This week’s Erie-area fishing report from Randy Leighton, deputy waterways conservation officer for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission:
This week’s Erie-area fishing report from Randy Leighton, deputy waterways conservation officer for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission:
Off-and-on rain Monday and an all-day soaker Tuesday brought the the Lake Erie tributary levels up to fast and muddy conditions There is rain and possible snow in the forecast which may help to which may spawn additional steelhead movement and help keep water levels up and flowing. Catches have been good with anglers doing very well at the mouth of Trout and Godfrey runs and throughout most of the trib areas. The rain triggered some action at the Walnut Creek Marina basin with a good number taken over the past week on shiners, paste baits and tipped jigs. With the on-and-off rainfall, Crooked Creek has been productive and less crowded than the lower sections of Walnut and Elk. Current Lake Erie water temperature is 48 degrees. Area tribs were flowing and muddy as of late Tuesday afternoon.
Perch must be a minimum of 7 inches beginning Dec. 1 through March 31, 2012, for Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay. The creel limit remains at 30 fish.
We again want to emphasize that it is wise to wear at least some orange in the outlying areas of the tribs, especially on Elk, Crooked and Conneaut creeks. With the rainy weather we had for opening day and the kill possibly down, many deer hunters will be out over the next two weeks as the colder weather and possible snow reaches our area. Don’t put your self in their sights, wear some orange. If you are on State Game lands, wearing orange is a requirement during hunting season.
This week’s Erie-area fishing report from Randy Leighton, deputy waterways conservation officers for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission:
This week’s Erie-area fishing report from Randy Leighton, deputy waterways conservation officer for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission:
This week’s Erie-area fishing report from Randy Leighton, deputy waterways conservation officer for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission:
This week’s Erie-area fishing report from Randy Leighton, deputy waterways conservation officer for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission:
This week’s Erie-area fishing report from Randy Leighton, deputy waterways conservation officer for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission:
This week’s steelhead fishing report from Randy Leighton, deputy waterways conservation officer for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission:
Steelhead season is in full swing now with good numbers of fish and anglers spread throughout the area tribs. The access areas at Elk and Walnut creeks have been crowded and the angler pressure intense. Significant rain on Tuesday has again brought levels making the tribs flowing well. Spin anglers along the wall and the project waters were doing well on the Powerbaits, fresh skein, colored egg sacs and live shiners. Fly anglers were doing well on single-egg patterns, small wooly buggers and sucker spawn patterns in pink, white, cream peach and red at times. A good number of fish in the 10-pound-plus range have been brought in for weighing this year.
Anglers have been doing well in the upper stretches of the tribs around Whitman’s bridge in Girard, the Struechan Flats area in Fairview and the areas on Elk Creek around Follys End Campground.
Crooked Creek has been giving up fish with far less crowded conditions.
Anglers fishing the lakeshore at Trout and Godfrey runs have been doing very well on calm days and evenings. Egg sacs, single eggs and the egg imitation patterns have been popular in these areas.
Current Lake Erie water temperature as of this writing is 56 degrees. West county tributary conditions as of this writing were up and flowing well.
