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Report at a Glance
| General Region | North east Ohio |
| Specific Location | Sections of Conneaut Creek & Ashtabula River |
| Time of Day | Half a day 4/22 & 4/25, all day 4/23 & 4/24 |
| Fish Caught | Steelhead, dropbacks and prespawn hens |
| Conditions & Hatches | Ideal flow - a bit off color 4/22, rest of trip perfect greenish color with about 18" visibility. Egg Hatch and lots of emerald shiners in the stream. |
Details and Discussion
| Wbranch | April 29th, 2019, 6:33 pm | |
 Posts: 2733 | My buddy from NJ and I weny up last Monday, April 22, we fished half a day Monday and Thursday and 8 - 9 hours Tuesday and Wednesday. Nice weather, although very windy Tuesday, large numbers of dropback steelhead but also some pre-spawn fish. I hesitate to say how many we hooked because most will say "impossible". So I'll just say how we did fishing from 7 - noon on Thursday. I landed 14 and my buddy landed 17. All were between 22" & 25". Trout beads and an emerald shiner pattern fished dead drift and swinging were equally effective. I also caught three awesome smallmouth 17" - 19". Great trip and it will give me and my buddy something to think about until we get back in October. | |
| Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years. | ||
| Martinlf | April 29th, 2019, 7:37 pm | |
 Moderator Palmyra PAPosts: 3233 | Some good looking fish there, Matt! | |
| "He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell | ||
| Partsman | April 30th, 2019, 3:23 am | |
 Posts: 420 | Love chrome! Mike. | |
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