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County by County Reports

FRENCH CREEK – Flowing through all four counties

Tabitha @ Myers Sportsman’s Connection; filed 5/8: Due to the unusual amounts of rain, fish-
ing has been slow in French Creek and Woodcock Creek Lake. Water levels are high and fast.
This has not deterred all anglers, as some have reported catching trout on Rosie Red minnows
in streams, plus crappies and perch at Sugar Lake.

CRAWFORD COUNTY

Pymatuning Lake

Dave @ Richter’s Tackle; filed 5-8: This has been a horrible week for first part of May. Hardly
anyone fishing. Prior to storms, crappies had been biting the end of April but that has tapered
off. A few guys are out getting walleyes – very few anglers and few fish. Winds have been terri-
ble. The bright spot has been the dam outflow ‘eye bite given the good flow restored to She-
nango River with the new gates. That bite will not last long. Everyone expects the lake to re-
bound for good crappie and walleye fishing in next few days. Muskies are still turning up every-

where in the lake.

Norm @ Jamestown Boat Livery; filed 5-8: It’s been quite a week with rain, wind and cold. No
one out on lake in boats. However, with new gates in the dam, the river flow has been restored
and anglers had a good opening weekend of walleye with multiple respectable catches. My
son got 11 keeper ‘eyes in two day at the outflow. But bite depends on flow – not to low or too
high, needs to be just right. This is the first time in two years the gates have controlled the
outflow rather than water going over the overflow.

Vickie @ Duck-n-Drake; filed 5-8: A week we would just as soon forget. Business was very
slow; no report from customers. Heard they were catching a few crappies from the causeway.

Brandi @ Poff’s Place; filed 5-8: What can I say? Bad week for May!
Winds kicked everyone off the lake. Anglers clinging to the causeway
caught a few bluegills, perch and catfish.

Sam @ Robinson’s Bait; filed 5-8: Cold, windy and plain miserable.
Have not heard much because hardly anyone out fishing. Back at end
of April, fishing was good, had a picture of nice musky caught by cus-
tomer. Most recent reports for the North End have a few walleye
caught drifting between Harris Island and Tuttle Point, crappie in 8 to