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Date Fished: 1/5/2008
Location: mid upper elk
Water Conditions: green-clear to dirty, up a bit
Posted By: "redneck steel" mydutchboy@hotmail.com
1/6/2009 12:20:41 AM Report ID: 23440

Report: Started around 1:15 at mid elk. Not much action. Lost what looked to be a big steelie. Walking back to truck and discovered 8 or 10 fish sitting in a small feeder creek. Didnt try my luck just watched em for a bit and left. Moved to upper elk below mekean exit. Landed to right away and that was it. Both were very colored, the first one looked almost black. Black jig and maggots got all 3 strikes. Nothing on egg sacks. Water got dirty around 4 or so. Get em while ya can, the cold is coming. Good luck

Date Fished: 1/5
Location: 12 Mile
Water Conditions: CRYSTAL clear
Posted By: "HeavyD7474" dale7474@hotmail.com
1/5/2009 9:42:23 PM Report ID: 23438

Report: Much slower day today, as compared to yesterday. Due to the extreme water clarity, flourocarbon line is advised (although I was fly fishing with standard 3x tippet and caught 3 in 2 hours). Fly fishermen were on phesant tails, hare's ear, and green crystal meth. Spinners were smashing 'em on green egg sacs. Hopefully some rain comes to cloudy up the creeks.

Date Fished: Jan 3-4
Location: Elk
Water Conditions: tinted, slushy, good
Posted By: "Pathfinder" woodstream@chesapeake.net
1/5/2009 9:13:47 PM Report ID: 23437

Report: Three of us hit Elk near Folly's about 1pm on Saturday and all had our limit in 2 hours. Single egg patterns (orange) and clousers. Weather and water were great. Left for lower Elk looking for more silver. Saw very few fish on lower Elk and few landed. Picked up a few individual fish along edges.

Sunday, again beautiful weather, but lots of melting ice and slush. Hit Elk above Legion in morning and mid-day and found a lot of fish, including some chrome. Good visibility for sight fishing. White clousers, yellow orange Cryst meth, single eggs. Conservatively landed ~20 fish (hooked in mouth) between three of us. Just good fishing and lots of fish, including some relatively new fish. Not many fisherman away from the Legion pool. Hit Elk again below Folly's after 2 pm. Melting snow and ice had added to flow and color. Harder to see fish. Found some and landed a few.

Great weekend! Left as the rain came.

Tight lines.

Date Fished: 1-5-09
Location: Elk, Walnut
Water Conditions: LOW
Posted By: "whatsajob614" Josenorto@yahoo.com
1/5/2009 8:32:20 PM Report ID: 23436

Report: Caught a few on upper Elk in A.M. on egg patterns. Went to The stop sign and there were only 2 people there, so we hit a few there. Walked upstream and caught a few. It Got really cold as the day winded down. They are in there, EVERYWHRE! Good luck all.

Date Fished: 1/4/09
Location: 12mile
Water Conditions: clear
Posted By: "ishkabibble" jbgcabin5860@alltel.net
1/5/2009 4:11:39 PM Report ID: 23432

Report: landed 8--had a great day --these extreme hi numbers that people say they catch ---phoey

Date Fished: 01/04/09
Location: ELK
Water Conditions: CLEAR
Posted By: "grshuntr" grshuntr@hotmail.com
1/5/2009 9:57:54 AM Report ID: 23428

Report: fished upper elk on sunday, once we got the holes open enough to fish it was ok, there was a lot of slush and ice on the creek, not frozen all the way thru and hard to move. the water was low but not bad and clear, but not gin, i caught a couple of real fresh cromers and a couple over ten l0 lbs so you have some fresh fish and some really big fish, i got most of mine on egg patters, did catch a couple on a bead head nymph to try and get the fly thru the slush.

Date Fished: Jan 4
Location: Elk
Water Conditions: Icy
Posted By: "ShutUpNFish"
1/5/2009 8:48:32 AM Report ID: 23426

Report: Snagged lots of fish yesterday, luckily every one of them directly in the mouth! ;-) Most on jigs some on sacks. Once again, the creeks are low and clear and we need the rain. Until next time...Hook 'em Mup!

Date Fished: 01/04/09
Location: walnut
Water Conditions: clear
Posted By: "KnuckleBuster" pbarre35@mercyhurst.edu
1/5/2009 1:31:53 AM Report ID: 23424

Report: good fishing today! orange sucker spawns off the fly rod! slow morning but the evening was very productive with multiple fish landed and even more hookups! raskipp83, its not that people go out there and intentionally snag fish (i mean some do, but not many just because of the risks of hefty hefty fines) but in some areas such as the manchester hole, fish are stacked up so heavy that foul-hooks happen! it just one of those things, and you'll just have to live with it. oh and p.s. if you cut my line i will throw you in the water

Date Fished: 1/3/09
Location: 12 Mile
Water Conditions: Clear
Posted By: "deastman" deastman7@verizon.net
1/4/2009 10:59:23 PM Report ID: 23422

Report: Lots of steelies, alot of fresh silvers. Had alot of fun. Mostly skien. Fish On sure caught his share! Smokin Steelie caught his share and even more after he had to go buy a new pole!!

