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WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY, WCO Joe Russell: Pymatuning Lake:
The action is still pretty good at the spillway, with Walleye and Crappie being taken in front of the wire. Sonar’s and Jigs seem to be what is producing the most but guys are having luck on worms under bobbers as well. Fish the worm three to four feet down under the bobber for best results. Conneaut Lake:
Still no action at Conneaut, I haven’t seen or heard from one fishermen that has gone there this last week. I know from years past the white bass should be getting good and schooling up about now but I have yet to see anyone utilizing this resource. The recreational boaters are all but gone now so the fishermen and women have pretty much the run of the place. If you try it and do any good let me know. Stripers In Pymatuning?
I didn’t think so and neither did the hatchery until Pat Mulholland pulled one out from twenty-mile bridge. While on patrol this last week I stopped to check a couple of fishermen that were done for the day and ran into Pat with a ten-gallon pail. His fish was hanging half out of the bucket because it wouldn’t all fit. I was able to snap a shot and then advised him he should have it measured and weighed at the hatchery the next day. The striper weighed in at nine pounds eight ounces and was twenty-seven inches long. Pat said his back and neck was killing him after the battle the fish put up. He stated “I thought I had on one of those carp until I got it near the surface and it flashed.” He was fishing a worm under a bobber three to four feet down when the fish hit. Before I get swamped with requests for directions twenty-mile bridge is the parking area just south of the spillway (Meyers parking area). You park there and walk the railroad grade south to the trestle that lets water into the Back Bay there. The hatchery confirmed that it was in fact a STRIPER and are puzzled as to how it got there as well.
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