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Yough Lake

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Youghiogheny River

Trout fishing on the Yough is made possible by the release of cold water from the Youghiogheny Reservoir Dam near Confluence. Fishermen on stretches of the Middle Yough have recorded catches of 20-25 inch trout. Other fish that can be caught include bass, carp, muskellunge, panfish and walleye.

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Youghiogheny River Lake

Spanning the Mason-Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland lies Youghiogheny River Lake. Experience the clean waters, mountains and steep-sided valleys that provide wonderful outdoor recreation opportunities.

Fishermen love the numerous coves and backwater areas along the lake. Inhabited by a large variety of game and panfish, the lake is especially known as a hotspot for walleye and smallmouth bass. The tail waters of the dam are very popular for trout fishing. Yough Lake's outflow area is one of the few areas in Pennsylvania open for trout fishing year round (except for the two weeks immediately preceding Opening Day) and is stocked by the Fish and Boat Commission on a regular basis throughout the spring and summer.

The average depth of the lake is about 54 feet and the maximum depth is about 121 feet.

Fishing supplies are available through concessionaires located at the lake.

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The Confluence area offers many other excellent fishing opportunities. Streams stocked with rainbow, brown and brook trout include Laurel Hill Creek, Whites Creek, and McClintock Run.

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Youghiogheny river and Laurel Hill Creek

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Cage Culture Nursery

Chestnut Ridge members raise more than 9,000 trophy size brook, brown and rainbow trout each year in the chapter’s unique “cage-culture” nursery . Living their entire lives in the cold clean water of the Youghiogheny tailrace, Chestnut Ridge’s trout grow healthy and big before their release in the Youghiogheny River and its tributaries including Meadow Run, Dunbar Creek and Laurel Hill Creek. Chapter-raised trout also provide excitement at youth outings and clinics across the region. The nursery is the first of its kind in Pennsylvania.  It is patterned after the nursery owned by the state of Maryland at the Jennings Randolph facility on the North fork of the Potomic River.  We have the capacity to raise 11,000 trout.  The chapter receives fingerling trout from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat commission in July of each year.  Due to the success of our nursery, it has been written about in two nationally published articles.
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Spawning Beds

At present it has been determined that there are no naturally reproducing trout in the Youghiogheny River.  In an effort to try to establish a natural reproduction of native trout, the chapter has placed 26 ton of gravel suitable for spawning in the outflow area of the Youghiogheny Tailraces.  We have determined that over the past year trout that have been released from our nursery down river tended to migrate back to the nursery in the fall.  We felt that the only thing that stopped these trout from reproducing was adequate gravel.

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