RE: Mingo Creek
2007/05/02 21:33:16
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smfine,
Mingo Creek holds fish all year round. When I lived in New Eagle, I would fish it in the late fall and middle of winter and catch fish. Not huge numbers like now when you can catch 20 in an evening, but 5-10 fish in an afternoon of fishing. Summer is easy to find fish, though with the low water they are spooky. The park suffers from low water, but there are plenty of places where fish hold year round. Mingo was my second home waters (Pigeon Creek my first) . Yes, a lot of fish are taken out of the creek this time of year. But after the second inseason stocking (there used to be 3 at one time) not a lot of guys bother with the creek.
transam,
Mingo starts at the Mon River just upstream of Mitchel power plant. There is a big sand bar in the river there. It follow Rt 88 towards finleyville for about 3 miles. Where the new highway bridge crosses 88, mingo makes a quick left and right turn and goes back towards eighty-four/venetia. Mingo park starts about a mile and a half from rt 88 and goes for 7 miles I think. The creek is stocked from one end of the park to the other. It used to be the lowest stocking point was the horse trailer parking and the upper was just below the upper road bridge.
NBobich,
How did you do?
Thanks,
Rick