275 Additions to list of class A wild trout waters

FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION

Additions to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters

[39 Pa.B. 914]
[Saturday, February 14, 2009]

   The Fish and Boat Commission (Commission) has approved additions to the list of Class A Wild Trout Waters as set forth at 38 Pa. B. 6824 (December 13, 2008). During recent surveys, Commission staff documented the following stream sections to have Class A Wild Trout populations (ST=Brook Trout, BT=Brown Trout). The Commission added these waters to its list of Class A Wild Trout Streams at its meeting on January 30, 2009.

County	Stream	Limits	Brook Trout (kg/ha)	Brown Trout (kg/ha)	Length (miles)
Schuylkill	UNT to Little Schuylkill River	Headwaters at spring fed pond to mouth	35.92		0.81
Potter	Cross Fork	Confluence with Rhulo Hollow/Bear Trap Lodge downstream to confluence with Windfall Run	17.05 (2005) 18.6 (2006) 33.58 (2007)	37.67 (2005) 34.94 (2006) 64.7 (2007)	1.83
Luzerne	Phillips Creek Sec 01	Headwaters to Route 118	ST 46.01		1.80
Luzerne	Phillips Creek Sec 02	Route 118 to mouth	ST 22.59 BT 28.14		3.16
Luzerne	Kitchen Creek Sec 01	Confluence Ganoga Glen/Glen Leigh to Shedy Hill Road (T 559)	ST 47.12		4.15
Luzerne	Crooked Creek	Headwaters to mouth	ST 41.06		1.80
Luzerne	Maple Run Sec 01	Headwaters to pipeline crossing	ST 90.37		2.42
Luzerne	Wasp Branch	Headwaters to mouth	ST 45.98		1.74

   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 and to conserve that resource and the angling that it provides. Class A wild trout populations represent the best of this Commonwealth's naturally reproducing trout fisheries. The Commission manages these stream sections for wild trout with no stocking.

DOUGLAS J. AUSTEN, Ph.D.,   
Executive Director

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-275. Filed for public inspection February 13, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]