Page 3 - Fishing Report 12-15-14

Conneaut Lake
Marilyn Black (Cochranton); filed 11/28: “Darl and I accompanied Dale
Black to Conneaut Lake for a last attempt at a 6 pound smallmouth. Wa-
ter temperature was 37 degrees – colder than expected, and colder than
we would normally fish the lake for brown bass. And of course it was
breezier than we like it. Nonetheless, we worked several different brands
of blade baits in all the right areas, along with anchoring and throwing
hair jigs. We came up short on catching a big smallmouth, but I got a pike
on a chrome-finish Binsky Blade from Fish Sense.”
CL pike/ db photo

ERIE COUNTY

Presque Isle Bay
Jim @ B.A.C. Bait; filed 12/15: “Weather has been up and down, and so has the
fishing. Anglers are catching some perch off the East and West Piers but that’s
about the only thing I have to report.”

Darl Black (Cochranton); filed 11/30: “I had to twist Dave Lefebre’s arm a little bit
to get him out fishing on the Bay. He said had not fished anywhere since the latter
part of October – making this the longest period he had ever gone without wetting
line since high school. Said he didn’t want to go until there was ice…but I persuad-
ed him otherwise. The winds were calm but the Bay water was cold – down at
36/37 degrees. Still Dave figured we should be able to pull some nice largemouths PIB bass/ db photo
from deepwater on swimbaits and blade baits. Of course he was already fishing
when I arrived. While I was pulling on insulated outerwear and rigging rods, Dave
caught a 2.5 pound largemouth on a #6 Rapala Rippin’Rap in shallow water near a
drop-off. After joining him, we spent time in the shallows checking for more bass
then we went deep where we expected largemouths to be. However, other than
beat-up acrobatic steelhead that ate his Rippin’ Rap, not a single additional fish was
caught. Another unusually tough fall outing.”

Steelie/ db photo
Tributary Streams
Ric @ Trout Run Bait; filed 12/12: “The snow and rain brought the creeks up for a couple days. It
helped – bringing more fish into Elk. The middle third of the creek seems to be where the highest con-
centration of fish settled. Nice new fish the last two days have been brought to the shop for cleaning.
Skein, white/pink sacs and minnows are working well for bait fishermen at this time. Buggers in black
and white, pink and white sucker spawn, single eggs and Crystal Meth are working for fly fishermen.
Try a tandem rig with one of the above items tied above the fly. Use a small bead head nymph as the
trailer fly. Fishing the big pools has been fine, but don’t pass up the faster water in between the pools.
There are fish holding and moving in that type of water up and down the creeks. The weather looks
good through the Holidays as far as the temps go. A little rain and snow will help to keep the flow up as
we head into the New Year. Happy Holidays to all!”
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Ric’s Addendum: “Bunch of new fish caught on the 13 and 14 ; reports from anglers of fish moving
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upstream from Uncle Johns as of morning of the 14 .”