Page 5 - Fishing Report 4-20-15

Ric@ Trout Run Bait; filed 4/19: “The Bay is fishing well. Crappie bite has been good in
Stink Hole and the Lagoons. Perch have been biting but you need to be on the right spot
to grab decent numbers of keepers. Browns and steelies have been hitting in the Bay;
boat trollers picking them up as well as dock fishermen. Smallmouth should show up
soon.”

Thomas Watral (Eire); filed 4/16: “Very large perch are hitting everywhere in the Bay. Hot
spots are South Pier and Borders Dock. Most perch are 12 to 14 inches, hitting Subiki
Rigs tipped with minnows. Pike and crappies are on fire in the Lagoons; best baits are
large spinners for pike and Mini Foo tipped with wax worm for crappies.”

Paul Stewart (Butler); filed 4/13: “Went shore fishing perch this past
Saturday at PIB. I was surprised the bay was ice free. But it was very
windy in the AM, settling down after lunch. We caught more small
perch than we could count, but about every 15th perch was a keep-
er. Ended up with 40 in the bucket between the two of us.” (See
photo)

RJ Graham (Tidioute); filed 4/12: “I fished PIB today instead of She-
nango Lake. I caught 24 largemouth bass on crankbaits. (See photo) Paul Stewart on PIB

Tributary Streams
Jeff @ Poor Richards; file 4/20: “The trib steelhead bite is slowing down. Anglers are still
getting a few steelheads on Elk Creek – mainly in the middle section. A few steelheads
are running into the mouth of Walnut in the early morning, but going back out. Some ac-
tion on steelheads at the mouth of Trout Run along the shoreline.”

Becky @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 4/20: “Everyone is catching stocked trout on Elk Creek.
There is only an occasional steelhead being caught. I had a report of big brown. That’s
about it from this weekend.”

Ric Gauriloff @ Trout Run Bait; filed 4/19: “Beautiful weather around these parts for the
weekend. Many stocked trout are being caught in Elk Creek and Gravel Pits. Steelheads
continue to be caught in the feeders. Elk and Crooked Creek are still giving up steelies.
Steelies have been on beds the past week, so shallow runs with gravel bottoms are pro-
ducing nice fish. Smallmouth bass are moving into Elk; anglers caught bass behind Uncle
Johns yesterday. In a week or so great smallmouth fishing should be on. Emerald shiners
were the number one bait this past week. Those using flashy jigs and streamers also did