Page 6 - Fishing Report | 10-25-17

Paul Stewart (Butler)
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- 10-15: Went out on the 14 for perch in Presque Isle Bay from shore.
Lot of small ones but did manage a dozen keepers. Water temp
needs to drop some for the bite to happen.
- 10-22: Perch fishing on PIB in late October in our t-shirts! What’s up
with that? (See photo)

Jim McClave (Andover); filed 10-21: I had a great time recently with Dave Paul Stewart
Horvath on Lake Erie. The walleyes were hitting good. We even caught a
few steelhead and white bass. Great day out on the lake. Thanks Dave!
(See photo)

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Pete Cartwright @ Smallies on the Yough; filed 10-20: On the 18 I was
helping a friend put his boat away for the winter in Erie. But before we
did, we went fishing. I landed a nice 28 inch walleye going 8 pounds;
caught on a 412ube in 20 feet of water. But I released it to swim with the
Jim McClave
other fishes. We searched for smallmouths but didn’t get any. Water temp
was 62 degrees and we were under high pressure. (See photo)

Thomas Watral (Erie); filed 10-20: Perch fishing in Presque Isle Bay is
picking up. At South Pier and Dobbins Landing they are getting 8 to 10

inch perch. Over at Liberty Park the perch have been running 10 to 11
inches. Lots of steelhead jumping in the Bay, too.

Lake LeBoeuf
Thomas Watral (Erie); filed 10-21: I went out to Lake LeBoeuf for a
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change. Fishing from shore, I slammed perch on minnows. Sizes
ranged from 8 to 12 inches. Ended up with 50 nice ones plus a few crappies and bluegills. Looks
like lake is coming back.

MERCER COUNTY
Lake Wilhelm
Bill @ Griffin’s Bait & Tackle: One of our customers, Scott Selles, caught this
lunker largemouth bass from Lake Wilhelm recently. The bass was 21 inches
long and weighed 5 pounds; it fell for a 5 inch Senko worm. Scott released it
to be caught another day… (See photo)