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VENANGO COUNTY

Sugar Creek
Angler Al; filed 4-27: Ten year old Mikey Galkowski was drifting a crawler
in sweet ol’ Sugar Creek. The end result was a 21 inch brown trout and a
very happy youngster.

Oil Creek
Bill Logan (Pleasantville); filed 5-4: Fish Commission stocked Oil Creek at
Mikey with 21 in Brown
Petroleum Center this week with 270 trophy trout. So I went trout fish-
ing! I broke one off, lost one and landed two over 19 inches, as well as
four regular stockies in just two hours. All on a Triple Threat Streamer.

Allegheny River
Bill Logan; filed 4-27: Today I caught 51 smallmouth bass and a small pike. Top lures were
tubes, swimbaits and Galida’s Grubz. Two bass hit the 20 inch mark. My hands are cramping!

Gene Winger (Oil City); filed 5-6: Over the past two weeks I’ve had exceptional bass fishing de-
spite fighting high winds and rain. With water temperature finally reaching the mid-50s bass
have started moving towards typical spawning areas. I’ve been catching most smallies on tubes
and jerkbaits in five to six feet of faster moving water and in current breaks adjacent backwater
flats. I’ve also been experimenting with River2Sea 168S Glide Bait – and having really good suc-
cess; caught several bass tipping the scales at 4-plus pounds. Big bass love these glide baits!
(See photos in Livewell)

Jeff Knapp @ Keystone Connection Guide Service; filed 5-6: River smallmouth action has been
good. Bass are showing up near spawning sites as result of dramatic rise in water temperature.
We are getting bass in the 18 to 20 inch range on all guide trips. Patterns change from day to
day, but Z-Man TRD Tubez, soft jerkbaits, soft stickbaits, and hard jerkbaits are all in the mix.
Water temp on May 6 was 60 degrees. (See photos in Livewell)

Pete Cartwright @ SmalliesontheYough.com Guide Service (see photos)
- 4-25 Allegheny River: cool rain cloudy 52 degrees; water temp 52 degrees. High water
forced us to target eddies. Bass were there! I caught some real hawgs using a slow roll
with my 412ube Illusion color that I helped to design; using 8 lb. Gamma Edge means I
didn’t lose the big ones. Fish can be caught in all conditions if you find the right bait.
- 5-1 Allegheny River: warm 78 sunny; water temp 57 degrees. I caught smallmouth in cur-
rent using 412 tubes from 412 Bait Company. I also targeted eddies using Rapala X-Rap
for some additional nice fish. As always, spooled with 8lb. Gamma Edge. Two biggest
bass were 20 inches. (See Photos on next Page)