NOTICES
FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION
Proposed Changes to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters; April 2023
[53 Pa.B. 918]
[Saturday, February 11, 2023]
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 April 24 and 25, 2023.
| 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 |
|---|
Cameron/
Clinton | Birch Island Run | 1 | Headwaters to unnamed tributary (UNT) at Juneberry Trail | West Branch Susquehanna River | 41.195831
77.974442 | 36.51 | — | — | 1.80 | 2022 |
| Centre | Yost Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | West Branch Susquehanna River | 41.226111
77.930000 | 44.50 | 1.10 | — | 4.35 | 2022 |
| Clinton | East Branch Queens Run | 1 | Headwaters to Ram Hollow Reservoir | Queens Run | 41.183611
77.475278 | 30.55 | — | — | 3.00 | 2022 |
| Clinton | Queens Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | West Branch Susquehanna River | 41.175835
77.482224 | 5.38 | 56.97 | — | 0.77 | 2022 |
| Clinton | West Branch Queens Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Queens Run | 41.181389
77.477776 | 39.31 | 3.33 | — | 4.11 | 2022 |
| Clinton | Whisky Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Lick Run | 41.174180
77.512495 | 36.56 | 0.14 | — | 1.96 | 2022 |
| Crawford | Shirley Run | 1 | Headwaters to State Route 1032 bridge | Thompson Creek | 41.681944
79.667500 | — | 55.11 | — | 2.11 | 2022 |
| Crawford | Shirley Run | 3 | State Route 89 bridge in Cloverdale Corners to Mouth | Thompson Creek | 41.681944
79.667500 | — | 63.84 | — | 1.70 | 2022 |
| Crawford | Thompson Creek | 1 | Headwaters to 100 meters upstream State Route 2031 bridge | Oil Creek | 41.648611
79.732222 | — | 48.43 | — | 3.29 | 2022 |
| Lycoming/ Potter/Tioga | UNT to Francis Branch (RM 2.40) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Francis Branch | 41.550030
77.595367 | 43.23 | — | — | 1.11 | 2022 |
| McKean/ Potter | South Branch Hamilton Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Hamilton Run | 41.743677
78.231023 | 45.16 | 10.68 | — | 1.98 | 2022 |
| Potter | Boone Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Cross Fork | 41.599285
77.784811 | 43.32 | 2.44 | — | 3.01 | 2022 |
| Potter | Schoolhouse Hollow Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Francis Branch | 41.552678
77.616121 | 66.14 | 5.37 | — | 2.36 | 2022 |
| Potter | Welch Hollow Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | UNT to Francis Branch (RM 3.44) | 41.558782
77.616672 | 56.59 | — | — | 0.95 | 2022 |
| Potter | Wingerter Run | 1 | Headwaters to Bolich Run | Cross Fork | 41.608333
77.780556 | 32.68 | 1.39 | — | 3.04 | 2022 |
| Potter/Tioga | Kramer Hollow Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Francis Branch | 41.553450
77.583046 | 43.58 | 0.05 | — | 2.11 | 2022 |
| Tioga | Bear Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Cushman Branch | 41.558884
77.551834 | 84.59 | — | — | 2.13 | 2022 |
| Warren | UNT to Spring Creek (RM 2.77) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Spring Creek | 41.853873
79.557800 | 74.56 | — | — | 1.09 | 2022 |
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, objections or suggestions may also be submitted electronically to RA-pfbcregulations@pa.gov.
TIMOTHY D. SCHAEFFER,
Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 23-200. Filed for public inspection February 10, 2023, 9:00 a.m.]
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