April 12, 2012

Little Juniata River (Huntingdon County) Flow was lower than normal and clear and in the 50s March 31. Nymphing with small to mid-size flies and streamers (6 or smaller) was productive. Hatches included black midges, black stone flies (12-18), blue-winged olives (18), and grannums (14-16). Reducing tippets and fishing BWOs will fool rising trout here. […]

Penn’s Creek (Union County) Water was low, clear and in the 50s but fishing well March 31. Stonefly and caddisfly nymphs were working, although a few trout were surface-feeding on dry stoneflies and Blue-Winged Olives. Hendricksons began emerging March 31, about a month ahead of schedule. Small streamers (6 or smaller) cast along stream edges

Buffalo Creek (Armstrong County) Anglers were catching trout on Sucker Spawn, Glo-Bugs, Woolly Buggers, Hare’s Ear Nymphs and Trout Magnets in the delayed-harvest, artificial-lures-only section. Allegheny River (Armstrong County) Small walleyes and smallmouth bass were released at the locks and dams and mouths of tributaries. Green Lick Dam (Fayette County) Shore and boat anglers caught

Presque Isle Bay (Erie County)  Excellent panfishing came early, with perch hitting in the head of the bay off the first parking lot, off the North Pier, and crappies in the “stink hole.” Largemouth bass, including many over 15 inches, were released in Misery Bay, with spinnerbaits most productive. The smallmouth bass bite was early