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NW PA Fishing Report For May 2019
This has certainly been an up and down spring so far. Outstanding fishing for a day or two during a too-brief warming spell, followed by a cold rain, wind and a drop in the water […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For March 2019
The Landing Net It’s another “in be-tween” season. Ice fishing is winding down. But lakes are not “Ice free” yet. Walleye season is closing down (except for Pymatuning) at midnight March 14thso tail waters and […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For January 2019
Finally arrived! Ice Fishing season in NW PA! After a couple false starts – including an early severe cold snap around Thanksgiving that had some believing they would be ice fishing before Christmas and a […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For November 2018
This past October will go down as one of polar opposites. Started out with record high temps, then suddenly went into storm mode with wet, windy and cooler than normal temps. Now looking at the […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For September 2018
It’s the end of September and finally the long summer heat wave has given way to the start of some cool fall-like temperatures. With the start of October only days away, experienced anglers are filled […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For Early July 2018
Summer arrived with excessive heat, excessive storms and excessive water. With things finally calming down, anglers are venturing out again. Reports coming in are encouraging, and summer patterns should be setting up with the next […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For Early June 2018
Wow. It’s the time of year there is a lot of great catches occurring on from the small in-land lakes to Lake Erie. Read this issue of the Fishing Report to find the species of […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For Early May 2018
I don’t want to jinx it…but it really looks like spring has finally arrived to NW PA. And it lit-erally happened overnight. After a wet, cold, snowy April (including snow on my vehicle the last […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For Late April 2018
It’s been one screwed up spring. And while I’m not making any predictions, the 10 day forecast isn’t all that promising about a turn-around in the weather. While it has been great for Erie steelhead […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For Late March 2018
Given the complete thaw on all waters in NW PA during the final week of February, we have since paid dearly for high expectations of ear-ly spring with return of winter weather that just won’t […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For January 2017
With the deep freeze, rapid thaw and re-freeze of the past week, fishing success is a bit on the skinny side. Many people are just trying to get through the problems brought on by freeze-thaw […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For December 2017
We are almost at the end of the open water season. Ice fishing likely in full swing come January. Late fall open water almost always goes out with a bang, and this November and early […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For Late November 2017
With colder weather, hunting season and the holidays, fishing reports get a bit skinny this time of year. However that doesn’t mean fish are not biting – just that not many guys and gals are […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For November 2017
This issue of the NW PA Fishing Report is the smallest of the entire year. While anglers are enjoying a fantastic steelhead season on the Erie tributaries, anglers on inland waters have been struggling the […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For Late September 2017
Although we have been experiencing an un-seasonably hot spell for the first days of fall, the fishing has been remarkably good – in some waters, fishing is G-R-E-A-T! If you have not been catching fish […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For Mid September 2017
September is month of transition. With water temps beginning to drop, fish are making some adjustments in location and prey sources. As water temps continue to drop, we anticipate most warm/coolwater species (bass, walleyes, crappies, […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For Late August 2017
Well, it looks like the August slow down has finally hit NW PA. Not to say that fish aren’t biting, but that anglers are not out fishing—according to many area tackle shops I talk with […]
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NW PA Fishing Report For Late July 2017
The Landing Net by Darl Black. Hard to believe we are into late July already! Weather wise, this has been an unusually rough spring and early summer. And looking at the coming week’s forecast, we […]
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June/July Issue of NW PA Fishing Report
Summer officially has arrived! After unusually slow spring, reports are coming in from across NW PA that fishing is improving. It’s full steam ahead for walleyes and crappies at Pymatuning, plus reports of success for […]
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Late May issue of NW PA Fishing Report
This has been an incredibly odd spring. Typical patterns on inland lakes have not materialized for the most part. Weather has been a major factor – wind, cooler temps that normal, excessive rain and more […]
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May 11th issue of NW PA Fishing Report
Oh what a crappie! Caught in a Fish Com-mission survey net at Pymatuning, this black crappie is on display in the tank at the visitor center. It is 20 inches long and weighed 4 pounds […]
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April 21st issue of NW PA Fishing Report
Seems like it has been a long time in coming…but spring weather and the spring bite has arrived in force. Smallmouth in PIB and the Allegheny, walleyes N & S at Pymatuning, crappies popping up […]
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March 15th issue of NW PA Fishing Report
What a week! St. Patrick’s Day and the First Day of Spring! The ice on the Allegheny River and French Creek is breaking up, resulting in some flooding. Although the river is high, dirty and […]
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Jan 18th issue of NW PA Fishing Report
NW PA Fishing Report: The third week of January, and so far this has been an On-n-Off winter. At the present time, there is no truly safe ice cover on area lakes – certainly nothing […]
