Page 6 - Fishing Report | 09-14-16

Edinboro Lake
Dave Horvath (Edinboro); filed 9-11-16: The evening fishing on Edinboro Lake is picking
up. Topwater plugs around the lily pads and tube baits around the shoreline are yielding
some bass. I watched two boats trolling for muskies but didn’t get a chance to talk to
them…tight lines!

MERCER COUNTY

Lake Wilhelm Wilhelm ‘eye
Vicki @ Fergie’s Bait; filed 9-12: We are seeing few fish being caught
because there are few anglers out. May seem like an odd request, but
Wilhelm needs some angling pressure! One of our customers, Carl,
caught this 28 inch, 7.5 pound walleye earlier this year. Fish are here;
we just need anglers to come down to catch them! The coming fall
cooldown should get anglers moving along with the fish. We are now
operating on fall hours. (See walleye photo)

Cory @ Lake Wilhelm Marina; filed 9-12: One of our customers caught a 28 inch 14
pound catfish this past week. We are now on shortened fall hours and will be closing for
the winter on October 15.

Shenango River Lake
Drew @ 5 Points Country Store; filed 9-12: The hottest bite on Shenango right now is
white bass. We need a cool down in lake temperature to get a good bite going for bass,
walleyes, crappies and stripers. The last time I was on the lake, the surface water temp
was 87 degrees – way too warm!

Ken Smith (Sharon); filed 9-12: Not much different from last report – same baits, same
depths and same 9” crappies with an occasional larger one. Come on Fall!

Marilyn Black (Cochranton); filed 9/6: I don’t have many opportunities to fish these days
due to work load, but I actually had Labor Day Weekend off and I
wanted to try the white bass at Shenango. But Saturday was one of
those post-frontal days with completely clear skies and dry air – the
kind of day where fish seem to go into hiding and wait for a change.
Our early start yielded some crappies on Bobby Garland Baby Shad
baits and a 15 inch largemouth bass on a Scrounger Head with