FourthMile Creek, Erie PA

[Andrushkin33]

Talking about going trout hunting.

Obviously NJ waters still hold plenty of trout and there are some lurkers out there but hey why make it easy and fish those waters when you can just pack a car and drive 8 hours to PA for some.

Left my work, threw some gear and off to Eire PA we went. 8 hours and 2 bottles of whiskey later we were on the hunting grounds. Quickly got all the goodies we need at Poor Richards Bait and Tackle and to the creek we went. Almost no one there and literally creek was stacked with fish upon fish. Every hole held close to 30 fish and with clarity of water being crystal clear it was a sight to behold. All shapes and sizes were present. For almost 3 hours we threw everything at them with nothing to show for it. Fish wanted nothing to do with assortment of flies, worms and live bait that was thrown under its nose.

But it didn't last. 4 hours later with a rain on the horizon wax worms started to produce with 3 bows hooked within mere minutes. Having got my limit proceeded with messing around for another good couple of hours with additional 15 landed and released. Fishing was nothing short of spectacular.

That was Saturday and on Sunday was back at it. Got to stream at 6am and limited out by 6:30am on flies. With rain falling overnight water lever rose a bit and was able to find even more fish in the spots upstream. Just floating the fly down produced quickly and easy.

Beautiful place to be and one of the cleanest streams I ever fished both in water clarity and surroundings.

Andre