Yearly Archives: 2011

112 posts

One Bit of Housekeeping You Should Know About…

Fishing News

Please note that in August and again in September this site was hacked due to a vulnerability on the blogging platform on which this site runs. This vulnerability has been fixed and this site was taken down and completely reinstalled. Google reported this site as having been infected as recently as this past weekend but they were apparently using a cached version of the site that was cached just before we cleaned and reinstalled everything.

This kind of thing is frustrating beyond belief. Obviously, I hope this does not happen again.

Please — if you ever get a warning when you visit this site (from Google, Firefox, etc.), send an email to admin at brooktroutfishingguide.com alerting me and I will investigate. Hopefully we’ve resolved this and hopefully this popular blogging platform is now secure enough to let us continue operating.

Thanks for your understanding and continued support.

Maryland Trout Stocking Schedule Oct 7 2011

Fishing News

Looks like (as well as Virginia) Maryland has also stocked some more trout streams since our last trout stocking report. Info below…

 

 

County Location Date Map
Garrett Glades Park Pond (Youth & Blind Only) Oct 7 GO >
Garrett Youghioheny River, Oakland Section Oct 7 GO >
Garrett Youghioheny River, Catch & Return Section Oct 7 GO >
Garrett Youghiogheny River, Delayed Harvest Section Oct 7 GO >
Garrett Youghiogheny River, Friendsville Section Oct 7 GO >
Allegany Lake Habeeb (Rocky Gap) Oct 7 GO >
Carroll South Branch Patapsco River Upper Section Oct 7 GO >
Baltimore Patapsco River, Avalon Oct 7 GO >
Baltimore Patapsco River, Daniels (2 Fish/Day) Oct 7 GO >
Allegany North Branch Potomac River, Lower Catch & Release Section
(1000 Rainbows)		 Oct 6 GO >
Washington Blairs Valley Lake
(500 Rainbows/Goldens)		 Oct 6 GO >
Washington Greenbrier Lake
(500 Rainbows/Goldens)		 Oct 6 GO >
Garrett Savage River Oct 5 GO >
Garrett Bear Creek Oct 5 GO >
Garrett North Branch Potomac River, Delayed Harvest Area Oct 5 GO >
Carroll Piney Run Reservoir Oct 5 GO >
Howard Centennial Lake Oct 5 GO >
Garrett North Branch Potomac River, Upper Catch & Release Section Oct 4 GO >
Garrett Parkview Pond (Youth & Blind Only) Oct 4 GO >
Allegany Cotton Cove Pond Oct 4 GO >
Allegany Lions Park Pond (Youth, Blind & Seniors Only) Oct 4 GO >
Garrett North Branch Potomac River – Barnum Oct 3 (1000 Rainbows) GO >
Howard Little Patuxent River (2 Fish/Day) Sep 29 GO >
Howard Middle Patuxent River, Delayed Harvest Area Sep 29 GO >
Howard/Baltimore Patapsco River at Daniels (2 Fish/Day) Sep 22 GO >
Howard Little Patuxent River (2 Fish/Day) Sep 22 GO >

Virginia Trout Stocking Schedule Oct 7 2011

Fishing News
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

An update from last week’s trout stocking schedule post — the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has stocked several more streams, info below.

 

 

 

Augusta Co.
South River (Ridgeview Park) (10/05)
South River (Delayed Harvest) (10/05)
Bath Co.
Back Creek (10/06)
Back Creek (Delayed Harvest) (10/06)
Jackson River (Rte. 623) (10/01)
Jackson River (Hidden Valley) (10/03)
Buchanan Co.
Dismal River (10/06)
Craig Co.
Potts Creek (10/01)
Floyd Co.
Burkes Fork (10/05)
Fluvanna Co.
Hardware River (Delayed Harvest) (10/06)
Franklin Co.
Pigg River (10/07) (For Kids Day on Saturday)
Giles Co.
Wolf Creek (10/04)
Henry Co.
Smith River (Lower) (10/03)
Madison Co.
Robinson River (10/05)
Nelson Co.
Tye River (10/03)
Page Co.
Hawksbill Creek (10/07)
Roanoke Co.
Roanoke River (Salem) (10/05)
Rockingham Co.
South River (Grottoes) (10/05)
Russell Co.
Big Cedar Creek (10/04)
Scott Co.
Bark Camp Lake (10/04)
Smyth Co.
South Fork Holston River (Buller Dam) (10/06)
Wythe Co.
Cripple Creek (Ravens) (10/07)

Shenandoah National Park Fall Foliage

Fishing News
Autumn Leaves 2010

If you’re thinking about combining a hike, taking in some fall foliage and of course maybe dapping a dry fly on a stream in Shenandoah National Park, be sure to check out the National Park Service’s fall colors report (updated weekly) and their leaf color cam (updated throughout the day). The image you see on the cam looks like a panorama from Skyline Drive. The image on the right is mine, from the Appalachian Trail almost a year ago.

