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NW PA Fishing Report for May 4, 2015

This report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional spon-
sorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and GAMMA Fishing.

We answer the question: “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of Crawford,
Erie, Mercer and Venango counties?”

NEWS

Results of PLA Crappie Tournament held on Saturday, May 2:
1st place team of Dee Dee Hall and Steve Vickery of Espyville weighed in 5 crappies for
a total weigh to 8 lbs. 5.3 oz. Big Fish: Andy Radwanski and John Reep of Butler, PA
with a 2 lb. 3.6 oz. black crappie. 110 teams participated; over 300 crappies were
weighed in with the majority of them weighing over one pound.

FROM Bassmasters of Crawford County: BMCC Spring Bass Classic Team Tournament
on May 9 at Pymatuning Lake out of Snodgrass Ramp. Also Father’s Day Buddy Tourna-
ment on June 14 at Presque Isle Bay Only. For applications and information contact Eric
Marsh at epmarsh@zoominternet.net.

FROM Pymatuning Lake Association: 2015 PLA Walleye Tournament on May 16 at
Pymatuning Lake. For more information, visit www.PymatuningLake.com or email Py-
maLakeAssoc@windstream.net for more information.

FRENCH CREEK – Flowing through all four counties

Bill @ Bill’s Bait & Tackle; filed 5/4: ”Customers were catching some nice pike from
French Creek this past weekend.”

Mike Martin (Cochranton); filed 5/3: “Not a great day on French Creek for sure. We
floated the Saegertown to Meadville stretch. Between the three of us, we only caught
5 or 6 smallies. All were in the 10-12 inch range. We threw everything in the book…
tubes, spinnerbaits, Yum Dinger, Rapala X-Raps – but nothing seemed to work. The
highlight of the day was seeing a pair of mature Bald Eagles and a younger eagle just
beginning to gain his white feathers.”