Page 5 - November 2014 Fishing Report

Shenango Lake
Ken Smith (Sharon); filed 11/1: “The crappie bite was pretty good on Thursday.
The fish were still in deep brush. Hope they get the water level down so those
fish will be shallower – shoreline fishing will be better then.”

Darl Black (Cochranton); filed 10/29: “Jim McClave and I fished Shenango for
crappies under a brisk wind. The bite was slow. We caught mainly small crap-
pies, bluegills and white bass in 10 to 15 feet of water, with only a couple of re-
spectable size. Observed several apparent schools of fish around brush and
bridge piers, but could only generate a few bites. Jim loves to fish bridge piers,
showing me a spot by one pier he used to fish from shore back when he was in
high school, nearly 50 years ago.”

Jim McClave with
VENANGO COUNTY
Shenango crappie/db

Allegheny River
Lou Letterle (Franklin); filed 11/4: “I fished the river a few times since the last fishing report. Not catching
high numbers, but catching fish – including some walleyes. Most fish caught on jigs/grubs; some on live
bait. I got a 29” 9-LB walleye yesterday. I have attached photos, but not so good pics.”

Gene Winger (Oil City); filed 11/3:
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 Week of Oct 20 – “Finding the big smallies stacked up all over the place, most in the 16” to 20”
range, in five to six feet of water. We’ve been catching most of the fish on Winco Solid Body River
Darters rigged with a weighted Tex-posed hook. Checked the Oil City pool several times and only
caught dinks on Winco CW Smallie Delight Jigs.”
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 Week of Oct. 27 – “Weather has been a big factor this week. High winds and changing temps
made for a few slow days on the river. Most of the best fishing however has been mid-day with
Thursday being the best – picked up six smallies in less than an hour, all over 18” with the largest
one going 21.5 inches weighing 5 pounds; this fish came on a Winco C.W. Smallie Delight. If you
find bass stacked in 5’ to 6’ of water, they are still hitting the Winco Solid Body River Darter and
River Darter Swim Bait. Also, starting to catch some larger smallies in the Oil City pool…winter
bite is on its way!”

Chris Wolfgong (Oil City); filed 11/2:
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 Oct 25 – “Finally managed to set aside a day for fishing. Hit the river with
my cousin Ed Wolfgong and Dale Black. Dale and Ed had a good day, Ed
catching six and Dale getting about a dozen. Ed had the largest one at 19
inches – see photos. I managed to land two and lose one. Fish were caught
on hair jigs and tubes in faster moving water. Weeds were a pain – however,
a day on the water is a day on the water.”

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 Nov 2 – “For the second week in a row, I managed to hit the river with Dale. We fished from
10:30 AM until 5 PM. Although it was a bit chilly and there was snow on my porch when I left in
the morning, it was a beautiful day on the water. Fishing was better than expected. I landed six
smallmouths in the 15” to 17” range and one “keeper” walleye – also released. I caught all my
fish on a leech bait drop-shot rig. Dale caught his on tubes and jigs. Most of the fish were in the
deeper water on drop-offs. We caught a few in the faster water above the ice break.”