What a sad place to see now days . A beautiful river full of nice flowing water , deep holding holes, wildlife all around, bug hatches rising off the water and NOBODY FISHING ANYWHERE ! I walked along the banks just to witness any activity and it was like walking around an abandon ghost town. What a shame to see such beautiful water and not a soul fishing.
 
For over 50 years it's teamed with fishermen of all ages but now no young kids , no senior adults , no handicap persons at the pier...nobody ! Since the halting of stocked Trout along with Walleye the river is about void of just about all fishing activity. The PCB elevation has put a death wish on Shenango River. I still don't understand it because about 30,000 plus people drink this water daily yet it isn't stocked with fish because the PCB levels are too high in fish ????????????? Lots of questions but no answers , just an empty river that looks as nice as any river in Pa.  
 

 
A sad loss to all fishermen young and old. We need more answers as to why this has come about .
 
 
Captain Hook
 
 
 
 

I love fishing there but I wanna eat to really sucks iv been thinking of going there but its happening elsewhere

I guess Lower Shenango will be the first 100% catch and release all species river in all of Pa. !
 
Thanks to PCB's  

Or a bull chyt excuse to stop stocking trout below the dam and pollute the lake with a foreign species of fish very few people eat and is one, if not the biggest burden on the budget.

Salt to the injury, from what I'm hearing and reading, most of the new area now stocked with trout, is not accessible by foot???

You be the judge.

Yea I talked to several who have fished there and it's a challenge to get access to good fishable water. Mainly lots of high banks and timber around, Trout are there.
 
Anybody trapping beavers this fall ?
This stretch of water upstream and down is "loaded at night "with beavers !   5 counted in one area , 4 in another not far away.

I used to trap that stretch when they where worth the effort the entire river is chalk full of them otters to never seen one in person but iv seen plenty of sign wish they would give permits for our region

Latest report out from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette ..............good info on Shenango River
 
 http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2018/07/29/Westinghouse-factory-Sharon-Shenango-river-pollution-pcb-superfund-site-economy-fish-CBS/stories/201807260140

Let me just say this, "KUDOS" to the "Shenango River Watchers" for their dedication in keeping the river and it's banks clean and safe.
 
Next I would like to say thanks to Brock for posting a link to very important information.
 
We now know how and why the river has once again been polluted with a chemical that is known to cause cancer as well as other significant health problems.  The article tells us the chemical can be ingested by persons swimming or eating fish from the contaminated waters.  However I failed to read anywhere, in the article, advisories/warnings regarding the use of the water for food preparation or drinking.  
 
Certainly many more people have been exposed to the chemical than just swimmers or anglers eating their catch.  So I have to wonder, like the lead poisoning that occurred in the Detroit area a few years ago, will residents using the polluted river, for their daily water supply,  be getting tested?

Thanks ......seems like certain companies are dodging responsibility for further clean up. Hope this can get resolved within a few years . Westinghouse has been closed for over 40 years yet these cancer causing chemicals still persist in our waterways. Seems the original company (Westinghouse ) should accept responsibility 100% ! 

never fished there always wanted to but the PCB's being so high more worried about the people that have no clue what's going on . I have not drank  my or any tap water in so many years I cant remember .