Shenango Dam outflow

Shenango Report: Gates 1 through 7 are open at 2 ft each. Everything is starting to turn on. Good luck and be safe waders!

April 16..gates are open at 1.57'.....lake level is 895.47...8/10ths above summer pool...Clarks ramp is now open...all ramps open now.

April 18th...Lake level is 894.74....07 above summer pole...gates 1-7 open 1'...river in Sharpsville is at 3.64'...water temp is 43

The Chestnut Run Swim Beach, Bayview ORV Area, and Upper Mahaney Recreation Area all open to the public on Friday, May 24 at 8:00 am. The Swim Beach is still free to the public and open from 8:00 am to sunset. Bayview ORV is open from sunrise to sunset

Shenango got em all............

I think my record is 7 species in one day from the Shenango, and I've caught more than 7 out of there(but not in one day).  One of the best multispecies fisheries I know of. 
 

Highlight was a cast into the plume and drift and something Large slender and brownish hooked up and ran me for about 5 minutes. I was assuming it was a Musky for the size and brownish color but it could have been a large pike. Anyone know of any Musky in Shenango? Needless to say I wasn't expecting the fishing to be as great as it was.

 
I've caught them both out of there.  Pike far outnumber the 'skis, but they're in there. 
 
I fished it for a little bittoday.  Wasn't really planning on fishing at all today because of a long day of steelheading yesterday(cross the border and you'll find the fishies) but I just had to get out today since the weather was nice.  Nothing crazy but I caught a handful of trout.  And I reminded myself of why I rarely fish it in the month of April.  It was packed. 
 

I was up on the wall (no waders this trip) and I just hucked it into the gate plume and let the current drift it. Probably could drift with a floating jig head too but I didn't have any. Just inprovised. Pretty hard to avoid snagging on the low head dam at the end of the outflow pool with that current I got hung up a few times.

Okay. Were you throwing regular-sized minnows or bigger ones?

troutguy

Maybe he means that underwater thing that crosses the river in the outflow pool????  I guess it can resemble a lowhead dam, but it's entirely underwater. 

 
That's what I am talking about.  I don't know if they have a name or not but I always refer to it as a lowhead dam (best description to me at least)  Aside from the obvious it's under water.   And B****1990 they were mediums from what the price/title at the bait shop was.

Very deep on which side? I assume the dam side but the water doesn't seem that deep right over the edge, unless I'm very easily mislead which is possible. I was assuming only 3-5' depth for the whole pool but I guess I'm wrong. I'm really curious now. I guess it would have to be fairly deep to hold trout and other species that don't tolerate very warm water well...

I don't know how it is today but a few years back the outflow was very low. I waded up to the wall that was almost sticking above water and stuck my six and a half foot rod over the other side of the wall and did not touch bottom! Don't know how much deeper it was or if it is still as deep just know that's what it was that trip. I have seen a few dummies actually stand on that wall and fish. There was only one drowning at the Shenango sluices that I remember in my 50 years of fishing there. There are metal grab rigs by every sluice if one would fall and get swept in they might save your life if your lucky. Beware wading up close the underwater rocks get much larger and harder to wade in .

1 May – Mostly sunny for today through Sunday. Highs near 75. The lake elevation today is 895.25 which is approximately ½ foot above normal summer pool (894.67). Sluice gates 1, 3, 5 & 7 are open 1 foot each. The river stage at Sharpsville is 3.10 feet. Downstream water temp was 54 on Monday morning. Today’s air temp was 56. For daily recorded lake information call 724-962-4384.

Mikastorm

1 May – Mostly sunny for today through Sunday. Highs near 75. The lake elevation today is 895.25 which is approximately ½ foot above normal summer pool (894.67). Sluice gates 1, 3, 5 & 7 are open 1 foot each. The river stage at Sharpsville is 3.10 feet. Downstream water temp was 54 on Monday morning. Today’s air temp was 56. For daily recorded lake information call 724-962-4384.

 
Ugh... Hoping they close one or 2 of those gates by Saturday heading up for the weekend and that's going to ruin me if it's that order. 
  Ty for the report Mika as well.

you want 3 feet gage height
anything less is too low. with all the osprey and eagles down there, shallow water is no good
 

i get what your saying. I only wade down there, but yes, fishing from the wall with that gate open would be tough