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Allegheny River
Steve Udick (Oil City); filed 2/15: “Back on February 8, the dark of the moon set up a noon
bite. The river was running extremely high (7.5’ at Franklin gauge), but temperature was in
the 30s, so I head out. I picked up a 16 inch smallie right away, followed by a plump 19.5
inch smallmouth (see photo). Both hit a Firetiger Shad Rap SR07. Right at noon, a 25 inch
walleye tock my Firetiger Husky Jerk. (see photo). That walleye was my 41st walleye of the
winter – needless to say, El Nino is good for winter river fishing! I fished the following day
with Terry Corbett of Rockmere; conditions could not have been better – but we were
skunked.”

Frank Malek (Oil City); filed 2/7: “Mike McFadden and I got out on the river during the
warm up and caught a few walleyes. Gamma 15 pound Torque with a 10 pound Edge
leader put our jig heads tipped with minnows in the right spots. See the photo in the Live-
well.”

RJ Graham (Tionesta) filed 1/31: “Made it out on the river as soon as the ice disappeared
the last day of January. I caught 6 smallmouth bass, a big catfish and two dink walleyes.
River was clear and cold! There are piles of ice on bank so the rain will raise the level of
the river and fill it with chunk ice. It was a good day for January 31 – but I ready to cheer
on Spring!”