Author: Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited

We hope your are enjoying the summer months and staying cool at the same time. We have had some weird weather but hopefully that is behind us. As always, we hope that you and your family / friends are able to get outside and enjoy everything that Mother Nature has to offer. Whether a vacation, picnic, fishing, boating or just sitting in your yard, enjoy this time because cold weather will be upon us before you know it.

The public is invited to a meeting of the Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter featuring Matthew Wilson, Director of the Freshwater Institute at Susquehanna University.  Prior to modern settlement, the Appalachian lowlands of the Susquehanna watershed were wet and swampy.  Beavers were very abundant, creating a complex network of ponds and braided channels, keeping cool groundwater at the surface and stream temperatures low.  This was the perfect habitat for the equally abundant Brook Trout.  As the land was settled, unregulated fur trapping virtually eliminated the beavers and clearcut logging created simplified, straightened streams with a reduced capacity to hold water during storms and supplement stream flows during droughts.  Using 15 years of data from Loyalsock, Pine and Kettle Creeks, Mr. Wilson will discuss ways that we can identify conservation priorities for native Brook Trout and how beavers can potentially be part of the solution to enhance watershed connectivity and mitigate the challenges of warming streams, acidic rainfall, more frequent flooding events and periods of drought.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 9^th at 7:00 pm at the Covenant Central Presbyterian Church, 807 W. 4^th Street, in Williamsport.  Parking and entrance to the Church is at the rear of the building with access off of Campbell Street. For more information, please see our website at https://susquehannatu.com.

NOTICES
FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION
Temporary Change to Fishing Regulations; Rose Valley Lake, Lycoming County
[55 Pa.B. 2404]
[Saturday, March 22, 2025]
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 temporarily modify fishing regulations at Rose Valley Lake, Lycoming County, in anticipation of a complete drawdown at the lake. The Executive Director is lifting all seasons, sizes and daily limits for all species. The Executive Director has found that this action is necessary and appropriate for the management of the fishery at this lake.
The Executive Director will cause these temporary modifications to fishing regulations to be posted in the vicinity of the lake and the modified regulations will be fully effective and enforceable when so posted. These temporary modifications will remain in effect until January 1, 2026, unless the Commission shall by then, by appropriate action, have approved the designation or redesignation of waters or shall have approved the revision of the regulation in question.
TIMOTHY D. SCHAEFFER,
Executive Director
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 25-404. Filed for public inspection March 21, 2025, 9:00 a.m.]

See the HHS Fly Fishing Club facebook page for more information. https://www.facebook.com/hhsflyfishingclub17737.

Meet at the high school parking lot.

The public is invited to a meeting of the Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter featuring former PA Fish & Boat Commission Executive Director, John Arway.  John will discuss his remarkable career of over 30 years with the PA Fish Commission, beginning as a Fisheries Biologist and culminating as Executive Director from 2010 – 2018.   Also in attendance will be PA Fish & Boat Commissioner Eric Hussar, who represents the 5^th District of PA, which includes Tioga, Lycoming, Bradford, Sullivan, Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties.  Mr. Hussar, along with Lycoming County Waterways Conservation Officer, Hunter Shoemaker, will offer a few updates at both the State and local level, as well as provide an opportunity for questions.

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 12^th at 7:00 pm at the Covenant Central Presbyterian Church, 807 W. 4^th Street, in Williamsport.  Parking and entrance to the Church is at the rear of the building with access off of Campbell Street.

The Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be holding a sale of donated fishing tackle on Saturday, March 22nd from 9 AM to 1 PM at the Covenant Central Presbyterian Church, 807 W 4^th St, Williamsport, PA.  Parking and entrance is at the rear of the Church.  Overflow parking is in the lot to the south of the church.  Enter off of Campbell Street.  Items include:

Quality fly rods and fly rod blanks (Diamondback, Sage, etc.), including spey rods and fly lines; a very large quantity of fly tying materials including quality necks, fur and feathers, hooks, beadheads, dubbing, tools, etc.; many useable and collectible spinning and bait casting rods, fly reels, spinning reels, and casting reels; boxes of trout flies and bass poppers, bass lures, jerkbaits, soft lures, spinners, jigs, hooks, lure building materials/supplies, lines, tackle boxes, nets, creels, vests, waders, decorator items, bumper mount surf rod holder, framed PA Trout Stamp Prints, Brown Trout mount, angling and hunting sporting art prints, many fishing books, and other items not mentioned. 

All items are priced to sell!  Raffle tickets will also be on sale with a drawing at the conclusion of the sale.  Proceeds will go towards our Service Partnership Program for Veterans and First Responders and the conservation and restoration of cold-water resources in our region.