Page 6 - Fishing Report | 11-22-17

VENANGO COUNTY

Allegheny River
Editor’s note: The Allegheny had just receded to a fishable level this past week when the heavy
rains on Saturday 11-18 blew the river out again. Likely another week of high water; likely not
fishable by Thanksgiving weekend — but keep fingers crossed!

Steve Udick (Oil City); filed 11-18: With the river at the 7-8
foot level at Oil City all week long, finding access to fishing

spots wasn’t easy. I found a nice spot along Colbert Avenue
with access Tuesday, 11-14, the fish were aggressive as I’ve
ever seen in cold water. In two hours I landed seven bass
and four walleyes. I landed fish on six consecutive casts,
most of them hitting within two feet of shore. My most in- Udick’s smallmouth with lamprey
teresting catch was a bass with lamprey attached. I posted in
the last report about seeing a bass jumping repeatedly likely in an attempt to throw an attached

lamprey. Well I caught this bass with lamprey right where the one last week was jumping. Bass
now free of lamprey. Rapala Shad Rap in Firetiger and a walleye pattern caught all the fish. Plug
worked with slow twitch and jerk method. Most of bass were in the 16 to 17 inch lengths – but
still catching some 12 inchers in the 40-ish degree water. (See photo here and in Livewell)

Jeff Knapp @ Keystone Connection Guide Service; filed 11-18; I got
back on the Allegheny after about a two-week period of high water,
and managed to squeeze in a couple scouting trips before the rain

returned last weekend. Smallmouth bass were gathering in their tra-
ditional wintering holes. Walleyes were also part of the mix. Most
bass and walleye were quality size. We caught them on Rapala
Husky Jerk, hair jigs, tubes, Z-Man Hula StickZ, BPS Speed Shad soft
swimbait and Galida’s Grubz. Water temperature was 44 degrees on
our last outing on Nov 17. (See photo here and in Livewell)

Dave Lehman on river/Knapp photo

Bill Logan (Pleasantville); filed 11-17: S-l-o-w start. Had one hit the first hour. Then 10 bass on a
blade, 2 on Galida’s Grubz, 5 on tubes and 1 on swimbait – plus 2 pike on
a swimbait. Big bass was 3.5 pounds. (See photo)

Bill Logan photo