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Norm @ Jamestown Boat Livery; filed 7-24: It was another good weekend for anglers on our
rental pontoons. I saw quite a few walleyes come in on stringers – no limits but lots of 2 to 4
fish…darn well for late July. And eyes were being taken shallow in 5 to 6 feet of water. With
lake still 4 inches high and dropping, the river has good flow and a good bite, too.

Laurie @ Duck-N-Drake; filed 7-24: There are not a lot of anglers on the lake. That is too bad
because guys who are fishing are catching fish. I’ve been surprised by how shallow the wall-

eyes are being caught. This past week, there were more reports of ‘eyes from 5 to 6 feet than
deep trolling with crankbaits. One customer stood on shore, casting a Walleye Wizard and
caught walleye and catfish. Another customer was fishing out in front of Ohio campground and
brought in a mixed bag of 32 panfish, including a 13” crappie, 11” perch and 10.5 inch bluegill.
Fishing is good; come on over!

Russ @ Gateway Bait & Tackle; filed 7-24: Catching has picked up but those fishing have
slowed down. There are lots of catfish and small perch being caught from the North End, and
crappies south of Causeway in 11 feet of water. I’ve had reports of several muskies, including a
couple in the 47” to 48” range. One musky angler told me he lost his biggest fish ever right at
the boat.

Patty @ Poff’s Place; filed 7-24: My customers say the walleye fishing lately is better south of
the Andover Causeway. I also have reports of some decent size crappies.

Lunker Mike (Conneautville); filed 7-24: I had a great week-
end at Pymatuning fishing for bass. I spent Saturday and Sun-
day at the lake. Caught them on soft plastics and crankbaits –
didn’t matter, they were chewing. Good Times! (See photos)

Angler Al (Franklin); filed 7-22: Brother Steve and I spent the early morning hours on Pymie.

We drug crawler harnesses until 9 am but only managed to catch catfish.
Then a breeze picked up, and we decided to wind drift pieces on crawlers on
1/8-ounce jigs. We caught small perch, crappies, sunfish, bluegills, catfish
and walleyes, but only one catfish and one legal walleye made the trip home
with us. (See photo)

Ken Smith (Sharon)
- 7-15: after sitting in the apartment for three days to stay out of

the heat, I headed back to Pymie. I wanted to see how far away
the crappies had moved from the brushpiles after the storms.
None were shallower than 13 feet, and all were right in the
brush. I had to bump cover to get them to bite. I caught 20 keep-