Fishing report
Trout are still biting, but other fish are active giving fishermen a variety of targets to pursue in area waters.
Warm weather kept a lot of anglers away from Dunlap Creek Lake in Menallen Township, but those who have wet their lines have reeled in trout as well as smallmouth bass and some perch, said Al Packan of Cap’n Al and Sons.
“It seems like most people who come out leave with trout,” Packan said.
A lot of people don’t keep the fish they catch and some have reported catching 10 to 12 trout, he said.
Trout seem to be favoring night crawlers, small minnows and maggots over power bait, which caught a lot of fish earlier in the spring, he said.
Fishing pressure was expected to pick up after the Dunlap Lake Cooperative Stocking Committee stocked a load of trout measuring 14 to 30 inches on Saturday.
“The bass situation is looking good out here too,” Packan said.
He said he regularly sees 10-12 bass hunting minnows by the boat docks.
Some fisherman are catching bass on purpose and some have caught them accidentally while fishing for trout.
Packan said he heard of people catching a few of the perch that the committee stocked two weeks ago, but he doesn’t know if they were targeting the perch or hooking them while fishing for trout.
The committee stocked about 1,000 perch measuring 6 to 12 inches.
Fishing action remains good in mountain waters, according to Scott Gates of S&S Bait and Tackling in Wharton Township.
Trout continue biting on minnows, red worms and Trout Magnets tipped with maggots in Meadow Run, Gates said.
A few trout have hit on Jerry’s Flies and fly fishermen have been catching them on dark colored Woolly Buggers.
Laurel Hill Creek is giving up trout to anglers using wax worms, minnows and Rooster Tails, Gates said.
Fishermen using nigh crawlers, pink eggs and rainbow colored Berkley Power Bait have been catching trout in the Youghiogheny River Lake tailrace in Confluence. A few bites have been reported using spinners, he said.
Minnows and night crawlers are working well in the Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle State Park.
In High Point Lake in Somerset County has given up a few small pikes and perch, but fishing action has been slow, Gates said.
Walleye fishing has been very good in Yough Lake where anglers have been using night crawlers and jigs. Gates said he heard of anglers catching a few fish larger than 24 inches.
People trolling the lake for walleyes have caught a few on Hot n Tots and Reef Runners.
Catfish and perch are also biting in the lake.
“Catfish are eating everything you put in the water,” Gates said, adding that he heard of someone catching a cat more than 30 inches long.
Perch are being caught throughout the lake on night crawlers and minnows.
Smallmouth bass are biting live and plastic baits, he said.