Pennsylvania Angler & Boater Magazine March / April 2013 SUBSCRIBE NOW Angler & Boater home Issue archive Not all articles are available online. Articles provided are in PDF format. Feature articles Penns Creek Early by Vic Attardo Central Pennsylvania Limestone Streams by Deborah Weisberg Southeast Best Family Trout Waters by Vic Attardo Laurel Highlands Trout Trail by Bob Frye Soft Plastics for Trout by John Allen Early Trout on Lake Wallenpaupack by Alex Zidock Jr. More for Less: Rigging a Small Economical Boat for All-Around Fishing by Darl Black Ice-Out Smallmouth Bass of Presque Isle Bay by Marilyn Black Thinking on Crappie Terms by Mike Bleech Pymatuning Reservoir Walleye Comeback by Jeff Knapp Choosing and Installing a Bow Mount Trolling Motor by Ross Robertson The Wooden Canoe is Alive and Well by Linda Steiner Eastern Sand Darter by Rob Criswell Special features Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission 2012 Annual Report Summary Adult Trout Stocking Program Changes by Tom Greene Call to Action: Restore the Susquehanna River Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission 2012 Photography Contest Spring PLAY Newsletter by Andrew Fedor and Miranda Smith Evaluation of Pennsylvania Catfish Spawning Boxes by Mike Porta and Gary Smith Regular features Straight Talk by Executive Director John A. Arway Tying the Baetis Thorax Dun by Charles R. Meck Your Fishing Field Guide by Carl Haensel Notes from the Stream Reflecting on the Water by Ron Kuhn Currents Angler’s Notebook by Jerry Bush Fishin’ from the Kitchen by Wayne Phillips Mentored Youth Trout Fishing Day On the cover In a clear Pennsylvania stream, a wild brown trout pursues agile nymphs as they race to the surface in this painting by Pennsylvania artist George LaVanish. For more information on George's work and prints, visit www.wildernesseditions.com. Insert In this edition, we continue a limited-edition series of Ned Smith art prints with a brook trout print. We will be concluding this series of limited-edition prints with the May/June 2013 edition.