If there anyone knowledgeable about Two Mile lake, I'd love to ask you a few questions...
 
 
Also, I heard a rumor today that there are Lakers in Two Mile...anyone know if that is fact or fiction?

I'll go as far as saying, 6" of ice by the dam today and the water is dam deep in that area.

As for the catchin today, sorry no spot burning.

Spoke with my nephew and he said Justus was disappointing today and he won't be returning this weekend.

As for type of fish, the PFBC ruined the lake with their stupid trout. So I'd recommend contacting the NW Office and inquire as to what's worth fishing for in a once, fun lake.

Good times and tight lines.

BTDT,
 
I fished it today and I couldnt catch anything BUT trout.  Catching is catching, but I'd prefer to catch fat perch, chubby crappie, or better yet...some ice 'eyes.  What that lake needs is some pike IMO...  I know there are tigers in there, but they're few and far between and that lake would just make a killer pike lake.  Anyways, I wondered if anyone knew any GENERAL areas of the lake where the perch/crappie sizes were good or if any one wanted to possibly divulge GENERAL areas for walleye in that lake.  You can of course PM me.  I probably just need to fish it more and try to find the structure.  Anyways, it's a nice lake and I'll look forward to fishing it this summer...

Justus is nothing as it once was. Great fishing for Large Mouth, Walleye, Musky, and Crappie too. Then came the PFBC and the rest is history.

Have not fished Justus for 25 years and not likely ever will again. Still have my contour map though.. Just in case. lol.

Good times and tight lines.

I'd pick another lake for Perch or Walleye ,seems it's good for Bass and lots of Trout. Seen lots of guys on Wilhelm yesterday driving by. Shenango has guys on ice steady up at the Golden Run area. I'd about bet the Laker rumor is just that .

Where did you hear this rumor about Lakers? Its 100% false. You can count the lakes in PA with Lake Trout: Lake Erie, East Branch Clarion River Lake, Raystown, and maybe Silver Lake out east. Now up at the federal fish hatchery in Warren, they will sometimes stock a few old spawned out Lakers in the Allegheny Reservoir.
 
PFBC stopped stocking Walleyes about 5-6-7 years ago...so I'm sure there are a few left, but not many. There are some nice largemouth and also smallmouth in that lake.

PSU,
 
I heard it from some locals who seemed sure of it when I questioned them about it out of disbelief.  I figured it was a myth, but I've also seen the PFBC/PGC do some questionable things that did not make sense to me.  Thank you for the information on the walleye population...

I never quite understood why PFBC made borderline Walleye Lakes like Justus and Kahle part of the big bass program.
 
Kahle currently seems way over carry capacity for bass. Justus is way deeper, and has more drop-offs and better walleye looking habitat, but between the bass, trout and musky, the walleye fry have zero shot of survival.
 
Same with Kahle, all the bass just munch on the walleye fry that were stocked.

Wouldn't surprise me to hear the PFBC tried stocking "splake" at one time or another.

Them biologist love a good experiment....

 

BeenThereDoneThat.
Wouldn't surprise me to hear the PFBC tried stocking "splake" at one time or another.

Them biologist love a good experiment....

This was part of an email a PFBC biologist sent me back in 2011, when I asked some questions about the trout program...
 
 
While Two Mile Run Reservoir is deep and has a small layer of cooler water with some oxygen it is not a classic two story lake with a large deep layer of very cold water with very high oxygen concentration conducive to trout such as occurs at East Branch Clarion River Lake.  It is more of a borderline situation at Two Mile.  Back in the early 1990's we tried stocking fingerling trout in Two Mile Run Reservoir and had very few trout make it through to succeeding years and attain larger size.  A few larger trout are occasionally caught in the lake but for the most part our information indicates hold over potential is limited.
 
 
 
I assume he is talking about Brook Trout at 2Mile, cause if you look at Keystone Lake in Armstrong, read the 2001 biologists report:
 

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Spring sampling in 2001 at Keystone Lake (Armstrong/Indiana Counties) produced extremely positive results.  Past stockings of brook trout have produced high numbers of brook trout ranging from 8 to 10 inches in length. Night electrofishing efforts verified the high numbers of brook trout as well as high numbers of rainbow smelt.  The smelt were introduced in the late 1980's and early 1990's and are self sustaining. Spring night electrofishing produced high numbers of walleye as well.  The majority of walleye ranged from 18 through 24 inches, however fair numbers of walleye ranging from 27 to 30 inches were also encountered.  These walleye were without doubt some of the heaviest encountered during walleye sampling efforts over the past two decades.
Trapnet efforts continued to produce quality size walleye and legal brook trout.  No smelt were observed during trapnet efforts.  Seven tiger muskellunge were sampled by trapnet and they ranged from 708 through 1295 mm (27.8 - 50.98 inches).  Four of the seven tigers were of legal size.  Black and white crappie were just becoming active and some of the early anglers were doing well with fair numbers of crappie being present, including good representation in the 9 to 13 inch size groups.  Bluegill were not present in high numbers and most were less than 8 inches in length.  Good numbers of smallmouth bass were encountered.  Keystone Lake appears to be home for numerous quality sized walleye, tiger muskellunge, and smallmouth bass.  Additional sampling will be done in late May to evaluate both small and largemouth bass.
 
 
So I highly doubt PFBC spent the money to source "Splake" eggs.