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Paul Stewart (Butler) (See photos on previous page)
- 11/25: Went up for perch on Saturday. We had to move around PIB
to find them. After the wind settled down, the bite was great. We
got 34 keepers between us, and fish size was better than last week.
- 12/5: Went up to PIB on Sunday. Again had to move around to find
them. We kept 20 of the bigger ones between the two of us. The
bite was very light; with the clear sky, the fish stopped biting once

the sun got high.

Erie Steelhead Report

Uncle John’s photo
Randy @ Fish West PA Uncle John ‘s photo

Lynn @ East End Angler; filed 12/11: East side creeks are freezing up. Ice reported on Four Mile
and Six Mile. The lower end of Twenty Mile still open but ice reported in upper reaches. Sixteen
Mile Creek is still open and usually remains so through the winter due to the water treatment

discharge.

Jeff @ Poor Richards; filed 12/11: West side creeks are low and clear with ice forming. Anglers
are still catching steelheads in some upper areas of creeks. Single eggs and minnows for the
bait guys; fly fishermen are using egg patterns, sucker spawn in light colors, small nymphs and
Wooly Buggers. We had a guy report a 15 pound 6 ounce Brown Trout at 26 inches from mouth

of Trout Run…that is a nice fish!

Dan @ Elk Creek Sports; filed 12/11: With no rain or snow melt, creeks are low and clear. But
anglers are still catching fish. The lower portion of Elk is now frozen. But on Saturday, one of
our customers caught 14 steelheads around the access area simply by advancing upstream as
the pool water iced over! We’ve got the fish in the streams – but we don’t have the water, and
the water we do have is freezing. Conditions are going to get tougher this week before we see
an improvement. Hoping for warm up next week.

Rebecca @ Uncle John’s Elk Creek Campground; filed 12/8: Our campers have been catching
fish even in the low and clear water. See a couple of our best pics. Hoping for a bit of warm up
to open water. (See photos above)