SteelSlayer77

Ironhed
There is no way 8 miles of Elk is posted.

I believe it.  Look at the length of creek from the pavilion above the legion hole all the way up to the wire below Folleys.  That section alone is about 6 miles.   Then add in all the other short sections on lower and middle Elk, as well as all the posted areas above the McKean hole where very little water is open.  It's probably more than 8 stream miles, if you account for how the creek bends and turns like an "S" shape along the way in certain places.

6 miles!?!?! Lol
No way in hell!
Have you ever fished it?

Ironhed
6 miles!?!?! Lol
No way in hell!
Have you ever fished it?

It doesn't take very long to walk a mile.  Unfortunately I apparently started fishing the Erie tribs a year or so after the wire rope was put up and haven't ever fished anywhere below it down to route 90.  How many stream miles do you think are between the pavilion upstream from the legion hole to the wire rope at Folleys?
 
6 miles can't be that far off; when I print the map out and draw a straight line from the pavilion area on Google maps to the area where the wire below Folleys is, and compare that to the 1 mile distance legend it's about 4 miles.  Now consider the stream doesn't flow in a straight line and how the stream makes huge very large S turns the entire way up stream from 90 to Folleys, I would add at least 1 extra mile if not 2 miles for the S turns to make 6.  So I'm guessing it's between 5 - 6 miles based on Google maps.

Esox_Hunter
Is that entire stretch posted now?       

I'm pretty sure there is an easement somewhere just upstream from 90, with no way to legally get into it or access it.  So I'm under the impression that the entire stretch is currently posted. 

Instead of complaining about the closed water, why not put an effort in to reduce the amount of dead water on water that is open to keep more fish in those sections and spread out angler pressure?

Moses Guthrie
Instead of complaining about the closed water, why not put an effort in to reduce the amount of dead water on water that is open to keep more fish in those sections and spread out angler pressure?

I THINK DYNAMITE WOULD CREATE A FEW HOLES FOR STEELHEAD YOU THINK THE FISH COMMISH WOULD MIND ?

I would like to see the falls on Walnut above the Manchester dynamited.
 

fishmonger
I would like to see the falls on Walnut above the Manchester dynamited.
 

I'll second that!

What if you wear a wet suit an swim up the creek? 

Post every inch of the place...I will gladly pay $50 per day to fish elk.

SteelSlayer77

Ironhed
There is no way 8 miles of Elk is posted.

 as all the posted areas above the McKean hole where very little water is open. 

Is this newly posted area? Last spring I've walked from the McKean hole (I79) all the way up into the head waters and didn't see 1 posted sign or cable until my buddy picked me up near his house.

But captn, i like shooting fish in a barrel!  A pod of 25-50 fish in a pool the size of a postage stamp looks a lot more enticing than rivers and lakes where i can't see the fish.  Plus i can SNAG the steeliez with ease.....  

No thank you....

I'll take eyes, gills, crappie and, white bass fishing any day over fishing like that.

Jeez how do you fish like that?

brock, why don't we walk up and down that skirmish line selling hot coffee, hot dogs and spawn sacs?   wte'll rake in a pile of dough really quick.

^^ Great idea..

Till Obummer wants to put his hands in your pockets.
 

steely4me

SteelSlayer77

Ironhed
There is no way 8 miles of Elk is posted.

as all the posted areas above the McKean hole where very little water is open. 

Is this newly posted area? Last spring I've walked from the McKean hole (I79) all the way up into the head waters and didn't see 1 posted sign or cable until my buddy picked me up near his house.

At least one section you walked through has been visibly posted for 12+ years.