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Presque Isle Bay (Erie County) —  Ice anglers were catching perch and pan fish on small jigs tipped with wax worms, minnows and grubs through mid-February, with various jig colors and water depths productive. Misery Bay was yielding limits and the head of the bay was producing nice perch. Piney Dam (Clarion County) — Perch

Lake Somerset (Somerset County) — Ice anglers were catching walleyes and panfish through early February. The lake is drawn down by seven feet.  One angler landed a keeper-size walleye and two sub-legals. Laurel Hill Lake (Somerset County) — Panfish and trout were reported through mid-February. Cranberry Glade Lake (Somerset County) — Northern pike were iced on

Foster Joseph Sayers Lake (Centre County) — Numbers of bluegills, black crappies, white crappies and perch were reported through Feb. 12, with Hunters Run Cut, east/west launch cove, summer/winter launch area, beach area and Lower Greens Run yielding nice catches on jigs tipped with waxworms, maggots or live minnows. Jigs also picked up some bass

Koon Lake (Bedford County) — Crappies, bluegills, and perch were iced on small jigs tipped with maggots or mealworms through early February. Cowans Gap Lake (Bedford County)  — Ice anglers were catching trout on powerbait through early February. Laurel Lake (Cumberland County)  — Powerbait was taking nice-size trout through early February. Stoever’s Dam (Lebanon County)

Lackawanna Lake (Lackawanna County) — This Lackawanna State Park impoundment was yielding crappies up to 10 to 12 inches, and bluegills, including many hand-size, through the ice, with jigs up to 1⁄64-ounce tipped with wax worms the ticket through Feb. 15. Promised Land Lake (Lackawanna County) — Numbers of trout were iced by anglers jigging

Tulpehocken Creek (Berks County) — Water was about 34 degrees and clear Feb. 11, and angling action was practically non-existent. Small nymphs under indicators in slow water and high-stick nymphing in faster water – keeping flies low to the bottom – were recommended by TCO Fly Shop for anglers determined to fish, although trout were