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Allegheny River
Editor’s Note: The middle Allegheny remains high and muddy with ice sheets pushed up along
shoreline in many areas; ice blockage still in place below Foxburg.

Jeff Knapp @ Keystone Guide Service; filed 1-14: I have not been on the Allegheny since a cou-
ple days prior to Christmas for obvious reasons: extreme cold
and an iced-up river. During late December guide trips, we did
well on Pool 6 of the Allegheny, catching dozens of walleyes
(many sub-legal ‘eyes in the mix) and some nice yellow perch.
Most of the fish came on leadhead jigs tipped with Gulp Alive
minnows, and some on blade blades. The recent heavy rain
and snow melt flushed ice from the river. Lots of water to

drain from flood control lakes. I’m hoping to be back on the
river after things settle down. The included photo is Sid Brown
with a typical Pool 6 Allegheny walleye taken the week before Christmas.

Steve Udick (Oil City); filed 1-14: This was my Christmas present to my-
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self on the afternoon of December 24 . I knew the weather was
changing and this would be the last day of open water; caught this nice

18+ inch smallie for a present. I had not caught a bass since Nov 29
which was when the river temp dropped to 33 degrees. I’m not an ice
fisherman, so I’m done until we get a warm up.

Steve’s last bass of 2017

Dave Lefebre photo on PIB