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WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY, WCO Joe Russell: Pymatuning Lake:
The Walleyes are still biting in deep water but most of the fishermen having any luck are hitting them by boats. It seems that drifting on the south end is the way to go right now and they are having particularly good luck around the pines area just south of the Jamestown marina, where we placed the gravel last year as artificial reefs. 18”-24” seems to be the range being caught right now and jigging sonar’s and jigs tipped with Minnie’s or night crawlers seem to be what they are hitting on. Most of everything else seems to be slowing down right now but I have talked to a few Musky fishermen that state the Muskies should be picking up anytime soon for the fall run, so I would watch for that. Conneaut Lake:
I haven’t seen much activity here this week but I can tell you that most of the recreational boaters have been removed from their dock space for the year, with the exception of one or two. If you ever wanted to fish Conneaut Lake and have no skiers or jet skis around you this is definitely the time to do it. Look for the schools of white bass under the jumping baitfish or where the seagulls are flocking to around sunset and you should have pretty good luck. My Personal Thanks To a Couple of Great Sportsmen:
Sportsmanship shined through this last week when I brought my mom and dad, Dixie and John Russell, up on Walnut creek to get them to try Steelhead fishing for the very first time. I brought them up to the area above the chutes in the project waters at Walnut and my mom hooked into her first fish and within a matter of a couple minutes lost it. There were two anglers there who were using fly rods who were landing one fish after another and when they heard this was her first time one of them hooked a fish and handed her his pole to try and land it. Unfortunately that fish to was not to be landed either, but over the next hour or so they coached and encouraged and helped her land at least a half a dozen fish. She was able to catch a really beautiful Brown trout and a nice steelhead before calling it a day. The anglers names were Ted Bender and Tom Hogan and if you are wondering if this was done because I was with them the answer is no. I was in plainclothes and these gentlemen had no idea I was even an officer. They did it because they had a true love for the sport and wanted to experience that through the eyes of someone who had never had that experience before. I did identify myself before we left for the day and thanked them for all their time, and informed them they would be in this weeks report. I once again want to make that THANKS known to these really fine SPORTSMEN who took the time to make a fishing trip a memorable occasion that will be remembered for the rest of their lifetime. By the way dad didn’t need any coaching and was able to catch fish on his own, but I can say that mom landed fish and had keepers on the stringer long before he brought one in. He got home and decided that he would drive the six hours one way and be back out this week to try again, as he is literally hooked on some of the best fishing in the state.
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