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NW PA FISHING REPORT for September 28, 2015

This Report is brought to you by the PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional
sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing.
We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of Crawford, Erie
Mercer and Venango counties?”

FRENCH CREEK – flowing through all four counties

Mark Posego; filed 9/26: “Dan and I had a good day on French Creek over the weekend.
We boated 20 smallmouth bass. A Yum Dinger in Junebug color was the bait of the day!”
see Mark’s photos above.

Matt Watson (Franklin); filed 9/18: “I caught a couple nice walleyes upstream of Franklin
last Saturday, including a 28-incher that I released. I caught them on that crazy Rebel
Frog. The walleyes seem to be working the crawdads hard. The one I kept had 20 small
craws in its belly! I am hoping for a little rain to get the walleyes moving again.”

CRAWFORD COUNTY

Pymatuning Lake
Norm @ Jamestown Boat Livery; filed 9/28: “Catches picked up this past week from Mon-
day through Friday, but slowed down over the weekend with the high winds. Fellows
were picking up walleye by trolling Hot-N-Tots in 12 to 15 feet of water; a few reported
getting walleyes on blades. They were also picking up some nice crappies. The lake is 32
inches below normal and water temperature is 65 degrees at 10 feet down. The Jame-
stown Livery will be open through the end of October.”

Dave @ Richter’s Sporting Goods & General Store; filed 9/28: “The word from most an-
glers is ‘slow.’ A handful of guys are catching walleyes on blades. The blade bite will pick