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VENANGO COUNTY

Allegheny River
Steve Udick (Oil City); filed 7-10: We got some
good fishing time in with the grand kids on
Sunday. Tube jigs in any color did the trick on
the kid’s poles. Addison Knight age 11, Drew

Knight age 8 and Rory age 5 all posed with
their bass. We spent the day on and around
Alcorn Island fishing, swimming and having a
picnic. The grandkids are visiting from Germa-
ny and enjoying the Allegheny River.

Jeff Knapp @ Keystone Connection Guide Service; filed 7-9: The middle Al-
legheny was high and discolored for much of the past two weeks. When it
receded to a fishable level, my guide clients scored well on Terminator Spin-
nerbaits, BPS Speed Shad and Galida’s Grubz. As the water continued to
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clear (weekend of 8 & 9 ) productive baits shifted to Winco’s River Darters
and Rapala X-Raps, with the Speed Shad remaining in the mix. My guide trip
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on Sunday, July 9 produced over 50 smallmouths, with plenty of quality
size bass up to 19 inches, along with bonus walleyes. Water clarity at this point was about two
feet with water temp of 75 degrees. (Caption info for photo: Keystone Connection guide client
Luke Twerdock with a 19-inch smallmouth taken on Terminator Spinnerbait; Knapp photo)

Justus Lake
Angler Al (Franklin)
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- June 30 : After a morning storm, my brother Steve and I headed to
Justus Lake. We had a fun day of boating 22 largemouth and small-
mouth bass. Most fish were caught near the outer edge of the weed
lines in 9 to 11 feet of water. Only one bass met the legal 15 inch length.
(See photo)
- July 2: After landing a Tiger Musky estimated at 45 inches, my brother in
-law Dr. Amal Das also caught three largemouths and six bluegills. All
fish were caught on a red nightcrawler harness.

Sugar Creek
Angler Al; filed 7-1: With brother Steve home for a few weeks, we made our
annual trout fishing trip on Sugar Creek. Although the stream was blown out, we still managed
to catch fish: total of 18 rainbows, 4 browns and 7 smallmouth bass. They all hit pieces of drift-
ed nightcrawler. One of the smallies was an exceptional 20-inch fish.