Date Fished: 1-4-09
Location: Mid Elk
Water Conditions: Perfect
Posted By: "OC Steelheader" lendrum_9@msn.com
1/4/2009 10:23:19 PM Report ID: 23421

Report: Cousin Hoke, Eric and I hit mid Elk about 10:00AM, just as the temp started to climb above freezing. We fished till about 4:00, with hookups all day. Managed to land 18 between the three of us, not counting the many foul hooks, due to the amount of steelies in the creek. All on shiners and egg sacks. Great day to be out and enjoy the beautiful winter landscape.

Date Fished: 1/4/09
Location: Lower Walnut
Water Conditions: Crystal Clear
Posted By: "suckerspawn42" acres21@comcast.net
1/4/2009 9:39:22 PM Report ID: 23420

Report: Made the drive up from Pittsburgh got to Walnut at 7 30 when fishing pressure was at a minimum. My buddy and I caught a few right off the bat then fishing slowed down. Left Walnut and tried finding the Mile Creeks but failed in finding any fish. Came back to Walnut around 2 and caught a few more including a nice 10 + pounder. Good Luck to all the die hard Steelheaders!!!

Date Fished: 1/4/2009
Location: lower elk
Water Conditions: low and green/clear
Posted By: "mlfooks@aol.com" mlfooksy@aol.com
1/4/2009 9:06:05 PM Report ID: 23419

Report: Hey guys! This is my first report so i hope i do ok. Me and mikey made the trip up from pittsburgh today. Fished the tubes on rt. 5. we saw no fish there but a guy in the tubes must have caught 6 fish in an hour on skien. Together we only took one steely but if was beautiful and thats all that matters. i only started steelhead fishin a year ago but im hooked their is nothin better than steely's. as my dad always told me keep the tip up and stay focused. Good luck guys.

Date Fished: 01/04/2008
Location: WALNUT
Water Conditions: CLEAR
Posted By: "MOUNTIE" STREAMIN23@YAHOO.COM
1/4/2009 9:02:14 PM Report ID: 23418

Report: Took a chance and tried walnut instead of NFL action. Fish stacked up and hitting fiercely, lots n lots of fresh fish. Caught a 13.2 lber. LATER on caught a 14.2 ounce. two citations in one day. Best day of the year, its like fall all over. Many fish are still very silver and fresh. Unbelievable

Date Fished: 1-4
Location: Elk
Water Conditions: Low, nice color.
Posted By: "whatsajob614" Josenorto@yahoo.com
1/4/2009 7:48:00 PM Report ID: 23417

Report: Lot's of slush in the A.M. Went to Elk and started hooking up after noon. Egg patterns worked well. We all caught a bunch. Me less than the others, but oh well. Don landed a 10lber that was beautiful. All in all, a good day minus the slush and ice early. Lots of fish everywhere. Good luck, and tight lines.

Date Fished: 1-4-09
Location: Elk Creek
Water Conditions: Clear Low Icy
Posted By: "SOB23" sob206@hotmail.com
1/4/2009 6:36:56 PM Report ID: 23415

Report: Whent to Elk by Steritannia today. Most of the big holes where still ice covered. The fish turned off at noon. Caught three and had about two other hookups. All fish where caught on creme crystal meth.

Date Fished: 1-4-08
Location: Eaton Res.
Water Conditions: Ice
Posted By: "dannyboy" dannykozy@yahoo.com
1/4/2009 5:04:08 PM Report ID: 23414

Report: On the ice at 8:00am along with about 10-15 other guys in huts. Accessed the ice from the dam side. Caught 2 real nice 20" and 22" pike right off the bat in 10' of water. Got them on a glow in the dark eyeball jig tipped with a mealworm. Ice was making real weird sounds, and cracks would form right infront of us as we walked. It was 4-5" where we drilled but I really didnt feel all that safe with the sounds it was making as we walked to and from our spot. We didnt stay long.
Not enough ice on Lake Pleasant either. The bay-open water, it will be another few weeks I think. B Safe

Date Fished: 1/4
Location: cascade creek
Water Conditions:
Posted By: "kastmasterpro" matthewbball03@aim.com
1/4/2009 4:26:34 PM Report ID: 23413

Report: and if you are having a hard time finding fish at cascade then go to the big hole across from romalo's and country fair.in mid november i was there and i caught six on black mini fu's and skein

Date Fished: 1/2/09 & 1/3/09
Location: Upper & Lower Elk
Water Conditions: Nice
Posted By: "ersp6@comcast.n"
1/4/2009 9:33:16 AM Report ID: 23410

Report: Fished lower Elk in the mornings, upper Elk in the afternoons, caught fish both places. It seemed better up at the flats, even though there was more ice. Single eggs & nymphs worked for me. As far as the count goes, who cares as long as you are catching them. I don't understand the big deal to worry so much about the count. Do the foul hooks count? 14 fish in an hour and a half! What is that 1 fish every 6 minutes. What no fight? Is this for real? This guy should be a guide!

