Temporary Changes to Fishing Regulations; Mentored Youth Fishing Day Program [43 Pa.B. 7603]
[Saturday, December 28, 2013]The Executive Director of the Fish and Boat Commission (Commission), acting under the authority of 58 Pa. Code § 65.25 (relating to temporary changes to fishing regulations), has taken immediate action to allow individuals participating in the Mentored Youth Fishing Day Program to fish for trout on March 22, and April 5, 2014, beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 7:30 p.m., on waters designated by the Executive Director that are normally closed to trout fishing on those dates. To participate, anglers 16 years of age or older (adult anglers) must possess a valid Pennsylvania fishing license and current trout/salmon permit and be accompanied by a youth (less than 16 years of age) who has obtained a permit from the Commission. Youth anglers must obtain a permit from the Commission and be accompanied by an adult angler to participate.
The minimum size will be 7 inches; the creel limit will be 2 trout (combined species). Other Commonwealth inland regulations will apply. It is unlawful for adult anglers to fish in waters designated under the Mentored Youth Fishing Day Program without a valid fishing license and trout permit and without being accompanied by a youth who has a permit.
The waters included in the Mentored Youth Fishing Day Program on March 22, 2014, are:
County Water Berks Antietam Lake Berks Scotts Run Lake—French Creek State Park Bucks Levittown Lake Cumberland Children's Lake Cumberland Doubling Gap Lake—Colonel Denning State Park Dauphin Middletown Reservoir Lebanon Lions Lake Lehigh Lehigh Canal, Section 08 Montgomery Deep Creek Dam—Green Lane Park Perry Little Buffalo Lake—Little Buffalo State Park Schuylkill Locust Lake The waters included in the Mentored Youth Fishing Day Program on April 5, 2014, are:
County Water Allegheny North Park Lake Butler Harbar Acres Lake Cambria Lake Rowena Centre Cold Stream Dam Clearfield Janesville Dam Clearfield Parker Lake—Parker Dam State Park Columbia Briar Creek Lake Elk Twin Lakes Erie East and West Basin Ponds—Presque Isle State Park Erie Upper Gravel Pit Fayette Dunlap Creek Lake Fulton Cowans Gap Lake—Cowans Gap State Park Huntingdon Whipple Lake—Whipple Dam State Park Jefferson Cloe Lake Lackawanna Eston Wilson Lake Luzerne Lake Frances—Nescopeck State Park Lycoming Little Pine Lake McKean Hamlin Lake Mercer Buhl Lake Monroe Hidden Lake Pike Lily Pond Potter Lyman Run Reservoir—Lyman Run State Park Somerset Laurel Hill Lake—Laurel Hill State Park Tioga Hamilton Lake Union Halfway Lake—RB Winter State Park Warren Chapman Dam Reservoir—Chapman State Park Washington Canonsburg Lake Westmoreland Mammoth Lake Westmoreland Twin Lakes Number One Reservoir (Lower) The Executive Director will cause this temporary modification to fishing regulations to be posted in the vicinity of the affected waters and the modified regulation will be fully effective and enforceable. The Executive Director has found that this action is necessary and appropriate to conserve and preserve fishing opportunities.
This temporary modification will go into effect on January 1, 2014, and will remain in effect until the Commission, by appropriate action, amends its regulations to create a Mentored Youth Fishing Day Program. In the absence of such action, the temporary modification will expire on December 31, 2014.
JOHN A. ARWAY,
Executive Director[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-2453. Filed for public inspection December 27, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]
