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VENANGO COUNTY

Sugar Creek
Angler Al (Franklin); filed 5-31: Sweet Sugar Creek came through for me in
more than one way. It was lights out for trout, as I caught double digit
rainbows and couple dandy browns. Then I found a pool of chubs and

shiners – caught bucket of them for bait over at Justus Lake. (See Photo)
Sugar Creek Brown

Justus Lake
Angler Al; filed 5-31: I managed to find time to fish Justus Lake on Monday, slowly trolling live
bait along the shoreline. Numerous legal size largemouth bass and smallmouth bass hit aggres-
sively. Looking to return there on opening day of bass. (See photos in

Livewell)

Allegheny River
RJ Graham (Tionesta); filed 6-5: The Allegheny River is on fire for smal-
lies! All my fish have come on a jig with a small craw on the bass. Bass
are moving to faster water but not all there yet. See picture of Jaden
Haugh with respectable June smallmouth.

Jaden Haugh
Gene Winger (Oil City); filed 6-4: I’m back on the river and having a
blast!
— Week of May 22: I fished the Oil City Flats on Friday and Saturday,
managing a few nice bass – nothing huge. We were using Winco Sol-
id Body River Darters and Swim Baits.
— May 29 to June 1: Denny Watson and I worked the river hard this
week catching lots of bass. We found most in their usual spawning

areas but also picking up large females still full of eggs. The females
were hanging back in deeper water. Yes, the spawn is still on! Two of
our favorite baits seemed to produce the most fish. Again, Winco
3.75” River Darter Swim Baits and 3” Tastee Tubes. As a bonus, I
landed my biggest bass of the season on Thursday, weighing 4.5
Denny Watson
pounds and measuring 20.5 inches.
 What a great week on the Allegheny River! (See Photos here and in Livewell)

Jeff @ Keystone Connection Guide Service; filed 6-4: If smallmouth bass could sing, I suspect
they’d be belting out the Rolling Stones Classic “I can’t Get No Satisfaction.” On four occasions
this spring, Allegheny River smallies have moved toward spawning flats, creating beds in some
instances, only to be driven off by high water. The last deluge was May 28, which raised the riv-
er six to seven feet. Happily it quickly fell this time, so I was able to resume guide trips within a