NOTICES
FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION
Proposed Changes to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters; October 2024
[54 Pa.B. 5197]
[Saturday, August 10, 2024]
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.
(1) Criteria developed for Class A Wild Trout fisheries are species specific.
(2) 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 shall 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 shall comprise less than 75% of the total trout biomass.
(E) Brown trout biomass shall 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 October 21, 2024.
| 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 |
|---|
| Centre | Bullit Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Foster Joseph Sayers Lake | 40.988976
77.705627 | — | 57.00 | — | 4.83 | 2023 |
| Centre | Trout Run | 1 | Headwaters to 3.96 kilometers upstream of Mouth | Moshannon Creek | 40.847500
78.267778 | 22.90 | 21.96 | — | 3.98 | 2022 |
| Centre | Unnamed Tributary (UNT) to Pine Creek (RM 5.12) | 3 | Spring seep to UNT (RM 0.71) to UNT to Pine Creek (RM 5.12) | Pine Creek | 40.887357
77.392825 | — | 227.11 | — | 0.87 | 2022 |
| Centre | UNT to Trout Run (RM 3.51) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Trout Run | 40.806811
78.261429 | 19.16 | 44.23 | — | 2.65 | 2022 |
| Clearfield | Big Run (Fairview) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | West Branch Susquehanna River | 41.061111
78.200278 | 56.77 | — | — | 3.23 | 2022 |
| Clinton | Grass Flats Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Wistar Run | 41.268055
77.950279 | 40.50 | — | — | 1.93 | 2023 |
| Clinton | Moccasin Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Sinnemahoning Creek | 41.261111
77.931111 | 31.51 | — | — | 5.53 | 2023 |
| Clinton | Wistar Run | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Sinnemahoning Creek | 41.270832
77.943336 | 50.22 | — | — | 2.73 | 2023 |
| Lackawanna | Rush Brook | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Lackawanna River | 41.531389
75.541944 | 0.49 | 68.89 | — | 2.18 | 2023 |
| Lycoming | Grays Run | 1 | Headwaters to Grays Run Club Reservoir | Lycoming Creek | 41.420556
77.025556 | 24.68 | 47.38 | — | 4.23 | 2023 |
| Lycoming | Grays Run | 2 | Grays Run Club Reservoir to Tiadaghton State Forest boundary | Lycoming Creek | 41.420556
77.025556 | 3.87 | 46.04 | — | 0.36 | 2024 |
| Lycoming | UNT to Grays Run (RM 5.12) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Grays Run | 41.484552
77.028036 | 33.17 | 1.32 | — | 0.96 | 2023 |
| Potter | Ainsworth Brook | 1 | PA/NY state line to Mouth | Mundy Brook | 41.995410
77.816670 | 98.77 | — | — | 0.21 | 2021 |
| Potter | Borie Branch | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek | 41.651436
77.958672 | 19.10 | 30.99 | — | 4.59 | 2023 |
| Potter | Mundy Brook | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Genesee River | 41.983626
77.862426 | 5.69 | 87.43 | — | 5.82 | 2021 |
| Potter | Prouty Run | 1 | Headwaters to confluence of UNT to Prouty Run (RM 3.08) | First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek | 41.651112
77.958611 | 41.50 | 19.67 | — | 3.90 | 2023 |
| Potter | UNT to Prouty Run (RM 2.72) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Prouty Run | 41.659350
77.912460 | 65.12 | 6.24 | — | 0.97 | 2023 |
| Potter | UNT to Prouty Run (RM 3.08) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Prouty Run | 41.662926
77.908905 | 26.64 | 18.85 | — | 2.62 | 2023 |
| Potter | UNT to Prouty Run (RM 5.57) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Prouty Run | 41.694560
77.916950 | 57.08 | 2.37 | — | 1.20 | 2023 |
| Tioga | UNT to Mine Hole Run (RM 2.19) | 1 | Headwaters to Mouth | Mine Hole Run | 41.577060
77.434632 | 57.11 | — | — | 0.38 | 2022 |
Persons with comments, objections or suggestions concerning the classification of the streams listed may submit them 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. 24-1133. Filed for public inspection August 9, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
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