church on Christmas and Easter. In trout fishing, many only attend once or twice a year when it's most popular.
I am MUCH holier than THOSE people.

wow, talk about cold the pot calling the kettle black.

fisherofmen376, havent been through there in awhile but is anything going on at marshall lake? might be an option until north park is up and running. just askin' just suggestin'

ORIGINAL: Cold

You forgot to get the holy bread before you started this whine thread.

Join the Cult of Karp. To enter you must sacrifice 13 Steelhead to represent the 13 days of the carps spawn, then drain the blood 25 Channel Cats and 65 trout (TROUT MUST COME FROM TWIN LAKES OR THIS WILL NOT BE PROPER) into a kool whip bowl and keep it in your freezer to keep all fish except for the carp away from your rigs, and drink a bottle of "the cheap wine" and eat a whole loaf of bread to represent the blood and bread of Karpfenex.