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Crawford County Report - WCO Joe Russell Pymatuning Lake- the lake levels are close to being what they should be for
This time of year with all the recent rain. As of this afternoon (Tuesday)
It was a foot below normal summer pool, which is about what they try to
maintain. Boating has been real active with most people launching out of the
Jamestown/Turnersville launch and heading south to the dam area where the
Fish are being caught. Fishermen are doing real well out of boats in the
10-15 foot range catching walleye by jigging chartreuse sonar's. If you are
stuck on shore because your boat is winterized or you do not have a boat,
Don't despair the perch have been biting for shore fishermen off of the dam
using jigs towards evening. The perch are supposed to be good size to in the
10-12 inch range, and quite a few are being caught. Walleye are also still
being caught in the north end of the lake by wading right at sunset and
using lures the best spot seems to be in the Red Cross area (Phelps road on
the park map) The recent warm weather we have been having has allowed the
contractor for the Jamestown marina project to be ahead of schedule, because
he hasn't had to deal with the ice and snow (as of Saturday the lake temp
was 45 degrees). Hopefully the project will be done by the new year, but it
is already taking shape and looks really nice. Be sure to stop in to the
Park office and tell them what a good job they are doing if you are in the
area fishing. Conneaut Lake- Continues to be under fished and I am having a hard time
finding people to check to find out exactly how they are doing. Boating
traffic continues to be almost nonexistent, if anyone would like to E-mail
me with how they did I would be glad to share that with everyone else. Shenango River Headwaters- not much activity hear this week because the
water has been really muddy and high due to all the recent rains. I did
check several fishermen this week here after several hours of fishing and
they had no bites at all. I would like to take a minute to extend a very merry and joyous holiday
season and happy New Year to all the sportsmen and wonderful people that
made my first year in this district such a success. I look forward to
serving the fishing and boating public in the future years to come. Please
be safe over the holidays and I hope to see you on the water. - JOE
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