Page 6 - Fishing Report - 10-28-15-B

VENANGO COUNTY

Allegheny River
Gene Winger (Oil City); filed 10/26: “The past two weeks have been challenging. With
river levels below normal and water temps in the mid-50s, we just haven’t experienced
what would normally be the Fall Bite for this time of year. We’ve had some good early
morning action where we found some exceptional bass (18” to 20”) stacked in their nor-
mal fall locations only to find that once the fog clears and sun comes out the bite pretty
much stops. We’ve also hit the Oil City pool for an hour or so during each outing only to
find dinks which means the bigger fish haven’t moved in yet, or they have a serious case
of lockjaw! Most of the fish have been caught on Winco Solid Body River Darters and
Winco C.W. Smallies Delight jigs. With cooler temperatures and rain in the forecast for
this coming week, I’m expecting the Fall Bite is just around the corner…let’s hope!” (See
photo)

Pete @ Smallies on the Yough; filed 10/26: “It
was a tough few days of fishing on the Alleghe-
ny River on the 23rd and 24th. Tons of leaves and
weeds floating down the river made it tough to
get a clear lure presentation. We found some
scattered smallmouth here and there, but no
real pattern.” (See photos)

Scott Kinard (Michigan); filed 10/24: “I fished the Allegheny River on Saturday with my
buddy Mike Doerflinger for a few hours to see how the bite is coming along this year.
Surprisingly, I feel it’s too early for the big bite in the areas we fished. The water is low
and clear with tons of weeds! Being out of state all year, I was unaware that mild and
dry weather has been the fall weather pattern in PA. Water temp was around 55 de-
grees. Some rain, cold and water dump from Kinzua will hopefully get the big ones mov-
ing. We did land around 30smallmouts, but nothing bigger than 2.5 pounds. Looking for-
ward to another trip around Thanksgiving…hopefully the harsh cold lays off for a while.”

RJ Graham (Tionesta); filed 10/24:
 I fished Tionesta Lake on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
The smallmouth bass are definitely schooled up for the most part in deep water. I
got an average of 30 bass a night. There were some scattered bass in the shallows
– they were the larger fish. But most were deep. I started the week catching them
on a drop-shot rig with Bass Pro Shop Squirmin’ Squirt 2 inch tube. By the end of
the week, I was catching them on a Kastmaster Spoon.