River Closing

Anybody know when the shenango river closes this year. I know its normally around the 30 or so of march, couldnt find it on the fish commisions website. Any help would be greatly apprecieted.

I got april 1 from page 28 anyone else get that.

If your going for trout then pink or chartruse power bait works great for trout. Then some good size minnnows or nightcrawlers. If no luck then try a small rooster tail. I think that the small 1/16 ounce in a dark body with a gold blade ( my go to color is brown trout because of the plain body) works pretty good. If your after panfish then try chartruse tubes or 1 1/2" to 2" grubs. If your after bigger stuff( like me)then try a large lively baitfish live lined with a big hook through the nose.

Check page 12, last article. Approved trout waters. Yough and shenango are open all month of march. If you choose not to take advantage of your license and stamp, thats your choice.
The river will be closed to fishing from april 1 to opening day. From the tailrace to the feed mill.

A foot each is wadeable, depending on where you're fishing. If they open em' up any more than that it gets a bit hairy, though.

All seven at two and a half feet each now, no wading that. With that lake as high as it is it was only a matter of time before they blow it out completely.

I've waded it with all seven open to one and a half each but wouldn't advise it, especially if you don't know the river well.

I,ve done fair working the shore by the outlets. Caught walleyes and trout that way. Don,t like fast water, hate swimming.

If you've fished the river enough you get used to the flow. I'll wade it in spots spanning from the wall down to Danny's bridge if all gates are open to a foot each. I'm probably the biggest puss when it comes to water because I can't swim, but I know the river and it's layout enough to feel comfortable with wading it under those circumstances. If the gates open up to 1.25 or 1.5 feet each, wading becomes more difficult in spots but not impossible...for instance I've seen guys lined up in front of the wall at 1.5 feet each. I've seen a little bit of everything in my time fishing the river, some rediculous and some just downright comical. I can't tell you how many I've seen go down because they're in a rush to get in the water or get to a spot. There are a lot of unexpected big rocks so it's easy to get caught off guard if you're not careful. I wouldn't bulldoze wade my way around any body of water let alone the Shenango River.

Anyway, some of the best walleye fishing is when the gates are open to 1.5 to 2.0 feet each. I've fished from the near shore or waded just a few feet out from shore casting for them and had banner days.

I'm pretty sure they opened them all up to three feet each this morning which is impossible to fish so don't even bother, even from shore. It'll be blown out for a while until the lake gets down, still seven feet above summer pool.

Anyway, when the levels permit it's great fishing, especially if you're into multi-species. There are some rediculously large fish that congregate along the wall from big walleyes, browns, rainbows, pike, muskie, hybrids, blue gill, crappie, you name it. There's excellent bass fishing, too. I remember fishing trout last summer just above the downed tree where there was only one gate open and the water clarity was pretty clear in the shallower runs...anyway, saw an easy 40" class muskie just slowly cruising up towards the wall without a care in the world.

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 Eating those fish, well I,ll just say , not me.

Why? same water in the lake, do you eat fish from the lake?  Just wondering I might start fishing it.  When I was a kid the neighbors used to take me up there.  We would park at bridge and walk up to a big bend and fish for northerns.   People ate them then

That northern fishing at the bend is still popular today, I notice a lot of people fishing it for them.

By the way, I've heard the story of someone drowning but never any specifics. Any idea what part of the river it was? Not really any deep holes until you get past the fast run beside the island, unless the person was wading it when the water was like it is now...

That bend is pretty deep even with a couple gates opened, pretty slow moving.

Chauncy, how do you feel about eating fish out of the reservoir?  This thing freaks me out, we just ate our last bag of crappie from there.  The river does flow into it after all,,,mills, landfills, radio active crap wow.  Where should I put my pontoon this summer, Wilhelm, hey then I won't need that bigger motor.  Now i'll be watching to see if I start glowing in the dark.

i live in sharpsville and been eaten crappy gills trout and eyes out of the river and lake my whole life and aint glowing yet
 

Doski, i'm talking about below the dam, not above it. And i was just joking about glowing. I know a lot of people that eat fish from the wall. The crappies in the lake are fine. I'm cooking some for dinner today. I'll post a picture later.