August 15, 2013

Little Lehigh River (Lehigh County) — Red worms, butterworms and other live baits were taking trout in recent weeks. Jordan Creek (Lehigh County) — The water near Kern’s Dam was yielding catfish up to 12 inches. Bushkill Creek (Northampton County) — The lower reaches around Easton were yielding trout on small crawler pieces during the cooler

Lake Wallenpaupack (Pike County) — Walleyes were biting in the pre-dawn hours on crankbaits through Aug. 1. Largemouth bass up to 4½ pounds were hitting stickbaits in the back ends of coves, and smallmouth bass were taking tubes around structure. Channel catfish up to 20 pounds were reported. Shohola Lake (Pike County) — Bass were

Octararo Lake (Lancaster County) — Largemouth bass angling was great in early August, with deep-diving crankbaits at 10 feet plus, seven- to 10-inch Carolina rigged worms, and jigs with big trailers all effective. Soft swimbaits were starting to work off points. The winning weight in the recent tournament was nearly 18 pounds for five bass,

Pine, Little Pine creeks (Lycoming County) — Good temperatures and flow made for perfect stream conditions as of Aug. 4, and Pine was fishing well for bass. Anglers are advised to be conscious of conditions and to avoid targeting trout when water hits 70 degrees. The shaded upper reaches of Little Pine can be a

Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio rivers (Allegheny County) — Smallmouth bass and catfish were reported on the Mon from the Mon Wharf upriver to 18th Street access, on the Ohio below Emsworth Dam and throughout the Neville Island back channel, and around Point State Park, where all three rivers come together. The Allegheny was yielding channel cats

Lake Erie (Erie County) — Walleyes were hitting on plugs, crawler harnesses and spoons in 60 to 80 feet, with fish suspended at 40 to 50 feet through the end of July. Purple, purple-pink and purple-black were the best spoon and harness blade colors, while the better plug colors were green, blue or purple.  A