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Jeramie Joy; filed 9/21: The Lake Erie walleye bite is still hot! I went this past Wednesday and
Saturday. We did very well on both days! Saturday we got into fish at 65 to 70 feet of water out

of North East running spoons 50 to 60 feet down at 2.2 to 2.5 mph. Wednesday we got fish in
80 to 100 feet of water out of North East but those fish were a little shallower in the column at
40 to 50 feet down. Purple and pink were the hot colors both days. On Saturday we ran out of
bait, so I put Bay Rat Long Shallow Divers behind the Dipseys, with a few squirts of live walleye
attractant on the hooks, and sped up to 2.8 to 3 mph. We ended up getting five more fish with
this setup! As September comes to an end, I’m sure the lake will start to get rough. Go get some

fish now! (See photos above)

MERCER COUNTY

Shenango Lake

Hybrid striper
Bowfin
Flathead catfish Largemouth bass Hybrid striper

Randy @ Fish West PA; filed 9/24: Shenango has been hot! The now world famous Shenango
hybrids along with bass, walleye, pike and big catfish are feeding well. Crappies are doing well

on certain days and should pick up with cooler temps. Tight lines all! (See photos above)

Rick Como (Sharpsville); filed 9/23: With lake temperature beginning to cool, fish catches have
been heating up at Shenango for hybrid stripers and white bass. Most pleasure boating crowd
has left for the season and the lake is a real pleasure to fish again. There are now three separate
hatches of gizzard shad in the lake and shad clouds are everywhere. It can make it tough to
catch hybrids but if you look for feeding fish and cast to them, you will catch them. Smallmouth
bass are hitting right now, and white bass are roaming points and shoreline areas pushing shad

against the bank. Casting crankbaits is the ticket. Some white bass are hitting the 17-inch mark.
Crappies are hitting but the average size is still 8 to 10 inches. Walleyes seem to have vanished;
hopefully they will show up in October when we enter the fall coolwater period. Channel cats
can still be caught everywhere. (See photos in Livewell)