Recent News

The Fairview Fish Cultural Station has released the 2019/2020 Steelhead Spawning Schedule. Collections take place at the mouth of Trout Run. Injections and spawning take place at the hatchery. Please call the hatchery at (814) 474-1514 for more information for each date.

Collection Injection Spawn
1. 11/12 11/13 11/20
2. 11/18 11/19 11/26
3. 12/9 12/9 12/11
4. 12/23 12/23 12/18
5. 1/7 1/7 1/8
6. 1/14 1/14 1/15
7. 1/27 1/27 2/5
If Needed
2/10 2/10 2/19

The PA Steelhead Association will hold their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on November 13, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. This months speaker will be Tim Wilson, the Fisheries Biologist for the PA Fish and Boat Commission. Tim is responsible for monitoring the Lake Erie Tributaries. He will discuss his responsibilities and the state of our fisheries.

Meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the second Wednesday of each month from August through April at the Millcreek American Legion Post 773, 4109 West 12th Street in Erie. The meeting is free and the public is invited to attend.

The S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie will hold their monthly meeting on November 18, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at the Polish Falcons Club, 431 E. 3rd Street, Erie, PA. The public is welcome to attend. Meetings are held on the fourth Monday of each month, except June, July, and August (when general membership does not meet). FishUSA will be speaking at this months meeting in regards to their top selling walleye lures.

The Northwest PA Chapter of Trout Unlimited will be holding their monthly meeting on September 19 at 7:00PM. The meeting will be held at Erie Elks Lodge at 2409 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16506. This month's meeting will have an election for the new slate of officers. You can find more information about this meeting here!

This is a reminder that starting December 1 and through April 30, the Yellow Perch minimum size is 7 inches. This differs from May 1 through November 30 where there is no limit. This 7 inch limit applies to any and all waters connected to Lake Erie, which includes both the tributaries, and the waters that flow into these tributaries.