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NW PA FISHING REPORT for December 15, 2015

This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes tourism with support from
GAMMA Fishing and Wiegel Bros. Marine of Franklin, Pennsylvania.

We answer the questions “What’s biting in the lakes, stream and rivers of Crawford,
Erie, Mercer and Venango counties?”

FRENCH CREEK – Flowing through all four counties

Angler Al (Franklin)
 November 25: “The Full Moon Phase finally fired up the
walleye bite. From 4 PM until dark, I tossed a char-
treuse floating jighead tipped with medium size shiner
in a current break on French Creek. I landed six ‘eyes
and lost several others. The largest walleye was 26 inch-
es.”
 December 14: “I spend most of my free daylight time
trying to push a deer to my pap. But I managed to
break away a few evenings and Sunday to wet a line in
French Creek. With water levels at summer-like lows,
wade fishing in December is something different. I
went through the majority of my creek bait stockpile.
Pesky small pike brought the most action. However, a mess of 16 inch to 20 inch
walleye hit the chubs, too. But honestly, since Thanksgiving week, the bite has not
been that great. More hit and miss than I care to admit – especially for this time of
year. And I have yet to catch a smallmouth bass…which makes me wonder where
the heck the bass have gone? Merry Christmas y’all from Angler Al.”

CRAWFORD COUNTY
Pymatuning Lake

Dave Lefebre and Ernie Pate