Allegheny River, Tidioute

The river is very low up north. There are no weeds. Water temp around 68 and some tough fishing lately. Hope this helps.

Early morning from Just above Tidioute to W Hickory. Only good report I've heard.

I drifted down from kinzua to warren.  I used a black and white rooster tail.  The trout killed it.  I got 2 little bass on it.  I tried black rapalas, dark crawfish lure, and a dark green jig.  I couldnt catch any bass.  I also used riffle runners.  I couldn't catch but a few little bass on riffle runners in the river, but kinzua outflow and tionesta outflow I caught some and the ones I caught were all nice. 

Riffle Runners are shaped more like a small musky or walleye, are about 3" - 5" long and have some distinct markings and stripes.  You catch them in the rapids or riffle areas near the shore.  Use a very small hook i.e. #22 using 2 lb. line and a tiny piece of worm.  I tie up some hooks with 2 lb. leader and keep them on a snelled hook holder.  It can be a lot of fun just catching the minnies.

They are the "real deal".  Fatheads are not native to the river and would be a substitute to the baits the fish are usually eating.  Same thing goes for the river chubs.  If you can catch some in a minnow trap or with a hook they will be a good bait to use.  It's kinda of like fishing for Perch on Erie, you can use fatheads but will catch more fish using Emerald Shiners.

"Riffle Runners" sound a lot like Logperch..

Just got back form a week long vacation spent fishing the river.  We did best using safety pin spinners with a natural colored skirt and soft plastics.  Did not even try using any live baits this time.  Depending on where we fished the plastics we used were Zoom 6" flukes, Case mad toms and tubes to match the water color and depth.  Top water and buzz baits did not work at all, even at dark.   Many, many 7" to 11" bass, some larger and the largest being 19 1/2".  Water is super clear and low.  We did manage to catch two walleye using X-Raps.  My brother-in-law's walleye was 27" and mine a paltry 17".  Drifting thru some sections of river was like "looking into an aquariam" you could see everything down to 6'.