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Marilyn Black (Cochranton); filed 10-14: Darl
and I fished Wilhelm on the 14th for several
hours in the late afternoon. It was a very
pleasant day; water temp was 64 degrees. We
observed many anglers out and about. We
worked hard for couple fish, with the biggest
largemouth going about 4-1/2 pounds. It hit a
shad-pattern Rapala DT-10 crankbait on a
deep stump line.

VENANGO COUNTY

Griffin’s Bait & Tackle provided a picture of one of their younger cus-
tomers with a nice catfish taken this past week.

Allegheny River
Gene Winger (Franklin); filed 10-24: Over past two weeks, with the Allegheny River still
low and clear, I started out using Winco swim baits and tubes but I wasn't setting the
world on fire. Last week I decided to switch to Winco "C.W. Smallies Delight" jigs and
hit some deeper pools – a good call. I fished several days before the heavy rains blew
the river out, catching a bunch of bass in the 12" to 16" range plus managed a few three
plus pounders. Had my best luck letting the jig settle to the bottom of the deep pools
and using a very slow retrieve, the bite was what I would call a mushy bite. Can't wait
for the river to settle down and clear a little so I can get back out!

Bill Logan (Pleasantville); filed 10-21: Last week I fished the Oil City pool on the river. I
caught one smallmouth bass on a spinnerbait and one pike on a Fluke. That was it. An-
other day, I went up to the Hickory area of river and caught a couple of bass and a wall-
eye. On Tuesday I went back to the river. It was whipped to froth by wind and full of
leaves. It may be time to switch to steelhead fishing now.