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Might not be such a good opening day for those who fish trout streams. Quite a bit of rain in this area since mid morning on this day March 31.

Pine Creek is blown out in Allegheny County. Been insanely high all day today. Takes a while to come down. Maybe the fish will be spread out this year though.

It rained all night here in Lawrence Co. Guess I'll just go into work for a few hours. The Neshannock and Slippery Rock are probably flood stage and chocolate milk.

The weather was pretty nice here in the city this morning. It wouldnt have been the worst morning to be on the water if you could get out of the wind and you could find water that didn’t look like chocolate milk.

The front is rolling in now. Conditions changed fast.

Opening day started out sunny and mild. Got warmer as day progressed. Aroun 1 it clouded up quickly. I was running some errands, thankfully only about 10 minutes from home. By the time I arrive home the rain was already falling . Exited my truck and was almost blown over by the force of the wind. I never experienced being in a tornado and was hoping I wasn't going to deal with one now. About 2:20 the power went off. The rain had slowed to a trickle. I went out to look around. Yard a mess with fallen small limbs and branches. Two pieces of soffit ripped off corner of back porch and a big piece of siding that let loose from my neighbors house.
Temperature fell as day turned into night. House was in the mid 40's by the time the power was restored about 9:00 PM. Had cell phone service but no internet. Comcast was here around 10 this morning and got that up and running.
Years ago I had no cell phone, internet or cable TV and apparently got along just fine. Now, I can't imagine having to do without it. It must be very difficult for those unfortunate enough to have to cope with power outages that last for days and in many cases longer.

Yesterday was a bust on Deer Creek, today I had one on every other cast. PowerBait honey worms seemed to be their favorite. 

The Neshannock is still really blown aht. Without any more rain, it should be prime for threaded minnows by mid week.

I went out to Blackwell, PA in the PA Grand Canyon on Pine Creek.  Water was up, but not blown out.  It looked like perfect steelhead color.  But didn't seem to translate to perfect trout fishing.  I saw a total of 2 fish caught all day on Saturday.  Got up on Sunday and was even more color to it, so decided to pack up and start the 4.5 hour drive home.  Stopped and crappie fished for about an hour.  Catching two and missing a few others.  Nice to wash the skunking off, but not enough to make it worth keeping, so I sent them back.  One had a nice scare on it's back end and ripped tail.  Guessing either musky/pike or osprey/eagle close call.  Lucky day for him to spare being eaten again.  Hopefully good karma for me the next time out.

The docks are in.

The extended forecast is bonkers. Sunny and warm for like a week straight starting Saturday. Highs in the mid to upper 70s starting by mid week going until?. This is gonna be like June weather.

Wer going to Pymie all 3 days starting Monday.