Fishing changes likely at Lake Pleasant, Penn’s and Bald Eagle creeks
The state Fish and Boat Commission is expected to finalize plans next week to ban the use of any fish, live or dead with the exception of salted minnows, as bait in Lake Pleasant, a springfed 61-acre glacial waterway in Erie County. The action is intended to help protect the lake from invasive species unintentionally introduced by anglers. Fish and Boat’s next board meeting is Monday and Tuesday.
Parts of Bald Eagle Creek in Centre County will be regulated for year-round alltackle fishing with no harvest from the day after Labor Daythrough June 14.
Also on the meeting agenda, the board is scheduled to open parts of Penn’s Creek, an internationally famous trout fishery in Centre and Mifflin counties, to yearround all-tackle fishing with no harvest from Labor Day throughApril 17.
Steelhead flies
There’s still time to register for steelhead fly-tying clinics managed by the Community College of Allegheny County. Separate meetings of Tying Great Lakes Steelhead Flies classes are scheduled for Oct. 24 and 31. Clinics will focus on different patterns, and completion of one class is not required to take another. Classes will be taught by instructors from Days on the Water. Register and pay online at shopcommuni-tyed. or 412-788-7546. Send questions to daysonthewaterflyfish@gmail.com.
Say you Dew
Looking for new hunting grounds? A national soda manufacturer can put your party in a cabin for a week at Oil Creek State Park. Winners of Mountain Dew’s Recharge Retreat will stay in the cabin Nov. 29-Dec. 5 with a regional travel guide and a refrigerator filled with a particular nonalcoholic beverage. Plus, Mountain Dew will donate $10,000 to the Wounded Heroes Hunting Camp program.
The promotion runs through Oct. 27. Learn more at DewRechargeRetreat.com.