Page 3 - Fishing Report 5-4-15

Angler Al’s Report for April 27-May 2: “I spent about 8 hours fishing French Creek and Sug-
ar Creek this week. I caught a total of 28 trout, 11 walleyes and 2 smallmouth bass. The
nicest fish of each species included a 25 inch brown trout, a 24 inch walleye and a 15 inch
smallmouth. Aside from a dozen or so trout I caught on wax worms or Rooster Tail Spin-
ners, the other fish took live creek bait. With my GoPro video camera, I captured many of
the catches. I used my pliers to remove hooks and never put a hand on any of the fish
thereby releasing them safely. The general consensus of anglers on the streams: the bite
has been good and there are lots of happy anglers.”

CRAWFORD COUNTY

Amelia Elizabeth Brendan Conlon RJ Graham

Pymatuning Lake
Sydney @ Robinson’s Bait; filed 5/4: “We had reports over the weekend of crappie and
perch being taken on the northern end of the lake with our exclusive Someday Isle Tackle
and our new locally made crappie rigs. Reports were coming from Red Cross and Harris Is-
land stump field – both by drifting and anchoring with a bobber. Walleye are still elusive,
but a few have been taken by anglers drifting from Red Cross to Tuttle Point. No news on
bass yet, but hopefully we will get some reports from the Kayak Anglers of Western PA this
coming weekend when they launch their tournament out of Wilson. We had a representa-
tive of GAMMA Line stop in on Sunday with his daughter, Amelia. We gave her a half doz-
en of our special kids-only Rosie Reds and she caught a crappie while her father was not so
lucky with regular fatheads. My daughter, Elizabeth, went out with my husband and
caught a nice bass. We will soon be carrying GAMMA Line in the shop.”

Patty @Poff’s Place; filed 5/4: “It was a pretty good weekend for fishing. Some anglers
were catching crappies in the Stumps; there were a number of black crappies weighing 1
pound and better in the PLA crappie tournament. And some customers caught walleyes on
Berkley Flicker Shad.

Laurie @ Duck-N-Drake; filed 5/4: “After a slow start to the season, the bite started to heat
up this past weekend. Anglers were catching large perch on minnows off the Andover