Date Fished: 1-02-09-------1-03-09
Location: 12 mile & 16 mile
Water Conditions: clear
Posted By: "chuck1322" chuck1322@yahoo.com
1/4/2009 2:26:59 AM Report ID: 23409

Report: made the trip from newport pa....ran into some snow on the way up but was well worth the trip...the tribs were clear n full of fish. wanted to stay 1 more day but the weather didnt seem to good for the trip home, but you never know.
good hook ups with alot of foul hooks only cuz there were so many steelys.....they werent lying wen they said there were fish every where....brought home 12 and all worth it. had a blast and WILL B BACK SOON....
keep the reels screamin

Date Fished: 1-1-08
Location: eastside and walnut
Water Conditions: PERFECT
Posted By: "loaftech" limerickjeremy@yahoo.com
1/3/2009 10:00:38 PM Report ID: 23408

Report: took to old man to erie on his last day of vacation before he goes back to work on monday. Started on the eastside on one of my favorite holes, hooked 14 landed 13 one nice one over 10 lb. Had lunch at the little lighthouse resturant and headed for the nuthouse. As soon as we got to the manchester hole the action started, and the closer it got to dark the hungrier they got. I only fished for about an hour and a half but landed 14 and my dad caught 2. Pink flash jigs were the ticket along with a few caught on single eggs.
If there is any posible way for you to go to the tribs right now GET UP THERE!!!!

Date Fished: 12/30/2008
Location: Walnut - Chutes
Water Conditions: Perfect
Posted By: "HockeyHook17" crazysquare1721@yahoo.neveragain
1/3/2009 9:52:07 PM Report ID: 23406

Report: made the trip up with my best friend Paul and my brother in law who lives on the Lake. Went straight to Walnut and got a spot on the chutes. We all used fly rods and literally hooked up with 40 fish between the 3 of us. probably only fowl hooked 5. The best day I ever had steel head fishing. I was so happy. when you wake up the next day and your forearms and shoulders are sore from fighting crome all day you know that it was a good day.

Cant wait for the next trip

Tight Lines to all.

P.S. to the guy who fished with us, thanks for all the help we had nettin eachothers fish. It was great meeting ya and hope to see you again.

special thankx to Aj and Danas hospitality. PAUL is the man.

Date Fished: 1/3
Location: cascade creek
Water Conditions:
Posted By: "kastmasterpro" matthewbball03@aim.com
1/3/2009 8:39:19 PM Report ID: 23405

Report: well my frind sam wanted me to post his report because he doesnt have internet.i went down to cascade to look and saw fish pretty stacked and im hoping to get down next week.however my frined reported catching 11 down there today on black mini fu jigs.including one giant brown trout i took home.there in there

Date Fished: 1/3/2008
Location: 12 Mile
Water Conditions: Clear
Posted By: "Steelysmoker1" justonetime145@gmail.com
1/3/2009 5:24:15 PM Report ID: 23404

Report: Wow what a day! Water was clear and the steelys were stacked! Seen em hooked from tail to nose! Way to go deastman crew you hit em hard today! Egg patterns,minnows,skien a grea day was had by all and remember if the steelys are runnin the steelys are smokin!

Date Fished: Jan 2 2009
Location: Elk
Water Conditions: Low Green Tint
Posted By: "ShinerKing76" Kostewi9775@students.pti.edu
1/3/2009 3:39:52 PM Report ID: 23403

Report: Started the morning in Steretania below rick road access, found a few larger holes frozen ove in the morning few fish in the fast water... Left and went to Struchen Flats, found many fish in fast and slower water.... minnows and single eggs did the trick.. Cya out there Good Luck

Date Fished: Jan. 2nd. 2009
Location: Tweleve Mile
Water Conditions: Low,Clear,Cold.
Posted By: "mrdwinters"
1/3/2009 11:19:53 AM Report ID: 23402

Report: <:)))>>(( Made the first trip up this year.Snow flurries on the way made the drive interesting.Made it to McKean Hole ,Found it frozen solid not a good feeling.Went to Rick Road. Above the bridge was moving, below the bridge frozen, Not a good feeling.Depression set in you could see it in my face.Headed east hoping for open water.TRU.GUIDE.SERVICE. pulls through again.What a call. It's worth every penny you pay for his service this guy know's his stuff.Found fish full of water, The usual skein,sac's, hand tied jig.s worked best. Pretty much anything you wanted to use would catch fish if you tried hard enough. Non-stop action all day long.99% of fish had fight in them, lot's of fresh fish also.It is January in Erie so be prepared.I actually think I out fished my guide for about fifteen minutes as the day began.Thanks brother for another great day on the trib.))<<(((:>

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