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NW PA FISHING REPORT for January 18, 2016

This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsor-
ship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing.
We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of Crawford, Erie,
Mercer and Venango counties?”

CRAWFORD COUNTY

Pymatuning Lake
Dave @ Richter’s Bait & Tackle; filed 1/18: “No safe ice on South End of Pymatuning yet;
maybe within the week if we don’t get a layer of insulating snow on top of thin ice. A cou-
ple local guys are catching a few walleyes in the Shenango River below Pymatuning Dam.
Also, a handful of anglers are drilling holes in the thin ice off the docks at Jamestown Liv-
ery; I hear the bite has slowed with only a few small panfish being caught.”

Patty @ Poff’s Tackle; filed 1/18: “Nothing to report. With no safe ice, not many fisher-
men are stopping by. A few guys have been hitting the Linesville Spillway; hit it right and
catch a few walleyes or crappies – but not numbers of fish.”

Sydney @ Robinson’s Bait; filed 1/18: “There’s about 3 inches of ice on the North End –
not safe for ice fishing. Hopefully by next weekend anglers can get out.”

RJ Graham (Tionesta); filed 1/16: “I checked Pymatuning today. No safe ice, so I drilled
holes off the docks at Jamestown Marina. I caught some small bluegills and perch – but
no crappies.”

Brandon Blystone; filed 1/16: “I fished from the docks at Jamestown Marina for several
days in early January. I caught mostly small panfish, but did get a couple nice crappies and
my first largemouth bass of 2016.” (See photos below)

1st bass 2016 for Brandon