keystone state park

Went there this afternoon,water was high & muddy,fishing was slow,but the Brookies are in spawning mode & the colors are beautiful. They are squirting eggs when landed. Quite a few trout were going over the outflow.  sam

Why would Brooks need stocked if they spawn naturally? Sam said they was "spitting eggs" and bright in color.

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Yea, I get that some non Rainbows get stocked in lakes/streams they arent listed for, but I highly doubt PFBC dumped a whole truck of Brookies instead of Rainbows.

PFBC stocks 498,880 Rainbows in Commonwealth Lakes, and Brookies 93,940. Good chance a co-op or sportsmans club supplements.

Justus Lake in Venango use to get all 3, with only Brookies in November/Winter stocking.

Since PFBC cut cost, Justus is Rainbow only. Rainbow eggs are cheaper and easier to source (most come from a NC hatchery).

99% of our catch are bows. Few Brookie/Browns mixed in. Pre season truck is all Bows, cause Justus gets its own truck.

Now 2nd and 3rd stocking in May, is when you get some mixed fish, since those trucks stock mutliple waterbodies on same day. Come Nov/Winter Stocking Justus Lake gets its own truck, all bows again.

Brookies are pre-domiantly stream spawners, so unless the feeder creeks to these stocked lakes are good quality( hint, they arent), your not gonna get spawning success from all 3 species.

Lake Trout spawn in open water over rocks, but only place in PA you will find that is Lake Erie. Doubt there is much spawning success for Lake Trout in Raystown, and East Branch Clarion River Lake.

btdt, John I don't think that KSP has producing Brookies or any other Trout. First of all any fry that were produced would have very poor survival  odds being a small body of water & so many predators. All that what I was saying was the state did stock the Brookies & Browns & that the Brookies were in full spawning mode. I did not get any Browns so I can't comment on that. I talked to several guys that were there & also a deputy fish warden who verified this. Also I watched 2 ospreys getting their dinner.  Cool !!!   sam

Walleye stocking program was suspended by PFBC couple years back.

From the PFBC reports page today:
 
The district received its fall stockings of trout.  Keystone Lake, Northmoreland Lakeand the Loyalhanna Creek Keystone Select Stocked Trout Waters section have all received their allotments of fish. Because the fish were larger, two stocking trucks were necessary to complete the stocking. A large quantity of Brook Trout and Rainbow Trout were placed into all three bodies of water.

rsquared
From the PFBC reports page today:
 
The district received its fall stockings of trout.  Keystone Lake, Northmoreland Lakeand the Loyalhanna Creek Keystone Select Stocked Trout Waters section have all received their allotments of fish. Because the fish were larger, two stocking trucks were necessary to complete the stocking. A large quantity of Brook Trout and Rainbow Trout were placed into all three bodies of water.

keystone lake and keystone state park lake are two different lakes - not clear which this is.

KPD years ago got fingerling trout stockings. But they never took hold

This year seems to be slower than the last for me too... But the nature in this state sure is nice. Makes me want to go there... Just grab my , a couple of fishing rods and relax... How is fishing there in general?