Had a lot of fun out fishing this weekend. Friday evening I fished French Creek a little bit. Got one decent smallmouth and had another one on. Caught on a jig w/ Gulp.
Saturday morning my brother and I headed up to give Woodcock Creek a try. Ended up getting a bullhead, a bluegill, a decent perch, and a chub. Saw a few muskies and little eyes right below the lake but they weren't interested in anything. A little farther downstream I noticed some trout rising, so I got out the fly rod and had an aggressive hit on a dry right away but didn't hook it. The fish were spooked after that, had a few more looks but that was it.
After that we went to a few spots on the Geneva Swamp. The first 2 spots produced a few small crappie, and the third spot I hooked into a nice bowfin but lost him at the bank. The crappies hit streamers and the bowfin hit cut bait.
Our next spot was Sugar Lake. I had a thread on here last summer/fall with questions about it but never got to try it out until now. Fished from shore infront of the hotel and caught a bunch of hungry little bluegills, and handful of crappie, and a decent bass. Most of the fish were caught fly fishing with streamers, but the largemouth was caught on a crankbait. Also spotted 2 pickerel hanging out in the weeds. Next time I'm up there I definitely want to try to catch one of them. On the PFBC website it says the lake has a great population of bullheads too, might want to try for them also next time.
Usually when I'm up that way I go to the ANF to fish all those little creeks for wild brookies. This time I decided to check out a different non-ANF creek. I've fished this stream multiple times for stocked trout, but this time I tried out a different section for wilds and managed to catch two wild brookies. Most of the wild trout in this stream are browns, so those brookies were a treat. A great time was had! With a busy summer I'm not sure how many times I'll be able to make it up that way again, but I can't wait till I do!
