Check Out These Crappie!

One angler brought in a couple of big female crappie on Tuesday afternoon for a quick weight and picture. He then returned them to the lake to finish their spawning activity.

These were caught on fathead minnows on a jig head, fished below a slip float. The larger crappie, the one on the left in the picture (the angler's right hand), measured 16 inches long with a girth of 14 inches! It weighed just under 3 lbs on our certified scales and qualified this angler for a PA Fish & Boat Commission Angler Award program. The other crappie in the right of the picture was just a little smaller but still a big beauty. Again, he put them back into the lake to finish spawning.

This angler also caught a nice 30+ inch channel cat this week while fishing for crappie. He said it put up a good fight on his crappie rod!

Bass fishing on the lake is starting to pick up a little with the warmer weather. Herd jerkbaits such as Lucky Craft Pointer, Smithwick Rogues and Rapala Husky Jerks and X-raps are catching most of the bass right now.

On the river, the spinnerbait bite is just starting to kick in which makes for some awesome spring time smallmouth action! Hard jerkbaits and hair jigs are also catching a most of the fish but don't be afraid to chuck those blades now too!