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Ohio River Region

Cincinnati Area – Water levels are still high and water temperatures remain cool. Anglers are reporting some success in the tributaries on worms as well as Twister Tails tipped with minnows. Catches are mostly bluegill

Central Region

Alum Creek Lake (Delaware County) – Fishing jigs and minnows suspended by a float around woody cover in the upper end of the lake and in coves is a good way to catch crappie. Use

Southeast Region

Piedmont Lake (Belmont County) – Anglers report catching saugeye in the 15- to 16-inch range by trolling jigs and minnows over the rock point across from the Reynolds Road boat ramp. Black crappie nine to

Northcentral Region

Kettle Creek (Potter County) – Low flow was reported May 9 but anglers were catching nice numbers of fish. Pine Creek, Little Pine Creek, Slate Run, Cedar Run (Lycoming, Tioga counties) – Great water levels

Southcentral Region

Yellow Breeches Creek (Cumberland County) – The upper Breeches was fishable May 9. Abundant sulphurs were seen, and trout were feeding in the late afternoon and early evening hours. Raystown Lake (Huntingdon County) – New

Adirondacks

Many trout waters in the region are now stocked, and conditions were generally very good for some early-season fishing. By now, several streams, including the West Branch of the Ausable River as well as the

Central

Sangchris Lake: Crappies have been biting good near the dam, most in 4-5 feet of water. Bass picking up. Powerton Lake: Channel catfish and blue catfish both biting. Bass have slowed with changing water. Hybrid

North

Lake Michigan: According to fishing reporter Cory Yarmuth (www.chitown-angler.com), things aren’t changing all that rapidly on the “Big Lake.” Browns and cohos are active on the lakefront from the boats as well as from shore.

Capital District

Ron Nadler at Fish307 (1-800-FISH-37) reports lake trout and landlocked fishing continues to get very good on Lake George, with fish anywhere from the surface to 20 feet down and, he says, dropping slowly as

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