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December 15 issue of NW PA Fishing Report
Well, it has been an unusual fall. Started out too warm with water temperatures higher than normal, therefore fish were slow to move into fall patterns. Then just when water temp hit the sweet spot […]
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November 23 issue of NW PA Fishing Report
So many anglers are focusing on steelhead right now, and that’s great! Steelies are a fun fish to catch. However, with water temperature in the low 50s to mid-40s, Marilyn and I prefer to fish […]
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November 10 issue of NW PA Fishing Report
The Landing Net – We continue to experience unusually warm weather into mid-November. While the steel-head anglers have benefited from recent rains and the tributaries are now loaded with fish, the fall bite on inland […]
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October 26 issue of NW PA Fishing Report
The NW PA Fishing Report provides timely angling information for Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango Counties – covering all species and all waters open to the public. The fishing comments and photos are offered by […]
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NW PA Fishing Report for October 12, 2016
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing Line. We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, stream and rivers […]
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NW PA Fishing Report for September 28, 2016
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing Line. We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT for September 14, 2016
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing Line. We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT for November 24, 2015
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing. We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, stream and rivers of […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT for November 11, 2015
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marnie and Gamma Fishing. We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT FOR AUGUST 24, 2015
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing. We answer the question: “What’s biting in the lakes, streams, and rivers of […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT FOR JULY 15, 2015
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marina and Gamma Fishing. We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, stream and rivers of […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT FOR JULY 13, 2015
This report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marina and Gamma Fishing. We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT FOR JUNE 4, 2015
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing. We answer the question: “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT for May 2015
This report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and GAMMA Fishing. We answer the question: “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT for April 22, 2015
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing. We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes streams and rivers of […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT FOR MARCH 17, 2015
This report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and GAMMA Fishing. We answer the question: “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT for February 16, 2015
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism with additional sponsorship from Wiegel Brothers Marine and Gamma Fishing. We answer the question “What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of […]
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NW PA FISHING REPORT for January 15, 2015
This Report is brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism, with additional sponsorship support from Wiegel Brothers Marine (Franklin) and Gamma Fishing Line (Oil City). We answer the question “What’s biting in the […]
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NW PA Fishing Report: 1/01/15
Brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism. What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango Counties? FRENCH CREEK – Flowing through all four counties. Editor’s note: By […]
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NW PA Fishing Report: 11/16/14
What’s biting in the lakes, streams and rivers of Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango Counties? CRAWORD COUNTY – Pymatuning Lake: Hooker @ Hills Country Store (filed 11/17): “I’ve been busy hunting rather than fishing, but […]
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New Fishing Guide Service in NW PA
Darl and Marilyn Black of Cochranton, Pennsylvania, recently formed Blackwolfe Communications LLC to encompass the writing and photography which they do individually for outdoor magazines along with joint projects on behalf of area tourism. Blackwolfe […]
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NW PA Fishing Report: 9/16/14
What’s biting in the waters of Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango counties? FRENCH CREEK – flowing through all four counties: Scott Rushe (State College); filed 9/13: “French Creek in Venango is blown out AGAIN…tried Friday […]
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NW PA Fishing Report: 7/23/14
NW PA FISHING REPORT: Brought to you by the PA Great Lakes Region tourism. What’s biting in the counties of Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango? News Items: Winners of Fishing Report Panfish ID Contest: In […]
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NW PA Fishing Report: June 23, 2014
Brought to you by PA Great Lakes Region tourism. What’s biting in the counties of Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango? Important alert – Beware E15! – Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Executive Director John Arway […]
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NW PA Fishing Report: 6/9/14
What’s biting in the counties of Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango? NEWS Items. For those with a strong back and a desire to help create better fish habitat in area waters, this coming week you […]
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NW PA Fishing Report: 5/23/14
What’s biting in the counties of Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango? FRENCH CREEK – Flowing through all four counties. French Creek has been running extremely muddy and over the bank full for the past week. […]