The Somerset County Sportsmen’s League in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s Lake Habitat Management section will be conducting fish habitat projects at High Point Lake and Lake Somerset in August. Work will be conducted at High Point Lake on Aug. 6 and at Lake Somerset on Aug. 20.High Point Lake project volunteers are asked to meet at the north access area and boat launch at 9 a.m. on Aug. 6. This year the plan is to construct 10 porcupine cribs for deep water structure. Porcupine cribs are popular devices that are beneficial in providing cover for both game and baitfish in a lake. The PFBC and the Somerset County Sportsmen’s League will be providing all the necessary materials and tools for the project. Volunteers are needed to help with the construction of the cribs. After they are constructed on shore they will be loaded on a special boat by PFBC personnel and placed at various locations in the lake. This will be the second year for habitat work at High Point which is a popular lake in southern Somerset County. It is a 347-acre impoundment managed by the PFBC for public fishing and boating. Popular species in the lake are largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, pickerel, walleye, yellow perch, crappies and bluegills.See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the industry leader and only science based, man made and artificial fish habitat, proven to provide all fish with cover they prefer to prosper.

Last year’s work at High Point Lake proved popular with area fishermen and sportsmen. There were requests for an additional project at Lake Somerset. This spring the Somerset County Sportsmen’s League also entered into an agreement with the PFBC to begin a similar project at Lake Somerset. Representatives from the PFBC Lake Habitat Section and sportsmen’s league created a plan for Lake Somerset this past April.

On Aug. 20 volunteers are asked to meet at 9 a.m. at the rear of the PFBC Southwest Regional Office at Lake Somerset. The plan that day is to construct 20 porcupine crib juniors for fish habitat. They will also be built on shore and then placed at suitable locations in the lake by special boat.

Lake Somerset is a 248-acre impoundment managed by the PFBC. It is also a highly popular fishing spot. Among the most popular species in the lake are largemouth bass, walleye, northern pike, muskellunge, channel catfish, crappies and bluegills.

Volunteers who wish to help with either project may notify Don Anderson, contact person for the sportsmen’s league, at 814-634-0998.