June 02--In Allegheny County, bluegills are everywhere at North Park Lake, and in Westmoreland, they're taking tipped jigs at Twin Lake Park. In Armstrong County, panfish are providing most of the action at Crooked Creek Lake, and in Fayette, big bluegills are taking the bait at Virgin Run Lake and Cranberry Glade Lake.
Bluegill is easy catch for beginners, tasty meal for veterans
- Sunday, 02 June 2013 10:27
- By John Hayes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (MCT)
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Outdoors Notebook: Predator stockings to improve Wilhelm shad problem
- Sunday, 02 June 2013 10:26
- By John Hayes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (MCT)
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June 02--Like many Pennsylvania impoundments, Lake Wilhelm in Mercer County has too many gizzard shad. Whether unintentionally introduced via anglers' minnow buckets or through misguided attempts to improve the bass fishery with the unauthorized stocking of forage fish, it was a tragic mistake.