My friend, Dana Gould invited me as a guest to explore a section of Yellow Creek (Indiana County) at the Yellow Creek Trout Club property. We were there for a hike and not to fish. Due to hot temperatures and low water the trout population was in a stressed state. We saw one trout. We feared the conditions may have caused a die-off. However, we did see bass; bluegills; carp and one muskie. These specie can with stand warmer water temperatures.
The hiking was superb. The day was perfect! We walked the club property and ended at the Yellow Creek Dam and spillway. The water was low. We actually walked up and over the spillway. We saw many deer and two wood ducks. We found cub bear tracks and a rare native flower known as the closed or bottled gentian. A beautiful blue flower.
Closed or Bottled Gentian
Other sites were the many water snakes among the rocks normally covered with water. Crayfish were numerous in the small pockets of water. One interesting site was a beech tree clawed into by a bear in times past.
Dana while watching me trying to photograph the wood ducks looked against a log and discovered two fishing outfits and a tackle box. They were hidden some time ago since bait fishing isn’t allowed. Apparently the person became fearful of being caught and “ditched the gear!”
Dana Gould
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