NOTICES
FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION
Proposed Changes to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters; January 2021
[50 Pa.B. 6744]
[Saturday, November 21, 2020]
The Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) is considering changes to its list of Class A Wild Trout Streams. Under 58 Pa. Code § 57.8a (relating to Class A wild trout streams), it is the Commission's policy to manage self-sustaining Class A wild trout populations as a renewable natural resource to conserve that resource and the angling it provides. Class A wild trout populations represent the best of this Commonwealth's naturally reproducing trout fisheries. With rare exceptions, the Commission manages these stream sections solely for the perpetuation of the wild trout fishery with no stocking.
Criteria developed for Class A Wild Trout fisheries are species specific. Wild Trout Biomass Class Criteria include provisions for:
(i) Wild Brook Trout Fisheries
(A) Total brook trout biomass of at least 30 kg/ha (26.7 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Brook trout biomass must comprise at least 75% of the total trout biomass.
(ii) Wild Brown Trout Fisheries
(A) Total brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Brown trout biomass must comprise at least 75% of the total trout biomass.
(iii) Mixed Wild Brook and Brown Trout Fisheries
(A) Combined brook and brown trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(D) Brook trout biomass must comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(E) Brown trout biomass must comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(iv) Wild Rainbow Trout Fisheries
Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 2.0 kg/ha (1.78 lbs/acre).
(v) Mixed Wild Brook and Rainbow Trout Fisheries
(A) Combined brook and rainbow trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brook trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(D) Brook trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(E) Rainbow trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(vi) Mixed Wild Brown and Rainbow Trout Fisheries
(A) Combined brown and rainbow trout biomass of at least 40 kg/ha (35.6 lbs/acre).
(B) Total biomass of brown trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(C) Total biomass of rainbow trout less than 15 cm (5.9 inches) in total length of at least 0.1 kg/ha (0.089 lbs/acre).
(D) Brown trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(E) Rainbow trout biomass shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
During recent surveys, Commission staff documented the following stream sections to have Class A wild trout populations. The Commission intends to consider adding these waters to its list of Class A Wild Trout Streams at its meeting on January 25 and 26, 2021.
| County | Stream | Section | Limits | Tributary to | Mouth
Lat/Lon | Brook
Trout
(kg/ha)
| Brown
Trout
(kg/ha) | Rainbow
Trout
(kg/ha) | Length
(miles) | Survey
Year |
|---|
Adams/
Franklin | Hayes Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | East Branch Antietam Creek | 39.815808
77.458243 | 35.58 | —- | —- | 2.18 | 2020 |
| Cameron | Archie Bark Hollow Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Mix Run | 41.308426
78.223793 | 75.56 | 0.17 | —- | 0.86 | 2020 |
| Cameron | Beldin Hollow Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | East Branch Hicks Run | 41.440151
78.330971 | 49.02 | | —- | 2.22 | 2020 |
| Cameron | Little Fork Draft Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Mix Run | 41.314201
78.214058 | 77.85 | 7.57 | —- | 1.69 | 2020 |
| Cameron | UNT to East Branch Hicks Run (RM 3.66) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | East Branch Hicks Run | 41.416580
78.305260 | 74.60 | —- | —- | 0.35 | 2020 |
| Cameron | UNT to East Branch Hicks Run (RM 7.11) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | East Branch Hicks Run | 41.444286
78.351136 | 125.06 | —- | —- | 1.24 | 2020 |
| Centre | UNT to Hayes Run (RM 0.36) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Hayes Run | 41.105220
77.755750 | 35.39 | —- | —- | 2.62 | 2020 |
| Centre | UNT to Kettle Run (RM 0.79) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Kettle Run | 40.838506
77.519130 | 35.58 | —- | —- | 0.95 | 2020 |
| Clearfield | Clear Run | 1 | Headwaters to I-80 Bridge | Sandy Lick Creek | 41.130592
78.779835 | 31.28 | —- | —- | 2.70 | 2020 |
| Clinton | Abes Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Left Branch Hyner Run | 41.380833
77.605553 | 38.26 | 1.25 | —- | 2.13 | 2020 |
| Clinton | Hensel Fork | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Paddy Run | 41.411667
77.788887 | 70.69 | 20.01 | —- | 2.42 | 2020 |
| Clinton | McNerny Branch | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Paddy Run | 41.418056
77.792221 | 52.84 | 19.72 | —- | 3.49 | 2020 |
| Elk | Barr Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | East Branch Hicks Run | 41.389895
78.283429 | 65.66 | —- | —- | 1.06 | 2020 |
| Elk | Little Bear Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Dents Run | 41.362039
78.297280 | 98.44 | —- | —- | 0.95 | 2020 |
Juniata/
Mifflin | Spruce Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | East Licking Creek | 40.495361
77.628974 | 42.69 | —- | —- | 1.92 | 2020 |
| Lycoming | Bonnell Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Little Pine Creek | 41.447498
77.277779 | 86.73 | 7.26 | —- | 5.01 | 2020 |
| Lycoming | Gamble Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Pine Creek | 41.507500
77.456108 | 43.19 | 2.61 | —- | 1.93 | 2020 |
| Lycoming | Layton Draft | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Otter Run | 41.411854
77.342857 | 92.15 | —- | —- | 1.09 | 2020 |
| Lycoming | Manor Fork | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Slate Run | 41.512500
77.523333 | 44.61 | 8.85 | —- | 3.33 | 2020 |
| Potter | South Branch Oswayo Creek | 1 | Headwaters to Carpenter Road Bridge (T-354) | Oswayo Creek | 41.905000
78.068333 | 1.75 | 45.29 | —- | 3.90 | 2019 |
| Potter | UNT to East Branch Fishing Creek
(RM 2.54) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | East Branch Fishing Creek | 41.813897
78.106173 | 32.99 | 1.69 | —- | 2.60 | 2020 |
| Schuylkill | UNT to Lower Little Swatara Creek
(RM 5.37) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Lower Little Swatara Creek | 40.544889
76.307740 | 38.25 | —- | —- | 1.07 | 2020 |
| Union | Rapid Run | 2 | Outflow of Halfway Lake to Buffalo Path | Buffalo Creek | 40.957500
77.011944 | 2.22 | 61.02 | —- | 3.05 | 2020 |
| Union | UNT to Spruce Run (RM 4.09) | 1 | Headwaters to Inflow Spruce Run Reservoir | Spruce Run | 41.026550
76.982368 | 42.53 | —- | —- | 1.89 | 2020 |
| Westmoreland | Grove Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Linn Run | 40.154167
79.225833 | 38.56 | —- | —- | 1.89 | 2019 |
Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the additions are invited to submit comments in writing to the Executive Director, Fish and Boat Commission, P.O. Box 67000, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000, within 30 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Comments also may be submitted electronically by completing the form at www.fishandboat.com/regcomments. If an acknowledgment of electronic comments is not received by the sender within 2 working days, the comments should be retransmitted to ensure receipt. Electronic comments submitted in any other manner will not be accepted.
TIMOTHY D. SCHAEFFER,
Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-1632. Filed for public inspection November 20, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]
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