PA Fish & Boat Commission dredging Walnut Creek Project Waters

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nice work. much needed.

hopefully get more people off of elk and onto walnut. 😂

Think this is gonna address the issue of not many fish getting up to/past rt 5? Or will it just concentrate more fish into the conga line area? When I started back in 2003 up until maybe like 2007ish I pretty much only fished south of rt 5. Too many years walking that entire stretch to see maybe 1 or 2 fish.

FishinGuy
Think this is gonna address the issue of not many fish getting up to/past rt 5? Or will it just concentrate more fish into the conga line area? When I started back in 2003 up until maybe like 2007ish I pretty much only fished south of rt 5. Too many years walking that entire stretch to see maybe 1 or 2 fish.

i doubt it, though it would be nice to roam south on walnut again.  some beautiful water upstream that as far as i know remains open for fishing, although like you, it's been several years since i've ventured up that way.  once a year or every other year, i'll still stop at the gun club and fish for 20 minutes under the rt. 20 bridge just to see, but it's been a long time since i've caught a steelhead there.  
 
think it's an issue at the waterfall above the chutes that seems to have begun, according to my recollection, in 2009 when there was major flash flooding during a summer storm that dumped an insane amount of rain in a very short time.  it's been a few years since i've talked to anyone about it, but that seems to have been the thing that changed something about the falls there that has made it tough for steelhead to get over them.  
 
there seemed to have been some talk a few years ago, maybe more, about the pfbc exploring some options there at the falls, but not sure if that's been put on hold or nixed altogether or will be somewhere in the future.   

Yeah, that's a shame. I wasn't really fluent in the names of those structures down that way to know what exactly they're opening up. They've got the equipment right there. Wish they'd knock down those falls a bit. Fishing north of rt 5, other than the lake shore, is really not for me.

I would guess that the upstream land owners ($$$)prefer it this way. It sure has kept at least one angler from trudging through their scenery the past decade or so.

If they put a fish ladder on walnut falls it will be a no fishing zone.Id like to see them do it but only time will tell.My understanding is they bought the property and are seeing how 4 mile works out before working on walnut...WCW

How about this Idea . Lets let the  fish commission run the program and keep special intrest out of it. Years ago that was how it was and there were fish in the creeks where everybody fished . Not spread out every where. The fish will spread them selves out.
So lets just Quit whineing and FISH.!!!!!

pensfan1
Dredging Elk would provide another lake access to the Westside. As it stands you have Walnut and thats about it. Can't use V's Beach launch unless you are camping there. No one in their right mind wants to go outta Elk with it being inches deep. Its bad enough on a flat day. If it kicks up at all and you gotta run for cover, you could easily flip a boat there trying to get in. Put a couple crude breaker walls in there and dig that sumanaditch out. Maybe even fortify that horrible "dock and ramp".

Just my opinion. Of course Elk can't accommodate Charter Boats and Walleye Warriors with their 22+ftrs, so why would they put any money into it... jus ask'IN jus say'IN..

If they made it more accessible for boats, there would be shots fired during still head season between boaters and steak headers. I would imagine that is part of their thought process? I think they would be better off making a launch like Virginia Beach that isn’t part of a creek.

Porktown

pensfan1
Dredging Elk would provide another lake access to the Westside. As it stands you have Walnut and thats about it. Can't use V's Beach launch unless you are camping there. No one in their right mind wants to go outta Elk with it being inches deep. Its bad enough on a flat day. If it kicks up at all and you gotta run for cover, you could easily flip a boat there trying to get in. Put a couple crude breaker walls in there and dig that sumanaditch out. Maybe even fortify that horrible "dock and ramp".

Just my opinion. Of course Elk can't accommodate Charter Boats and Walleye Warriors with their 22+ftrs, so why would they put any money into it... jus ask'IN jus say'IN..

If they made it more accessible for boats, there would be shots fired during still head season between boaters and steak headers. I would imagine that is part of their thought process? I think they would be better off making a launch like Virginia Beach that isn’t part of a creek.

Thats a good idea there Pork, only problem is your talking some major ching for a project like that. First you have to purchase the land. Then its planning, excavation, paving.. yadda yadda yadda. We can't get them to spend minimal funds to tow a backhoe down behind ECS and run it a few days. Nice try tho T, I like the thinking

At least there doing something besides sitting in they're trucks ....aka (sarcasm font here) 

Go Northeast my son..

Eat walleyes and save ooodles of steel smolts and fingerlings.