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Western Crawford County / WCO Joe Russell Pymatuning Lake- The lake was overflowing this weekend with campers, boaters and shore fishermen and fisherwomen and even though every ramp was packed and there was not a parking space to be had, we had no major incidents. I witnessed at least 4 fishermen towing boats who had broke down and on separate occasions and the friendliness between everyone was unbelievable. I am not sure if it is due to the good weather on Sunday and Monday or a renewed sense of patriotism or what, but whatever it was this was an enjoyable holiday weekend for this officer. Even people that we pulled over for violations out on the lake thanked us for being out there. Whatever it was I know myself and my fellow Western Crawford County officers would like to thank the angling and boating public for making our job easier. The biggest violation (most occurring) this weekend seemed to be a toss up between unserviceable fire extinguishers and bow riding on pontoon boats. Please check your safety equipment before you go out and if you have your pontoon in motion no one can go beyond the hand rails (that doesn't include the little 3" ones on the very front or bow). Perch and crappie are picking up now that the water is warming with a lot of activity being seen along the North end and anywhere there is structure along the shore and you have shallower water that is warmer. The walleye catch is remaining about the same with some boats coming in with several nice fish and others not catching any. The fish that are being caught are bigger but there are fewer of them. Worms on the bottom seem to still be the biggest producers for walleye and jigs or minnies under a bobber seem to be working for perch and crappie. The muskies seem to have slowed down or at least I haven't had any reports of catches in the last week. I have included the pictures I mentioned last week in my report of the habitat project in action. A special thanks to Dave Houser, Dave Keller (both P.F.B.C.), The Pymatuning Lake Association, Ohio Department Of Wildlife, and Pa. State Parks for all the work that has gone into making this a better fishery. The boat that is shown is the one of a kind for the nation that will dump a ton of rocks at a time to make gravel piles. The operators shown in the picture are our own Dave Houser and Dave Keller in action. The other photo is several people in action on manning boat ramp making the 50 porcupine cribs to be placed. Conneaut Lake- The channel at the North end is seeing a lot of action with crappies and panfish providing a lot of action. The preferred bait of choice appears to be jigs and meal worms under a bobber. Boat traffic has started to pick up this weekend but is still relatively light so fishing should not be a problem on the main part of the lake yet until the weather and the water start warming up more. Best fishing for the lake is still early in the morning or late in the evening though |
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