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Keith Beamer @ PA Fish & Boat Commission; filed 3/4: “At Woodcock Lake, the PFBC
Habitat Division created 20 new humps with about 7 tons of rock in each hump. To cre-
ate more complex structures, we placed rock around vertical plank structures that we
put in with our boats back in June. They are our sturdiest structure and have held up well
in other draw down lakes. During some of our electrofishing work in other lakes, we have
shocked some impressive bass off them. There are 13 vertical plank structures on the
north side of the lake.”

Conneaut Lake
Sarah @ Timberland Bait; filed 3/2: Editor’s comments: Sarah and Jerry say the Timber-
land Ice Tournament on Conneaut Lake was a big success. Sarah sent the photos of the
winners; posted on Livewell Page. As I recall, they had about 150 participants. I was for-
tunate to be there when Tom Luck of Bridgeville, PA caught what turned out to be the
first place northern pike. The pike was 32 inches long and weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz. This was
the first fish Tom ever caught ice fishing! Luck won $600!

Luck Wins! Boys from Pittsburg enjoyed minus 27 degrees Jerry VanTassel—director

Canadohta Lake
Ben Lipiec (Erie); filed 2/25: Went to Canadohta Lake this past Sunday for crappies.
Found them suspended in 10-15 feet over 25 feet depth with soft bottom off spawning
areas. Fish were not hard to find; the trick was getting them to bite. Once I figured that
out, catching was fairly steady. Moving around a lot didn’t seem to help because the fish
were not in one spot for very long – just roaming. The best deal for me was once you
found an area a group of crappies would pass through occasionally so you were better off
waiting them out. This would happen every 5 to 15 minutes; if you waited 30 minutes, it
was time to move. Landed 35 fish and kept 12 in the 10” to 12” range – all I wanted to
clean. All fish were caught on a Fiskas Jig in Glow or Perch color tipped with a minnow or
maggot. Fiskas Jig size was 4 mm and 5 mm. Also fish on a 1/50th ounce jig tipped with a
waxworm plastic. The faster fall of the Fiskas helped get the bait down quicker for an ex-
tra fish or two from a group before they moved.”