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Western Crawford WCO Report by WCO Joe Russell Pymatuning Lake-Walleye are being caught in good numbers this week from the
South end of the lake, with one lucky angler catching a nice 30" from the
wall of the dam. Most of the fish still seem to be in 8' to 10' of water and
if you are shore fishing a floating jig head with a minnie seems to be
working real well. A near tragedy was averted this weekend when two canoeist
tipped there canoe over while duck hunting and had to swim to shore. Luckily
they were both wearing their lifejackets and all that was lost was a
shotgun. Remember COLD WATER KILLS and lifejackets are like seat belts they
don't work if you don't wear them. Conneaut Lake-fishing has been real good here this week with big CRAPPIE
and WHITE BASS being taken. The spot to be seems to be off firemen's beach
in about 18' to 20' of water. Duck hunting has picked up here since
Saturdays opening day and hunters are reminded that you can have a safety
zone violation even if you are on the water. Be sure you are far enough away
from peoples houses before you shoot, because a duck isn't worth someone
getting hurt. Hartstown Swamp- As most of you know this body of water was drained down
this summer by the Game Commission to try to kill some of the Purple
Loosestrife and Spatterdock. It was recently checked and found that it is
working but not as quickly as they would have liked. It will remain drained
over the winter to try to freeze out some of the roots of these less than
desirable plants and to see how it is doing next year. The good news is that
when it was checked, there were 27 new plant species there that were not
present before that are beneficial to shorebirds and waterfowl.
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