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NW PA Fishing Report for October 12, 2016

This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with addi-
tional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing Line.

We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, stream and rivers of Crawford, Erie,
Mercer and Venango counties?”

FRENCH CREEK

Editor’s note: French Creek level and color looks
ideal for fishing. I have not received any reports
from anglers on the Creek, however. But if you
are looking for smallmouth action by wading or
kayak in the next two weeks, I would suggest you
give French a try…and then send in a report. It
could win you a packet of lures in the next Fish-
ing Report.

CRAWFORD COUNTY

Pymatuning Lake

Editor’s Note: Fantastic NEWS for Pymatuning

Lake anglers who love to crappie fish! The PFBC

Board of Commissioners recently approved desig-

nating Pymatuning as a Panfish Enhancement Lake

for Crappies. This includes a 20-crappie-per-day

creel limit and a nine-inch minimum size limit.

Fisheries sampling data from both Pennsylvania

and Ohio shows that crappie abundance and aver-

age size peaked in 2012 and has declined steadily

Bring back the Slabs! in the years since. With no minimum size and no
creel limit on crappies at Pymatuning, overharvest

is believed to be the cause of the rapid decline in quality crappies as more and more an-

glers began harvesting large numbers of crappies as walleye stocks waivered. Ohio DCNR

has agreed to the Enhancement regulations. The regulation change will be in effect by the

2017 season. Positive impact of the new regulations will take several seasons.