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ryone from catching a bunch of fish. Anglers are catching some perch, bluegills and few nice
crappies off the Jamestown Docks. In addition, I have several customers who were casting bob-
ber and jig from shore this past week to catch a mess of bluegill, perch and bass; one buddy
caught 14 bass while fishing for panfish. I’m still getting reports of some walleye and musky
being caught in the Shenango River below Pymie Dam. We have fingers crossed for prolonged
good ice season to kill off preyfish, thereby yielding good walleye catches next spring.

Patty @ Poff’s Place; filed 11-20: I was receiving some positive reports of walleyes being

caught by boat anglers with blade baits under the Causeway Bridge last week, but that might
have petered out after the rough weather weekend. No reports of Spillway success. However,
if going for walleye by boat, keep in mind it’s Heddon Sonar and Vib-E time of the year – I have
a good selection of these baits.

Marilyn Black (Cochranton); filed 11-10: Got out with Darl for likely my

last crappie outing of the year. Lots of small crappies in stumps and snags
in 16 to 20 feet along river channel, but bigger Crappies had moved even
deeper since our last trip a week ago. Found the biggest ones in the
channel. With the exception of a couple fish taken on a blade bait, all
crappies were caught by drop-shotting Bobby Garland Baby Shads on 6-
pound Gamma Panfish Line in over 20 feet of water. Bite was slow but
consistent. Bonus white bass gave a good tussle.

Marilyn Black

Conneaut Lake
Darl @ Fishing with Darl Black; filed 11-9: Dave Leh-
man and I returned to Conneaut Lake in search of big
bass after a failed attempt the week before. It was a
calm, bluebird sky kind of day – not the best for a big
fish bite. Dave scored midway through the day with a 4

pound 2 ounce largemouth bass taken on a jig. Trying to
beat his largemouth with a big smallmouth, I struck out.
Likely our last trip of 2017 unless Indian Summer makes
an appearance! (See photo)
Dave Lehman on Conneaut Lake

ERIE COUNTY

Presque Isle Bay
Dominic @ Lake Erie Bait & Tackle; filed 11-20: For the previous Report, I had stated the perch
being caught were on the small size. But now two weeks later with colder water, anglers are