Page 3 - Fishing Report | 1-30-2019

COUNTY BY COUNTY REPORTS For safety, Spud your way out.

Editor’s note: French Creek and Allegheny River are iced up in slower areas with chunk ice in
faster moving water. Currently, both are unfishable. Polar Vortex will lock them up tight. De-

pending on future weather (slow thaw due to warm spell), it is possible French Creek may
open up later this winter and perhaps be fishable before the Allegheny. The Allegheny will like-
ly flood come any mid-winter thaw.

CRAWFORD COUNTY

Pymatuning Lake
Dave @ Richter’s Bait & Tackle; filed 1/28: There is 5 to 7 inches of ice across the lower end of

the lake. Some anglers on Friday & Saturday reported bad ice along shore at Jamestown boat
ramp and other areas due to warm up earlier in week. Anglers are catching mostly bluegills
and a few perch around the Jamestown docks, off Ohio Campground and off Westford. Tuttle
Point area is closed so no anglers up that way. One of my regular customers reported a limit of
17” to 23” walleye, plus he released a 26” and 28” – doesn’t keep the big ones.

Becky @ Gateway Bait; filed 1/28: Not many anglers out. Hearing good reports from Ohio

Campground area. Some have been going out of Manning since Tuttle is closed, but a couple
customers said they got wet boots trying to go out of Manning.

Rich Sari, filed 1/27: I just got back from Pymie. I checked the ice at Snodgrasss. Two inches of
good ice, then soft and two more inches of ice. I was up Monday to check, and ice was bad in
spots at Jamestown Livery. The snow melted on the two inches of ice, and when you put
weight on it, water came up through. I didn’t want to take a chance today of going out where
the current comes through. There is open water up at the causeway under the overpass on the

east and west side of the lake. West side worst with about 400 to 500 yards of open water.
However, there are people out on the ice down by the Welcome Inn. There were seven shan-
ties out on the hump fishing for walleyes. There were also a couple of shanties in the bays on
crappie spots. I would advise that anyone going out should be very careful…if you want to
chance it. I’ve been doing this for 50 years and only fell in once. I wouldn’t advise going out to-
day. Should be OK by weekend. Cousin Chuck and I are going to try it on Tuesday. The cold

weather this coming week should help. I’ll keep you posted.