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Young girl helps with the trout stocking in Bowmanstown June 10th . Getting dark in Palmerton during June10th. This is the latest in the season LRSA has stocked in recent years but cool evenings last few days and rain brought river temperatures down where we needed them. Rainbows heading into the waters at Parryville June 10th. Above: board meeting from left: David Carl, Jim Scherer, Jim Albert (standing ?? and Colleen Miller), Bob Wescott (holding water quality probe), Matt MacConnell, Greg Gliwa, Tom GyoryStocking the River in Walnutport draws smiles from those on board. LRSA distributed another 1400 trout between Northampton and Slatington on Saturday May 8th, 2010. The forecast called for T-storms but we had a clear day. See you on Sunday May 23rd for another 1400 trout between Glen Onoko through Lehighton. John Snyder gets a good splash of fish water to the face on the way to the river in Walnutport on May 8, 2010 Above - putting out LRSA Stocking Location Signs. From left Greg Gliwa, Jim Albert, Tom Gyory and Matt MacConnell posting a sign at the Cementon Dam in Northampton. You should see these signs at all of our stocking locations. Hopefully this will help get the word out to those who want to support building the Lehigh River trout fishery.

Thanks to LRSA Sponsors!

• Please send in your sponsorship for 2010 - 100% of your donations are used for trout purchase and stocking while the LRSA conservation projects are fully financed by grants or targeted donations. The Lehigh River trout fishery is counting on your collective support. - Thank you!
  • Drift boat companies - Please do your part to support the LRSA through donations and referrals.
• Hold the date: LRSA Texas Hold'em Poker tournament - SEPT 11th at Grouse Hall in (Levans Road in Coplay)

LRSA Stocks Trophy Trout

Thanks to your generous sponsorships. See happy fisherman below with their trophies.

Paul Koutch landed this 28", 10.6 lb Rainbow between Parryville and Bowmanstown.Greg Kovach from Lehighton with son Owen who was with dad when this 15 lb 12 Oz rainbow was caught in Parryville, a new record!

Below - Long time LRSA sponsor Bill Pastucha of Summit Hill lands this 27", 10 lb-4 oz Rainbow lunker on live minnow bait in Parryville on April 24, 2010. This massive fish was tagged and released in the Parryville area 2 weeks earlier by LRSA (photo by Tom Parambo also from Summit Hill)

Jake Patton with 26" rainbow at TriechlersKen Mack with Rainbow in BowmanstownIn-Season Stocking recap . Below: Wayne Kern with a 29", 13 lb LRSA rainbow caught in Parryville on a minnow.

• 2010 STOCKING RECAP:
• Saturday May 8th Successfull - Truck 1: 9am @ Northampton Pavillion (off Canal Street below Cementon dam); Truck 2: 9am @ Walnutport Main St Bridge
• Sunday May 23rd - Truck 1: 9am @ Glen Onoko; Truck 2: 9am @ Lehighton at Dunbar Beverage parking lot.
• Thursday June 10th - 1 truck: 7:45pm at Parryville Rockhill parking area (did Parryville, Bowmanstown and Palmerton).Parryville, Bowmanstown and Palmerton were stocked the evening of June 10th. Nice average 13" rainbows, some browns, some 17 inchers. Water temperature was about 66 deg F but the fish seemed to do fine.
• 2010 Pre-Season (one week ahead of dual openers) Trout Stocking Big Success! -
  • Lower section - March 27 at 9am LRSA stocked from Northampton Pavillion up to the dam, Laureys Station and Treichlers with average 15" Rainbow and Brown trout, average 12 inch Brook trout. Beautiful fish, great color. Thanks to those who came out to help out. Pictures will be available in a couple days.all the way up to Slatington. The 2nd Truck 2 met @ Walnutport Main St bridge at 9am and stocked Slatington and Walnutport also with 15" average Rbow and Brown and 12" avg Brookies. BONUS - 6 20+ inch Browns were stocked in both the Triechlers/Lauries and in the Walnutport/Slatington areas! A couple examples at left.
  • Upper Section - April 10, got to the Glen a little early (~8:35) sorry about that! Stocked 4-16 inch brown and bows, 12" brookies from the Glen, through Jim Thorpe (at access area by parking lot and up above the gate about 1/2 mile), then down along the Packerton stretch then finished up at Packerton. 4 or 5 big fish (25+ bow and brown) released. 2nd truck met at Parryville about 8:45 and stocked behind Rock Hill and at the confluence with Pohopoco, then Bowmanstown 895 bridge, then new boat ramp (East Penn pool). New this year we traveled down the D&L trail on the west bank all the way down to 873. Lots more access to prime river which is normally hard to get to with 248 traffic. Lots of help at both trucks. Thanks everyone enjoy!!
  • We did tag about 6 fish in each area. If you catch a tagged fish, please contact LRSA with: species, date and place caught, whether fish was released, the lure used. We will enter the tag numbers into a drawing at the June meeting and will draw donated prizes (tbd).

Please fill out the Anglers Log to record how your fishing went and mail to PFBC. Download the form, this will help build the case for how great the trout fishery is and hopefully, eventually, the PFBC will begin to stock trout in Lehigh Section 7.

• Army Corp FEW Flow Plan Public Meeting held February 18th in Whitehaven - LRSA was there to represent our interests.
• The next LRSA meeting will be at the VFW in Walnutport at 8 pm on February 22nd. Please come over and support the cause.
• The fish passage study for Parryville dam is nearly complete and the flow monitoring system is installed and operational at the Lausanne Tunnel discharge in Jim Thorpe (the largest point source of mine drainage pollution). More on this soon. Note that the Conservation and Water quality program is 100% funded by grants from local foundations and companies. Our trout stocking program depends on you for donations, while our conservation programs rely on successful grant requests.

Above left - Kurt Gustafson (Lehighton) and family enjoy the trout stocking experience. Above, Kurt delivers a 28" rainbow in the Packerton area. Below, a hearty bunch of sponsors moving fish at Dunbar's beach in Lehighton. Above left, nice brown's get released at Lauries Station. At left lunker brown goes in at Packerton dip. Above angler Shane Becker releases a monster LRSA lunker in the Palmerton area. Below, Sponsors help delivery a load of trout to Glen Onoko pool.Below - Norm Green (Lehighton) and Beano's son lugging trout at Dunbars in Lehighton. Below left, Norm shows the younger folks how it is done.

2010 Spring Drawing Winners:

• Sonny Allenbach, Schwanksville - $100
• Dale Fosbenner, Coopersburg - $25
• Marty Williams, New Philadelphia - $25
• Ed and Jody Nestor, Slatington - $25
• John Croman, Doylestown - $50
• Jim Belzner, Andreas - $50
• Ben Martnick, Catasauqua - $25
• Tom Zukovich, Schnecksville - $25
• William Getz, Jim Thorpe - $25
• Steve Nierer, Trexlertown - $100
• Thanks everyone!