Page 6 - Fishing Report | 10-10-18

VENANGO COUNTY

Angler Al (Franklin); filed 8/6: Delora Petress, a guest from Fort Lauderdale, FL, was staying at
my place for Applefest weekend. I handed her a fishing rod tipped with a live shiner and on the
first cast into my pond she hooked and landed a 5-pound plus largemouth. The big bass gave
her quite a battle. (See photo in Livewell)

Allegheny River
Gene Winger (Oil City); filed 10/8: After two weeks of down time, my boat is finally running like
new again thanks to Kneal and the crew at Wiegel Brothers Marine – Great job guys! The fall
bite is really starting to heat up. Even with the recent high muddy water conditions we’re catch-
ing good numbers of bass, including several in the three to four pound range! Most productive
baits have been stick worms, small tubes and spinnerbaits from Mike’s Custom Tackle. The high

turbid waters have pushed bass into backwater eddies around islands and at the mouth of small
streams so targeting these areas has been very productive. (See Gene’s photos below)

Jeff @ Keystone Connection Guide Service; filed 10/7: The middle Allegheny has been high,
dirty and unfishable for much of the last two weeks. Despite this, we’ve managed to squeeze in
a few guide strips which have produced smallmouth up to 20 inches as well as a few quality size
walleyes. With the higher, cooler water we’re finding more
bass on deeper, slower water protected from the main cur-
rent. Moderate current pools near incoming (clear) tributaries
are also producing, as are some tail-out sections of large
pools. Spinnerbaits and soft swimbaits are producing. When

the fish aren’t responding to large profile baits, the Z-Man Hu-
la Stickz and TRD Tubez have been grinding out bites. With all
this high water during early fall – and more limited feeding
opportunities – the late fall bite which typically starts in late
October/early November, might be exceptional…if it ever
stops raining. (See photo on right and in Livewell) Jeff Knapp photo