| Photos below are selected from the Regional Reports and other sections of our website, listed with PFBC region. |
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| June 20, 2012
Glenn A Hoover III (15yrs old), recently caught this freshwater drum off the North Pier in Lake Erie. The fish measured 34 inches long and almost 14 pounds. |
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| June 20, 2012
From the rank of Life Scout to Eagle Scout, one requirement is to develop, supervise and complete a service project to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. Darian Erb chose to build information kiosks along the Susquehanna river to assist boaters, hunters, fisherman, and bird enthusiasts in providing updated changes in the PA fishing and boating laws. Photo Courtesy of Darian Erb. |
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| June 20, 2012
Derek Bashe and Halle Jacks pose with the panfish they caught at the PFBC Family Fishing Program on 6/9/12 at Pine Township Park Pond. This was Halle’s first fish! |
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| This pacu was recently caught at Yellow Creek Lake. Pacu are tropical fish native to Brazil. |
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| June 12, 2012
Ciara Warner caught this nice 14.25 inch brook trout out of Roaring Creek, Columbia County. Ciara caught the trout on a spinner while fishing with her dad on May 12th. |
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| June 7, 2012
Tom Will caught this 21.5-inch tiger trout in a local stream on June 1. |
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| May 30, 2012
Stephen Manukas took his children nighttime catfishing on the Ohio River, near Neville Island on May 25. Christopher caught a 5-pound flathead (35 inches), and Michelle caught an 8-pound flathead. Both were caught on cut white bass. |
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| May 25, 2012
Vinnie Fry, age 10 from Clymer, landed a 21-inch golden rainbow trout on May 10, 2012 on Little Mahoning Creek using a brown Rooster Tail. |
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| May 23, 2012
Chelsea Winkelspecht of Albrightsville proudly displays a thirty-two inch striped bass that she recently caught at Beltzville Lake. She caught the striper using a white tube jig. |
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| Andrew Rodgers of Palmerton caught this twenty inch rainbow trout while fishing at Princess Run. |
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| John Brandes caught this beautiful tiger trout while fishing at Bushkill Creek on May 14. |
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| May 21, 2012
Kyle Robinson with a 27 “ (10 lbs.) striped bass caught & released on Raystown Lake caught on a top water after dark.
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| Pictured is a nice five pound largemouth bass caught and released by Tim Crabtree. Tim, who is a Blair County 911 dispatch supervisor, is a very avid hunter and angler and disputes his disability, which confines him to a wheel chair, is a very successful as you can see! |
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| Pictured is 14 yr old Tyler Kremser, who caught this large Golden Rainbow Trout while fishing in the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River. Tyler was very patient while trying to catch the lunker, which was uninterested in his, and the other angler's bait who were all trying to catch the fish, which keep swimming in front of them. Tyler’s persistence paid off as the fish suddenly swiped at his bait and he was able to hook and land him. Great job Tyler!! |
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| May 10, 2012
Todd Young from Nazareth, PA caught this lake trout on 5/6/12. The fish weighed 29.28 pounds, was 39 inches in length, and had a girth of 26 inches. |
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| May 10, 2012
Ten year old Bryce Taylor from Sweet Valley, Luzerne County caught this nice 21 inch rainbow trout at nearby Moon Lake. He caught this big fish on May 5th. Bryce also complimented the agency by saying "thank you PA Fish & Boat Commission for a great fish." |
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| May 9, 2012
Smallmouth bass caught on April 29 by Joshua Evans on the Swatara Creek in Hummelstown. |
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| Lake (age 9) with a 19" brook trout caught on Shultz Creek. |
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| Dave with a 20" brook trout caught on Fowlers Hollow. |
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| Dustin with a 18" brook trout caught on Fowlers Hollow. |
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| May 9, 2012
Greg Hess, of Sarver, landed this 42-inch muskellunge at midnight exactly on the May 6, in Freeport just above the Lock, on a nightcrawler. The fish weighed 18.2 pounds. |
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| April 27, 2012
Bucks County Angler Dan Gol with a great trout he caught on the Tohickon Creek. |
