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Pa. Fish & Boat Commission WCO Reports: Western Erie County… WCO John Bowser & DWCO Randy Leighton A PFBC Basic Safe Boating Course will be sponsored by and held at the Elk
Valley Sportsman's Club on May 21 and 22 from 6 to 10 p.m.each night. This is
a free course being put on by West County PFBC Deputies and results in
successful students receiving Safe Boating Certificates, which are required
to operate Personal Watercraft (Jetskis). Class size is limited to 50 and
pre-registration is required -- call (814) 774-0928 and leave participants'
names of and contact phone numbers. The Elk Valley Sportsmen Club is located
in Lake City, Pa. just off of Route 5 on the road that runs beside the Elk
Creek Sports Store; it's at the foot of the hill. Walleye have been showing up on shore at night in very small numbers with
some anglers trying their luck at all of the trib mouths. Two walleyes were
caught Monday evening at Trout Run Beach (Avonia). For those of you new to
this type of fishing, do not use any lights as even the moon coming out from
behind the clouds will shut the fish down. Try to pick an overcast dark night
with a calm lake. The warm weather forecast this week should move the smolts
out of the tribs in the evenings and that's what the walleye come there.
The sand bar off of Baer Beach reportedly has plenty of walleye present for
night boaters. A high percentage of males are coming up onto the bar at night
according to Lake Erie Research personnel. Trout were still plentiful in Elk Creek with the hole upstream from the
abandoned bridge abutment at Sterrettania being loaded with Steelhead,
Suckers and stocked Brown Trout. The I-79 hole is also a hotspot. Anglers
should realize that the hole there is 14-feet deep, so bait presentation
should be adjusted accordingly. Crooked Creek will be receiving an in-season
stocking this week Suckers are in many of the tribs now with the Whiteman's Bridge area of Elk
Creek being one of the favorite hotspots. A nightcrawler fished on the bottom
with an ultralight rod makes for some great fun and plenty of action for the
kids. Bass are being slammed off of the monument area of Presque Isle Park with
many reports of huge smallmouths being caught. Low water will be a real problem this year. The rocks on the east side of
Misery Bay are high out of the water already. The Walnut Creek Access Channel
is scheduled to be dredged next week. A new light will be installed on the
East Jetty this year and will be green in color. The office is currently
staffed on the weekends during the day and will soon be going to 7 days /
week.
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