Get in on the Black Flyday fly fishing invitational Nov. 23 to benefit 3CU trout conservation and stocking programs. Fish from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with black flies only; best combined length wins. Record your witnessed steelhead catches and take your result tally to Crowley’s Restaurant & Irish Pub, 8844 Route 18, Cranesville, from [...]
A video from photojournalist Jack Hanrahan to whet your appetite for steelhead fishing: Buffer
Jonathon Freeman, of Buffalo, N.Y., caught a 24-inch hen steelhead at Walnut Creek Access Area using sucker spawn. He caught another on skein, and both were landed on an ultralight rig spooled with 4-pound test. His fishing partner, Edward Lawrence, of Corry, caught three steelhead including a 25 1/2-inch, 6 1/2-pound buck upstream of the [...]
A reminder that the second annual Great Lakes Steelhead Expo is scheduled for Nov. 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 pm. at Rainbow Gardens, 3100 West Lake Road. Admission to the Pennsylvania Steelhead Association-sponsored event is $15 per person, and free for those 15 and younger who are accompanied by a parent or guardian. More [...]
An improvement project for at Raccoon Creek Park broke ground today at the 195-acre site in Springfield Township. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said it has invested $152,000 through its Community Conservation Partnerships Program, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Coastal Zone Management Program is providing $136,000. A new pavilion and restrooms [...]
The second annual Great Lakes Steelhead Expo is scheduled for Nov. 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 pm. at Rainbow Gardens, 3100 West Lake Road. Admission to the Pennsylvania Steelhead Association-sponsored event is $15 per person, and free for those 15 and younger who are accompanied by a parent or guardian. More than 40 vendors [...]
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission officially opened the fish ladder and fishway on Four Mile Creek Monday. Check out a photo gallery and video: Here’s the Fish and Boat Commission news release on the opening: The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has officially opened the Four Mile Creek Fish Ladder and fishway at the [...]
Lake Erie Ultimate Angler is putting on a free, 3-hour Steelhead 101 class Oct. 20, among other courses it is offering this fall. Check out the schedule and find out how to sign up here. Buffer
The Pennsylvania Steelhead Association will have its membership meeting Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 773, 4109 W 12th St. Bob Hetz, nursery manager and treasurer for 3CU, will give an update on steelhead stocking and raceway cleanup. Waterways conservation officers from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will give stream updates. [...]
Erie Times-News contributing writer Ed Lawrence, of Corry, caught this nice steelhead Sept. 21 at Twenty Mile Creek. Watch for Ed’s story on early-season steelhead tactics on the NWPA Outdoors page in the Sept. 30 Times-News sports section. Be sure to submit a photo of your trophy steelhead or other gamefish this fall for posting [...]