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| WCO Walls and WCO Benevento watched S. Harmer land this beautiful 19 inch, 2 ½ pound brown trout from the pool at the outfall of the Octoraro Reservoir on April 21. It was caught on an ultralight rod with a nightcrawler as bait. The fight to land the fish lasted about 7 minutes and was as much fun for the officers to watch as he had catching the fish as they walked up to check his license as he set the hook. |
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| April 19, 2012
Lake trout caught in about 50 feet of water off Northeast Marina by Josh Watt, age 22, of Monaca, PA. The fish weighed 26 lbs 11 oz and was 40 in long and had a girth of 24.75 inches. |
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| Aleah caught her first fish, a rainbow trout, on Wolf Creek in Mercer County. She caught the trout on April 16, 2012 after she and her dad helped stock fish. |
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| April 18, 2012
Brady’s Run Lake on the opening day of trout season 2012. |
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| J.D. Underwood caught a 22-inch golden rainbow trout at Laurel Hill Lake on the opening day on a nightcrawler. |
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| Chad Reed, Greensburg, PA, with his 22-inch golden rainbow trout caught opening day at Keystone Lake. |
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| Six year-old Alexis Miller and her dad Mitchell Miller, of Greensburg, with 5 rainbow trout that she caught on waxworms at Mammoth Lake on 04/15/12. |
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| April 18, 2012
Leona Peters and her father Frank caught their limit at Lackawanna State Park on opening day. |
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| Fourteen year old Kyle Garavaglia from Shohola caught this nice golden rainbow trout on opening day while fishing the Lackawaxen River near Rowland. |
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| William Brandes caught this beautiful 18 inch brown trout while fishing with his father and brother on opening day at Bushkill Creek. |
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| April 11, 2012
Steve Manukas took his children Michelle and Christopher fishing for catfish on the Ohio River Saturday evening. They caught seven catfish. The largest caught was a 20-pound flathead catfish on a live bluegill. The other fish were caught on cut shad. |
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| April 11, 2012
As the sun warms the water, aquatic life tends to stir. Sites, like these turtles basking in the sun in Bradford County, become more common. |
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| April 11, 2012
Mason Keller, age 15, got a huge surprise when he made one cast on the Cocolamus Creek and hooked onto a 26 inch brown trout. He caught the fish on a night crawler. Mason did not want to reveal his secret spot. |
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| Tiffany Sherrick traveled from Harrisburg to Juniata County and caught this beautiful 19 inch brook trout on Laurel Run. |
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| April 4, 2012
Dan Wasylyk of Collingdale had a great morning as well on Chester Creek. He picked up this beautiful 24" rainbow trout along with others. |
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| Tom Beggs of Brookhaven caught this nice golden rainbow trout on his first cast. He went on to catch two more notable fish, including a 22" rainbow trout. |
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| April 4, 2012
Golden rainbow trout caught on the second day of trout season, at the Waynesville Bridge, Powells Creek, by Tyler R. of Lykens. He caught this nice fish on a rooster tail. |
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| Brandon Nipple with 19 1/2" Brown and Golden Trout caught on East Licking Creek. |
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| Trapper Ernzeller 20" Golden rainbow trout caught on East Licking Creek opening day. |
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| Terry Youtzer with a 21 1/2" brown trout caught on East Licking Creek opening day. |
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| Four brook trout caught by Gary Emerick. |
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| Brook and two brown trout caught by Dustin Carolus. |
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| March 29, 2012
Alexis Dedmon from Lewistown, PA holding her 21 inch, 4 lb. 8 oz. bass caught March 22nd on a nightcrawler in the Juniata River near Lewistown, Mifflin County. She was taking advantage of the clear water to sight fish. She caught a total of six bass that day, including an 18 inch bass, and none smaller than 12 inches. Catch and release. She had a good day. |
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| March 21, 2012
Dawn Peterson and Steve Manukas caught a drum on a nightcrawler and a channel catfish on cut shad on the Ohio River, south of the I-79 Bridge on March 17, 2012. |
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