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MERCER COUNTY
Lake Wilhelm
Vickie @ Fergies Bait; filed 5/2: “Finally the crappies have turned
on! On Saturday one fellow stopped in with 40 really nice crappies.
Early in the week, a group out on a pontoon boat caught 100 crap-
pies. All the action seems in the upper end of the lake from the
causeway up into the electric motor only area. Shore anglers are
catching crappies in 2 to 3 feet around cover.” Shore anglers at Wilhelm
Shenango River Lake
Mike @ CDS; filed 5/2: “Most of our customers are out turkey hunting this past week,
but there was a crappie tournament on Shenango Lake over the weekend. I fished it with
about 20 other teams. We caught our 20 fish tournament limit in 11 to 14 feet of water
in a bay with live minnows. The winners had 20 lbs. 11 oz. for 20 crappies; the tourna-
ment lunker was 1.2 pounds. Guys also caught white bass, catfish and at least one musky
and one pike.”
Drew @ 5 Points Country Store; filed 5/2: “The weather messed up any plans anglers
had for the weekend. I didn’t hear from any customers about success on Shenango.”
VENANGO COUNTY
Bill @ Griffin’s Bait; filed 5/2: “We picked up a new local vendor – Rage
Tackle. Rage Tackle is located in Oil City and offers a va-
riety of products including sonars with matching spinner
blades, bottom bouncers, tube jigs, tube jig heads,
floating jig heads and swimbaits. Stop in and check out
their new products or visit out Face Book Page at
Griffins Bait & Tackle Shop. While fishing Lake Arthur, Mark Ringwelski
picked up his first big fish of the year with a 30-inch musky weighing 8
pounds. Cody caught this 21-inch rainbow while fishing Sugar Creek. Cody also landed a
nice stringer of trout from Sugar Creek near Wyattville.” (See photos)
Sugar Creek
Angler Al (Franklin); filed 5/2: “On Saturday, April 23, I caught a 20-inch brown trout from
Sugar Creek on a live creek dace. This past weekend, on the 30th, following the rain, I
took a variety of worms and float bucket of live bait to Sugar Creek. I rigged a large creek
