Page 3 - Fishing Report 4-20-15

moving up from deeper water on the section of the lake south of the Andover Causeway.
Hooker’s Fishing Taxi is rigged and ready to fish.”

Laurie @ Duck-N-Drake; filed 4/20: “It has been quiet the last few days. Perch are hitting
all over the lake, and the crappie bite is picking up in the Stumps as well as bays in the mid
-section of the lake. And there a lot of anglers wading in the evening on the shallow points
throwing long minnow plugs or a jig-n-minnow.”

Cathy @ Poff’s Bait & Tackle; filed 4/20: “I’m hearing reports of a few walleyes taken by
customers. But most talk is about big crappies and big perch.”

Sydney @ Robinson’s Bait; filed 4/20: “The word from the North End of Pymatuning is fan-
tastic! Walleye and perch are being caught at Red Cross and Harris Island Stumps on fat-
heads and some on crawlers. The word is crappies are hitting in about 6 feet of water on
minnows. Bluegills are also starting to be caught in numbers around Red Cross area. Jo-
seph Boyle caught a 4.5 pound catfish on Saturday (picture in Livewell) – his first of the
year. No word on bass yet. We had many stories of trout being taken Saturday at Conneaut
Creek. We have done some major remodeling hits winter and now have a tank on the wall
filled with Pymatuning Native fish residing it – stop by and see it!”

Brian @ Espyville Marina; filed 4/17: “We are open and renting pontoons! The tackle store
here has been selling out on ¼-ounce VIB-E for jigging. Hot-N-Tots are selling well, too.
The crappie bite in the shallow water up North has been good. Angie Fitzpatrick caught a
15-1/4 inch Black Crappie on minnow from the fishing dock at Linesville Marina on Thurs-
day.” (See Livewell)

Dean (Pittsburgh); filed 4/15: “I stayed at the cabins and fished Pymatuning from April 10
to the 14. One thing for sure – next year couple years will be great for crappie and bluegill.
We caught a ton of little guys. Strange spring for big crappies…by the 14th the surface temp
was 60 degrees in the shallow bays but no concentration of keep crappies (over 10 inches)
for us. However, a handful of keepers went around 2 pounds. (See photo in Livewell)

Woodcock Creek
Jeff Reichel (Meadville); filed 4/11: “Jacob and I took advantage of the Mentored Youth
Trout Day and fished Woodcock Creek near Saegertown. Jacob caught his first ever trout –
a rainbow. We caught and released 4 trout in total and long line released several others.
Most fish hit Rooster Tail spinners. The brown trout in the photo was the only one taken
on a woolybugger with the fly rod. All in all, a good day on the creek.” (See Livewell)