Page 5 - Fishing Report | 11-22-17

Rebecca @ Uncle John’s Elk Creek Campground; filed 11-20: Before the weekend rain, our
guests were catching a good number of steelhead from Elk Creek. See their success in attached
photos.

MERCER COUNTY

Shenango Lake
Rick Como (Sharpsville); filed 11-20: I finally got out for a couple trips on Shenango this past
week. One day with my cousin Gary Smiley in his Sports Pal canoe to try for walleyes. We had a
very good day. Surprisingly, we caught over 50 perch that morning while
jigging for walleyes. However, most were on the small size; but in the
next few years these perch should be frying pan size! We managed sev-
eral impressive walleyes including one a tad shy of 28 inches. There are

good numbers of walleye in the lake, but they have been tough to catch
due to all the baitfish in the lake. However, with water temperature
dropping, the walleyes are concentrating in the river channel. White
bass and hybrid stripers are also feeding in these areas. I’ve been catch-
ing many white bass and some small hybrids in these areas, too. Crap-
pies are being caught; they are very nice sized crappies this time of year.

Also channel cats. All species in the lake are hitting right now. Search
around the channel and deepwater drop-offs – you will find all species.
Get out this week if you can…colder water is coming and soon we will
be ice fishing. (See cover photo, photo here and photo in Livewell)