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Bill Cusick (Greenville); filed 1/8: “I caught an 18 inch walleye with a blade bait on Christ-
mas Eve down by Ackerman Island.”

Marilyn Black (Cochranton); filed 1/1: “On New Year’s Day, Darl and I caught our first fish
of 2016 in the Shenango River below Pymatuning Dam. Darl’s first fish was a tiny perch.
Mine was a tiny crappie. Once we pinpointed the exact current break holding fish, we
caught a number of small crappies on tiny jigs under a float – but none of the fish were big
enough to keep.” (See photos below)

Canadohta Lake
Jerry @ Timberland Bait & Tackle; filed 1/18: “The shop is closed for renovations, so I’m
not sure – but I don’t think we have safe ice on Canadohta yet. However, we will be hold-
ing our Canadohta Ice Fishing Tournament on February 13; go to our website for details.
We will not hold the Conneaut Lake Ice Tournament this winter, but plan to return with it
next winter.”

Sugar Lake
Janice @ Griffins Bait & Tackle; filed 1/18: “I’ve had reports from fishermen stopping for
bait this past weekend that Sugar Lake has 4 inches of good ice, and they are catching
small perch. I also have anglers stopping for shiners to fish for pike and walleye in French
Creek – although I’ve not heard back on success or not.”

ERIE COUNTY

Presque Isle Bay
Jim @ Lake Erie Bait & Tackle; filed 1/19: “Nothing to report in the last week. Ice isn’t safe
enough for fishing – too much insulating snow even though it is cold. No idea when it will
be safe…maybe by the weekend on Misery Bay.”

Darl Black (Cochranton); filed 1/10: “I drove up to PIB to meet Dave Lefebre to check on
his smallmouth bass success out on the lake while filming a pilot for his new TV show, and
to hopefully get a picture of a burbot. I scored on both. Dave and his crew caught 10 small-
mouth bass on grubs in deep water about 6 miles east of PIB – all fish were in the 3 to 4.5