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.

Nick Haas, a 20-year-old Erie resident, caught his biggest steelhead yet Oct. 8 at Walnut Creek Access:

Haas, a fly fisherman, caught 28 1/2-inch, 11-pound steelhead using a black wooly bugger. It was his fourth steelhead caught during this, his fifth year of fishing for steelies.

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