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WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY, WCO Joe Russell Pymatuning Lake:
High winds and cooler temperatures made the fishing quite slow this weekend. The water cooled back down a couple of degrees with the cold nights and is averaging right around the upper 50's. Bass fishermen tell me that the largemouth's are moving into shallower water and will only need a few more degrees temp before they get on their spawning beds. They say that if you do want to find a bass right now you should target structure that is by itself, such as a lone tree down in the water, and vary your lures till you find what they like. Tube jigs and spinner baits were working this last Friday but with the whitecaps all day Saturday I saw very little in the way of catches. Walleye are still being reluctant to hit and if you are lucky enough to catch them they are bigger, with very few undersized fish being caught. For those of you that wonder are we putting any fish in, On 4/16 and 4/17 the hatchery stocked over 10 million Walleye fry in the main lake.
Conneaut Lake:
The appearance of boats here means that the boating season is fast approaching for Conneaut lake. Docks are filling up fast with the seasonal people coming back for the summer and getting their places ready for another year. Before you launch that boat take a minute to go over it and make sure the safety equipment is still there and that it is still in good working order. When an officer stops you for a safety check it is not the time to find out that mice have used your life jackets as a nest or that the fire extinguisher has leaked out because it was stored outside. Those can be costly mistakes if you actually need that equipment to save you or one of your loved ones. The biggest thing is to have a good and safe boating season.
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