Page 7 - Fishing Report | 9-14-15

VENANGO COUNTY

Bill @ Griffins Bait and Tackle; filed 9/14: “Pike shiners and crawlers have been the best
sellers the last few weeks. Tom Huhfer landed a few nice walleyes at Lake Erie including a
30-incher. Scott Selle landed a few largemouth bass at Lake Arthur, including a healthy 3
pounder.” See Livewell photos.

Justus Lake

Angler Al and Stan/ db photo Justus LMB/ db photo

Marilyn Black (Cochranton); filed 9/7: “To avoid crowds, Darl and I fished Justus Lake on
Labor Day. This was our first time to try the new ramp by the swim beach. We were sur-
prised that the concrete pad was not long enough to float a boat off a regular size trailer
for our 17’ river boat. Back in any further and trailer wheels go over a severe drop at the
end of the concrete with the potential of damage to wheels or axle. Darl was extremely
upset with this short sightedness in the engineering of the ramp – all the money put into
the ramp yet many fishing boats cannot use it. Additional gravel and pre-fabricated con-
crete ties could be used to extend the ramp for wider use. We launched at the old ramp
(which also is in need of repair) and made the long electric motor run down the lake. Fish-
ing was tough, landing only a couple skinny largemouth bass on swim baits. As we were
leaving we ran into Angler Al and his buddy. They were preparing to use live creek bait and
as noted below they had better success.”

Angler Al (Franklin); filed 9/7: “Though slower for us than prior days on Justus Lake, fishing
buddy Stan Huefner and I managed to boat a total of 10 fish – 5 largemouth bass, 3 small-
mouth bass, 1 perch and 1 bluegill. All fish were taken on live creek bait.”

Sugar Creek
Al Bell; filed 9/13: “Pittsburgh area fisherman Mitch (blue shirt) caught this 15-inch brown
trout on a yellow Rooster Tail Spinner and his buddy Chris caught this 17.5 inch brown on
a red worm. While fishing for baitfish in the stream, Stan Huefner also caught a nice rain-
bow trout. Sugar Creek is still producing good quality trout late in the summer!”

Allegheny River