06-02-2023, 03:15 PM
(06-01-2023, 09:28 PM)fishinfool Wrote: Has anyone fished Minersville. Looking for info for my dad. wondering how the fishing is good or bad.
Not sure if you saw this on the fly fishing board but it is the results of the gill net survey they did there earlier this year.
(03-31-2023, 06:02 PM)wormandbobber Wrote: Just a heads up...Minersville was gill netted on 3/30 and, though numbers are down, quite a few big fish are still there! In a typical/good year, gill nets yield at least 20 trout per net. This year gill nets averaged about 13 trout per net and about 1/3 of all the fish netted were 20+ inches.
Fishing this spring will undoubtedly be tougher simply because of the rising water (if the water muddies with runoff, it will even be tougher) and the availability of a lot of food for fewer fish. But, as the water drops and summer begins fishing will improve some. For me, the growth rates of the fish in there and the reality that quite a few fish are still in the reservoir means it's still worth fishing!
Also, FWIW, wiper numbers are similar to years past.