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too hard. East side creeks are loaded with steelhead; best baits are minnow under a bobber or

egg sacks. They are catching some crappies in the boat rental bay at the entrance to Lagoons on
Presque Isle using a jig tipped with a minnow.

MERCER COUNTY

Lake Wilhelm

Although there is nothing to report as
far as angler catches from Wilhelm ex-
cept for a few small crappies being tak-
en in Marina Bay, there is other BIG
news. Both Fergie’s Bait & Tackle and
the Lake Wilhelm Marina wanted to call
attention to the walleye caught and re-

leased alive last week by biologists from
the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commis-
sion. The three hawg walleyes (all over
10 pounds) pictured here were caught in
a trap net as part of spring survey. After information was recorded from
these three and many more walleyes, the fish were returned to the
lake. Anyone want to try walleye fishing at Wilhelm this summer?

Shenango Lake
No reports from any anglers at Shenango Lake.

VENANGO COUNTY

Angler Al’s Diary (Franklin)
- Friday 4/6: It wasn’t a particularly pleasant day to venture out fish-
th
ing, but when I asked Mikey Galkowsi what he wanted for this 10
birthday, he wanted me to take him fishing! Off to a pond in the
woods we went. Mikey caught 7 hearty size bluegills and he asked if Mikey
we could take them back to stock my pond. So I carried a 5 gallon
bucket full of water and those fish a half mile up a hill to the van. (See photo)
- Saturday, 4/7: The following day weather wasn’t very favorable early on, but I did manage
to get Mikey on the water for Mentored Youth Trout Day. We went to Lower Two Mile

Run. He was able to catch two rainbows and lost another one. Corn-colored Salmon eggs
drifted with the current with a small indicator float did the trick. (See photo on trout
page.)