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And more from Erie…

Lynn @ East End Angler reports anglers have been
catching walleyes off the South Pier in the evening
using swimbaits. The fish are being caught off the
east end by casting into the open lake. She says this
isn’t one or two fish once in a while; some guys are
getting limits. “I’ve never heard of this happening

since we’ve had the tackle shop – very unusual.” (See
photo of 28 inch 8 lb. walleye from South Pier)
Lynn has no reports of solid ice on inland lakes, but expects Easton Reservoir may be the first to
freeze if the cold weather continues. She says this is a good ice fishing lake for panfish.

Dave Horvath reports musky anglers were hard at it on Edinboro Lake two weeks ago – trolling

and casting. But he did not hear of any musky being caught.

MERCER COUNTY

Shenango Lake

Kevin Austin; filed 12/9: Yes, I’ve been fishing the last couple weeks. I did catch a lot of nice 14
and 15 inch crappie before the bite slowed. I was using a 1/32 ounce jighead with either a
straight tail or tube body, usually in white/chartreuse or red/chartreuse. I fished the jig 18 inch-
es off the bottom.
Rick Como (Sharpsville); filed 12/10: With lower air temperature and
very low lake levels, the fishing on Shenango has slowed. The lake is
now around 6 feet below normal pool and dropping. My last trip out

was the slowest of the fall season. Perch were still on fire but mostly
small ones. A few white bass and crappies were caught, but they
were small too. No walleyes or hybrid stripers. So I decided to store the
boat and wait for safe ice to form. Hopefully in the next Report we will
have ice fishing photos to share. I would like to take this time to wish all of
you who read the Fishing Report a Very Merry Christmas and Happy Holi-
day Season. See ya on da lake!
Ken Smith (Sharon); filed 12-10: Summarizing recent fishing, the first

week of December was very good crappie fishing on Shenango. I found
nice crappies in several areas in depths from 8 to 13 feet of water, over
brush and structure put in by USACE. Productive baits included Bobby
Garland Crappie Shooters and Pico plastics. I kept some crappies to
clean each trip. Put my boat away earlier this week and now waiting on
safe ice. (See photo series on right of Ken’s last three days on Shenango)