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FRENCH CREEK – Flowing through all four counties

Angler Al Diary (Franklin)
- 5-4: I welcomed the opportunity to spend time wade fishing on
the waters of French Creek with gentlemen attending the PA Out-
door Writers Association conference in Franklin. The morning
bite showed some promise – although nothing made it to the

net. The afternoon session provided little results, except for one
chunky smallmouth caught, filmed and released.
- 5-5: It’s amazing what a difference a day makes. I went back down to the exact same
spot I had taken the writers on Friday morning and caught three nice smallmouth bass.
Evening found me back at the same spot, and I landed three walleyes and more small-
mouths from the same current seam. The largest walleye went 23 inches and two of the

smallies were pushing 4 pounds. Only wish these fish would have hit for the guys on Fri-
day. (See photos)

CRAWFORD COUNTY

Pymatuning Lake
Norm @ Jamestown Boat Livery; filed 5-7: Action is picking up for anglers
renting boats. Over the weekend, crappies started biting on the South End.
Also over weekend, boat anglers had daytime walleye action by drifting with Richter’s photo
crawlers on the South End.

Dave @ Richter’s Bait; filed 5-7: Fish are biting! Customers reported doing

very well on crappies and walleyes. During the day, walleyes were taken by
drifting with a jig-n-minnow or jig-n-crawler. There is still a decent night
wading bite but it is slowing down. Musky are spawning, so incidental musky
catches are up. (See photo)

Richter’s photo
Laurie @ Duck-N-Drake; filed 5-7: It was a good weekend for crappies on
the North End with anglers catching them very shallow with small jigs or
minnows. Perch are shallow with crappies, too. The bass bite has turned

on big time since two weeks ago when bass anglers were striking out.
Customers are reporting two distinct walleye presentations that are pro-
ducing. First, drifting crawlers in 7 to 8 feet of water is working. Second,
trolling Shad Raps in 15 to 18 feet – seemed a bit early for trolling that
deep, but that’s their report. (See photo)

Limit catches of crappies