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VENANGO COUNTY

Sugar Creek
Angler Al (Franklin); filed 1-20: The temperature warmed. Today was my initial
attempt to catch my first fish of 2018. I planned to go to a particular native
trout stream which feeds Sugar Creek. Glad I did – it turned out to be one very

impressive outing for a January day. Five brown trout and one rainbow aggres-
sively hit pieces of nightcrawler. All fish were healthy, displaying vibrant colors.
All released! (See photos on right)

On my way to the tributary, I saw a truck parked at a popular Sugar Creek
hole. I stopped by to chat. Turned out to be two men I went to school with –
Chris and Ron Graham from Sugarcreek. Chris had caught a 21 inch brown for

his first fish of 2018 and Ron had an 18-inch brown for his second fish. They
also practice catch & release! (See photos in Livewell)

Allegheny River
Jeff @ KeystoneConnection.com; filed 2-14: Nothing to report. All of the river
ramps I’ve checked are either buried under sheets of ice or are snow covered.
Forecast warm weather and rain should take care of the snow. Hope to be on

the river soon.

Kris Miller (Franklin); filed 2-4: Kris Miller and friend Roger Jenkins have been having a grand ice
fishing season with some grand toothy critter fish! They have caught a number of muskies by ice
fishing slack backwater pools on the river – from Tionesta to Franklin. They catch their own bait
– including crappies, shad and large river chubs. “Readers need to know that like the summer

saying Musky is a Fish of a 1,000 casts, and in the winter the percentage is even lower due to