The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will perform geotechnical drilling operations in the Walnut Creek channel area starting July 9-10.
The marina and boat ramp will be open during drilling, but the commission cautions boaters to proceed with caution when transiting the channel.
A reminder from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission: The Walnut Creek Access office will be open Dec. 23 from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and will be closed for the winter season as of Dec. 24. Portable restrooms and Dumpsters will remain in the area.
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.
Walnut Creek Access Area made a Field & Stream blog — not for its fine steelhead fishing, or even its overcrowding, but as the centerpiece of an article on illegal snagging on the Erie-area tribs.
This week’s Erie-area fishing report from Randy Leighton, deputy waterways conservation officers for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission:
Tuesday’s fine weather saw anglers in pursuit of steelhead along all of northwestern Pennsylvania’s tributaries, including Walnut Creek:
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:
Bill O’Baker made short work of the short steelhead fishing season.
O’Baker got into two steelhead Sept. 21 around 7 p.m. near the marina at Walnut Creek. The larger of the two was 27 inches. O’Baker was using single eggs on a 6-weight fly rod.
Want to know what’s going on with the steelhead run? Watch for the Steelhead Report daily in the Erie Times-News and online at NWPA Outdoors.
