Kinzua- electrofishing Results and Habitat Improvements

I received this information from Brent Pence, Fisheries Biologist with the Allegheny National Forest. The following documents contain electrofishing data for 1998 through 2000. They also contain Fish Habitat Improvements in the Allegheny Reservoir from 1991 through 2001.

All of this habitat has been constructed and set in place by the Kinzua Fish & Wildlife Association in partnership with personnel  from the Allegheny National Forest, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Kinzua Dam, our habitat partners from New York state, and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.  In addition, local boy scout groups have completed several projects.

For links to any of the above organizations, click here.

Scroll down for Electrofishing results. 

Some of the abbreviations you will be seeing are;

YOY= young-of-year

CPUE=*Catch Per Unit of Effort - The number of fish caught in one hour of sampling. If sampling for periods less than one hour, the actual number of fish caught is projected to a one hour sampling rate. For example, 10 fish caught in 20 minutes (1/3 hour) yields a CPUE of 30.

Jrs.= porcupine crib juniors

P.Cribs=porcupine cribs

BSN=bass nesting structures

C. Trees=Christmas trees

1998

ALLEGHENY RESERVOIR FISH STRUCTURE ELECTROFISHING STUDIES

AUGUST 3-4, 1998

MSL = 1324.6'

Target species include panfish (yellow perch, bluegill, pumpkinseeds, bullheads, crappie), largemouth bass, and YOY northern pike, walleye, and muskellunge.

YOY= young-of-year

CPUE=*Catch Per Unit of Effort - The number of fish caught in one hour of sampling. If sampling for periods less than one hour, the actual number of fish caught is projected to a one hour sampling rate. For example, 10 fish caught in 20 minutes (1/3 hour) yields a CPUE of 30.

Jrs.= porcupine crib juniors

P.Cribs=porcupine cribs

BSN=bass nesting structures

C. Trees=Christmas trees

 *  There are two different sets of porcupine cribs located at Red Bridge.  Those closest to the SR 321 bridge are so labeled.

1999

ALLEGHENY RESERVOIR CHRISTMAS TREE REEF ELECTROFISHING STUDIES

AUGUST 3, 1999

MSL = 1320.5'

Target species include panfish (yellow perch, bluegill, pumpkinseeds, bullheads, crappie), largemouth bass, and YOY northern pike, walleye, and muskellunge.

YOY= young-of-year

CPUE=*Catch Per Unit of Effort - The number of fish caught in one hour of sampling. If sampling for periods less than one hour, the actual number of fish caught is projected to a one hour sampling rate. For example, 10 fish caught in 20 minutes (1/3 hour) yields a CPUE of 30.