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NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA FISHING REPORT
Published by Blackwolfe Communications LLC Issue: December 17, 2018
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Dave at Richter’s Bait refers to it as the “in
between time” and Russ at Gateway Tackle
calls it “limbo” – the period when skim ice
cover on the lakes prevents launching boats,
but ice isn’t thick enough to permit ice fish-
ing. It starts sometime during December in
NW PA and may last until sometime in Janu-
ary. Flowing water offers the only fishing op-
Jeff Knapp—PB 13.44 lb. ‘eye, Allegheny portunities. But water temperature typically
River in the 30s restricts which species are truly ac-
tive. Trout (including steelhead), walleye and
perch are usually targeted, and with a little
warm up perhaps smallmouth bass. But with
water temp in the mid to low 30s, even flow-
ing water may chunk up with ice at any time.
Yet the hardcore keep on fishing. With above
average temps forecast for the next 30 days,
it’s a flip of the coin as to whether there will
be safe ice in January or if you will need to
pull that boat out of storage.
Chad Foster—10 lb. Brown, Erie trib
