montour reports?

A friend of mine got food poisoning when we stopped for lunch near the Little Mahoning, so it ended our day short up there. I wasn't quite done fishing, so I dropped him off and checked out Montour. I got there around 6 or so, and the crowd was shocked of how few cars where there, assuming a few were joggers/walkers too. Just like Yellow Creek and Little Mahoning, the water was low and gin clear. 90% of the traght were held up in 5% of the water. After hiking around for a while and checking out spots that would hold in normal flows, I decided to join the crowds in the 5% water. Although, not really the best part of the 5% at first. Luckily for me, the rain started coming down pretty hard, and ended up being the only person on the creek for the last hour or so of light. I had a fish bite or landed on every other cast for most of that time. My guess is, those able to get in the 5%, were destroying fish, those not, had a rough go. Hopefully the region gets some rain to spread the fish out a bit. I'm guessing the lakes faired much better, but likely kept a consistent crowd all day.

saw lots of happy fisherman there today.  also saw a copperhead with a rainbow half way down. 

Saw alot of snakes down there on monday. No copperheads but it seemed like they followed me everywhere i went.

Thats good, was it pretty crowded with them stocking it again yesterday? I'm away at school right not but I'll be home this weekend to fish it. I was planing on doing the tournament down at Forest Grove. They usually stock some nice fish for it.

Ya I have a feeling it's gonna be pretty crowded. I hope it rains pretty soon, I wouldn't mind seeing the water alittle higher and less clear. It's tough when all the fish are in a select couple pools for the most part. I left for school before they stocked so i wasn't able to see them doing that.

Until there is some rain, I'd expect 95% of fish to be in those pools, along with 95% of anglers. Kind of fun, if you get one of the spots, but kind of like farm pond fishing after a while. 100+ fish in a hole that should only hold 10 fish, has them competing for anything thrown in.

I'm pretty sure that is the case with most of the streams around the region. With 6" more flow and a tint to the water would open up a lot more water. A lot more fun being able to hike the stream a bit and not have to pass over spots that are usually great.