It’s On – Virginia Trout Stocking Schedule Oct 5 2011

Fishing News
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Time for the fall trout stocking program in Virginia to begin again. And it already has.

Note the South River, near Waynesboro, Virginia. I spoke to one of the owners of the relatively new South River Fly Shop at the Rapidan Trout Unlimited chapter‘s fly fishing show this past February (see also the fly shop’s fishing conditions report). He had a lot to say about the South River’s comeback and I had meant to get down there this year to fish but have not. Yet. According to the fly shop’s fishing conditions report, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries “stocked the 4.5 mile Special Regulations Area in Lyndhurst yesterday (September 26th). 10,000 brown trout were stocked, with sizes mostly from 6-8″, but some fish approaching 12″ were included.” This may be one of the items below from the VDGIF’s fish stocking report, but for a different date, interestingly.

 


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Augusta Co.
South River (Ridgeview Park) (10/05)
South River (Delayed Harvest) (10/05)
Bath Co.
Jackson River (Rte. 623) (10/01)
Jackson River (Hidden Valley) (10/03)
Craig Co.
Potts Creek (10/01)
Floyd Co.
Burkes Fork (10/05)
Giles Co.
Wolf Creek (10/04)
Henry Co.
Smith River (Lower) (10/03)
Madison Co.
Robinson River (10/05)
Nelson Co.
Tye River (10/03)
Roanoke Co.
Roanoke River (Salem) (10/05)
Rockingham Co.
South River (Grottoes) (10/05)
Russell Co.
Big Cedar Creek (10/04)
Scott Co.
Bark Camp Lake (10/04)

Maryland Trout Stocking Schedule September 29 2011

Fishing News

Caught me off guard — Maryland just began its fall trout stocking program last week. It’s that time of year. The brook trout will soon be spawning but you can still get your trout fishing fix in the stocked streams throughout the east coast.

 

Howard Little Patuxent River (2 Fish/Day) Sep 29 GO >
Howard Middle Patuxent River, Delayed Harvest Area Sep 29 GO >
Howard/Baltimore Patapsco River at Daniels (2 Fish/Day) Sep 22 GO >
Howard Little Patuxent River (2 Fish/Day) Sep 22 GO >

 

 

Orvis News: Bringing Back the Salters

Conservation
Salter - Sea Run Brook Trout

The salters? Yes, the saltaahs! An update from Orvis News about efforts to restore sea going brook trout (aka. “salters” that’s right) on Red Brook, a 4.5 mile spring creek that feeds into Buttermilk Bay on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

The Sea Run Brook Trout Coalition as well as Trout Unlimited are leading this effort. These sea run native brookies are hanging on thanks to these organizations.

Good stuff.

Menhaden – Take Action Now

Conservation Fishing News
Fish Boat - Menhaden

Menhaden Defenders has a campaign to stop the over-harvesting of this important species of fish. How important? The most important fish in the sea — remember that book? Stocks of menhaden have declined alarmingly in the past 25 years. They are harvested for uses such as Omega-3 oil supplements and oil based paint. Atlantic menhaden also happen to be a primary forage fish for a number of species of game fish such as stripers (or rockfish for you Mid-Atlantic residents) and bluefish.

Go here to take action to stop overfishing of menhaden. You can use the text they offer or paste the slightly corrected version below into their online form:

 

Dear ASMFC Commissioner,

I am deeply concerned that the Atlantic menhaden stock is at an all time low that that the latest stock assessment found that overfishing is occurring. Atlantic menhaden are vital to the Mid-Atlantic marine ecosystem, and this fishery should be managed with the utmost care.  Therefore, I respectfully request that you:

1) Establish the first ever coast-wide cap on the menhaden fishery for the 2012 season.  This quota should be based on an target of 30% of the Maximum Spawning Potential—i.e. 30% of the mature fish in an “unfished” stock must be left in the water—with a corresponding overfishing threshold of 15% MSP
2) Require appropriate monitoring and enforcement measures to avoid fishing over that cap
3) Move quickly to manage the species on an ecosystems basis, accounting for the critical forage role that menhaden play.

Thank you for considering my views.