PA Water Resources – Deer Creek

Deer Creek is a stocked trout stream in Allegheny County in Pennsylvania. The stream has been deemed by the PFBC as a Delayed Harvest stream, Artifical Lures only.  Pennsylvania classifies Delayed Harvest as:

• Open to fishing year-round.
• Fishing is permitted on a 24-hour basis.
• Minimum size – 9 inches, caught on, or in possession on, the waters under these regulations from one hour before sunrise on June 15 to one hour after sunset on Labor Day.
• The daily creel limit is three trout (combined species) from June 15 through Labor Day, caught on or in possession on the waters under these regulations. From the day after Labor Day until June 15, the daily creel limit is zero.
• Fishing may be done with artificial lures only constructed of metal, plastic, rubber or wood, or with flies and streamers constructed of natural or synthetic materials. All such lures may be used with spinning or fly fishing gear.
• Taking baitfish or fishbait is prohibited.
• An angler in a boat may possess bait and fish caught in compliance with the seasons, sizes and creel limits in effect for a water from which it was taken, provided that the boat angler floats through the Delayed Harvest, Artificial Lures Only area without stopping or engaging in the act of fishing or the boat angler puts in or takes out his boat at an access point within the Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only area.
• A current trout/salmon permit (or Combination Trout/Salmon/Lake Erie permit) is required.

Deer Creek is one of two Streams in Allegheny County that gets a Fall Stocking (2019).  The stream is located near Narcisi Winery and as a note, you cannot park in that winery lot. There is a sign on the property stating this.

There is access to the stream near the Rose Ridge Golf Course and along route 910.  The Creek is stocked 1.9 miles; from the SR 0910 Bridge at T-678 intersection downstream to the lower boundary of Rose Ridge Golf Course. Fish will make there way down to the river eventually.

Due to PA limited fall stockings in streams, the creek can be reasonably high pressure from fishermen.  The Creek has a decent flow and a nice waterway for fly fishermen due to overhead clearance.

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