Yea that's a total joke stocking those Trout up in that section 3 of the river. Terrible access , slower flowing, no decent parking, more obstructions in water and along banks. It basically has nothing going for it. Why they don't just continue stocking the lower river like they did for over 40 years just makes common sense.
 
 There's no way those Trout will pick up PCB's the short time they are in that lower river section. Hell, probably most are lucky to live two weeks after they are stocked! They act like those stockies live for years ! Besides just put out an official warning limiting eating Trout just like Erie fish if they are so worried. They still stock smolts in Erie and they all come back years later loaded up with carcinogens.
 
Your right BTDT most will wash into the lake fast and never be seen again....what a waste of good money and time ! 
 
They need to do a study to prove those stockies contain "any PCB's" after released....I'll bet it will be near zero ! Where's the biologist report on that study ????
 
Ever hear the saying" Dead in the water " ? 

Be needing a trout stamp to fish Shenango within five years. The PCB issue was a smoke screen to end the stocking below the dam and begin dumping all the excess trout above the dam year round eventually contaminating the lake with a non-native fish.

Be gettin some things done this summer, to include tossing flys on the mighty Neshannock . Going to hang an out of town sign on the door. Maybe catch yinz on the rebound.

Good time and tight lines.

Yea they were suppose to do a more intense follow up study as to why and where the PCB's were coming from. We know they are industry related, problem is most industries along the lower river are gone or the few left have been complying with federal water regulations for years. Still remains a mystery as to why a sudden elevation in fish now ! 
 
The river has such strong high flowing currents almost year round it's hard to believe any chemicals can survive that steady flushing out of water. One can never tell by looking, the river flows very clear, has a huge Caddis hatches every year, and fish appear to look very healthy in all species. After all Trout have been stocked here for over almost fifty years steady without issues ! To top it off about 40,000 people drink the water from here daily after being processed from the Aqua Water Company !  
 
One year later and still no answers or new information .
Is it worse ? Better ? Same ?
Still testing fish ?
How many species tested ?
Can PCB's enter into stocked fish that fast ? 
What sections of river tested worse ? Lower Shenango must be well over thirty miles long from the dam on down past New Castle.     

I can't believe there doing that that's stupid ruin another good fishing area

They seem to not be sure where the PCB's are coming from. Westinghouse did get the blame years ago, but also they did share a massive clean up bill on the Shenango River. They actually dredged tons of river bottom out years ago. Not saying they cleaned it all out, but I'm sure they test water and fish species every so often. Just seems strange that the elevation in fish has increased even higher even though most industries along the lower Shenango has decreased highly over the past years. Seems the water tested by Aqua Water Co. is within PCB acceptance to drink to all it's Shenango Valley customers. So the questions remain where are they (PCBs) coming from, and why now the higher increase in fish ?   
 
One year later and still no good info or reports, just the shutting down of all stocking of fish by the PBFC. I guess our Federal and State biologist are stymied or don't care !  

Them fish are probably in the lake by now , pfbc really knows how to ruin a nice stretch of water now it will be polluted with cans and worm containers

They will get there I have caught trout down by big bend bridge that come from Greenville , from bbb isn't far to the lake at all

thunderpole
I need my fishing license trout/erie/shanango river lake combo please gonna be just like hunting license carry 3 ft of plastic paper around

A/K/A..... the (plastic) paper trail.😉

Captain, I remember guys sayin' last year that they were  trap netting Conneaut, but the only trap net file I could find on the PFBC site for that lake, was from 2012. (I'm still learnin' how to negotiate that site). Maybe we're just years into the future before the commish decides to publish? (Dang, maybe we need to pay them more for a biology report)???

Tried to post the latest biologist report (2014) for Shenango River Lake but it is in PDF format soooo instead of converting it to JPG, here is the link to "all" the biologist reports.  Hopefully
 
http://www.fishandboat.com/Fish/Fisheries/BiologistReports/Pages/default.aspx
 
 
Read and weep.  

Ramps at Shenango...
Do Big Bend, Hartford Landing or Parkers Landing have docks?  Or are these only for very small boats / yaks etc.  I'v got a little 17 foot fish and ski.  Wondering if I can launch from any of these or just the main 3 rec areas?

Finally ! One year later the PBFC releases the 2017 Shenango biologist report from the nets they put in last spring ........and as usual Shenango Lake got shortchanged on the Walleye stockings past several years.
 
  http://pfbc.pa.gov/bioreports/bio2018/1x05-07-ShenangoLake.pdf

Thanks for posting that link Hook. Interesting reading. Never saw how they surveyed fishermen at the dock included in a report.
So next year I'll see what the results were of this year's Wilhelm assessment.
Good to know.
I'll stop nagging them

chauncy
Guess they don’t realize there’s already stunting going on from the number of small fish competing for food. Good luck with the new regs.

Chauncy has hit the nail on the head. Pa.'s regs are stupid. Since (by the trapnetting), 96% of the Black Crappie are up to only 9.9 inches, that means roughly only 4% can be harvested. Also by the numbers, the ratio of Black Crappie to White Crappie is approximately 8:- -1:. So you have a lake with thousands of stunted fish. Keep harvesting the 9" + fish and soon all the largest breeding stock will be gone. Take all the keeper White Crappie and the same thing will happen. Most other states protect the larger breeding stock with slot limits. It works for them. Don't know why it wouldn't work in PA.