2007 Fishing Journal

Date	Species	Location	Caught	Weather	Highlights	Lowlights	Media and/or Comments
12/10	Steelhead	Walnut Creek	5	30s, snow
11/30	Steelhead	Walnut Creek, Elk Creek	4	40s, cloudy
11/15	Steelhead	Walnut Creek	4	50s, sunny
10/8	Steelhead	Walnut Creek	0, nothing, nada, zilch.	60s, sunny	Just checking out the creeks before visiting Uncle Bob in the hospital.	Creeks are VERY low. Only fished an hour, just scouting.
10/3	Trout	Oil Creek	21 trout, 1 smallmouth.	70s, sunny	Freshly stocked trout and wooly buggers!	Creek is VERY low... fished alone.
9/24	Any	Allegheny River	2 Pike, 5 small mouth bass	80s, windy, water temp - 69°	Water is cooling, fish more active.	Don't know where to weeds come from, but lots of crap on the surface.
9/13	Any	Allegheny River	1 Musky, 2 Pike, 6 small mouth bass	80s, windy, water temp - 72°	37" Musky! Water is cooling, fish more active.	Don't know where to weeds come from, but lots of crap on the surface.
9/27	Bass	Kahle Lake	6 Bass	80s, windy, water temp - 76°	37" Musky! Water is cooling, fish more active.	Don't know where to weeds come from, but lots of crap on the surface.
8/1	Bass	Kahle Lake	5 bass	90s, hot and sticky - Water temp 80°	no highlights.	Very weedy, very hard to find fish.
7/27	Trout	East Sugar Creek	3 small mouth bass	80s, cloudy	First day all summer with muddy creeks.	Couldn't catch a trout, had some follows, but only caught bass.
7/23	Bass	Kahle Lake	6 bass	70s, cloudy, rain	No pressure.	Alone and weedy.
7/17	Any	French Creek	0, nothing, nada, zilch, 1 topwater bite.	70s, cloudy, rain	Haven't fished French Creek for a couple years.	Creek is VERY low. Only fished an hour, then the rains came.
7/13	Any	Allegheny River	2 Smallmouth Bass 1 Pike	70s, clear	First wet-wading of the year. Lots of bass bites, just small I guess.	Lost spinner and jerkbait to the rocks. Lost my favorite topwater popper to a pike.
7/11	Bass, Crappies	Kahle Lake	5 Largemouth Bass 0 Crappies	70s, mostly cloudy, very windy, water-78°	Tried new slip boppers.... no bites but they work.	Couldn't find the crappies. Grassy weeds are really bad now.
7/4	Bass	Kahle Lake	12 Largemouth Bass 4 Crappies	70s, mostly cloudy, water-74°	Found some crappies, but had troubles getting bites... weed edges. Saw a Bald Eagle and got a feather that fell off it as it was flying.	Grassy weeds are tough. Bass were all small.
6/25	Any	Allegheny River	2 Pike 1 Bowfin	80s, Breezy, mostly sunny, water-79°	The bowfin was big. Raised a huge fish, probably a musky.	Bites didn't start until late... still no smallmouths.
6/16	Bass	Kahle Lake	14 Largemouth Bass	80s, Breezy, mostly sunny, water-79°	NEW DEPTH FINDER! Works great. Caught some fish on the big rockpile because of the sonar!	Not the most active night we've had, with most fish being very small.
6/13	Bass and Panfish	Kahle Lake	12 Largemouth Bass 27 Bluegills	80s, Cloudy, storms move through	Fished for a couple hours with Corey before he went to work... he caught 5 bass, 4 nice ones.	I lost a big bass.... 5 lb class fish.
6/11	Bass and Pike	Allegheny River	6 Pike	80s, Clear	Lots of Pike in the weeds. Dave caught a Bowfin.	Smallmouth Bass are nowhere to be found.
6/8	Musky and Bass	Tamarack Lake	1 - 37 inch Musky	70s, Breezy, Partly Cloudy	Biggest Musky ever.	No bass, breeze was tough
6/7	Panfish	Kahle Lake	22 Bluegills 5 Largemouth Bass	80s, wind and sun	Big blue gills	Panfish were hard to find.
6/4	Bass	Kahle Lake	21 Largemouth Bass Numerous panfish released	60s-80s, Rain, clear, wind, sun	Dave and I caught as many bass as we could stand.	Breezy toward the end, no real panfish would bite
6/3	Bass	Kahle Lake	26 Largemouth Bass	70s, Slight breeze	4 hours and tons of bass	Alone
5/30	Any	Allegheny River	5 Smallmouth Bass 4 Northern Pike	80s, Calm	Pike weeds were productive	Smallmouths "disappeared"
5/29	Bass	Kahle Lake	16 Largemouth Bass	70s, Slight breeze	Lots of small bass, a few 2-3 pounds. Bigger ones are spawning	Alone
5/25	Any	Allegheny River	11 Smallmouth Bass	70s, Slight breeze	Best river bass night ever, over 20 fish landed by Dave and I in 3 hours	...may never happen again...
5/19	Any	Allegheny River	1 Musky 2 Pike 4 Bass	60s, Windy	First time for Dave and I on the river this year.	WINDY!
5/16	Trout	E. Branch Sugar	16	60s, Cloudy	MINI-FOO!!!!	Alone, forgot my hooks and sinkers
5/11	Bass	Kerr Lake, NC	2	80s, Mostly Sunny	Fishing with Mike & Will in NC	Tough bite
5/10	Bass	Kerr Lake, NC	6	70s, Cloudy	Fishing with Mike & Will in NC	Tough bite
5/9	Bass	Kerr Lake, NC	4	70s, T-showers	Fishing with Mike & Will in NC	Tough bite
5/7	Trout	Oil Creek	26	70s, Sunny	18" Brown & Lots of fish!	Alone
4/28	Trout	Sugar Creek	23	50s, Cloudy	Fishing with Uncle Dan
4/27	Trout	Sugar Creek	32	60s, Cloudy	Fish everywhere	Alone
4/22	Panfish	Kahle Lake	0	70s, Sunny	Fishing with Leeann, Shawn, Kyle	Not a bite
4/20	Trout	Upper Two Mile	17	60s, Sunny	Fishing with David
4/18	Trout	Upper Two Mile	20	40s, Cloudy	20" Breeder Rainbow	Alone
4/14	Trout	East Branch Sugar	3	Cold, Sunny	22" Palomino	Alone
4/14	Trout	Upper Two Mile	3	Cold, Sunny	First Day with the Boys
4/11	Trout	Little Sandy	2	Blizzard	Delayed Harvest Fly Fishing	Cold!!
4/4	Bass	Kahle Lake	0	70s	First day in the boat	Not a bite
4/2	Trout	Little Sandy	1	40s	Delayed Harvest Fly Fishing	High water
3/26	Trout	Piney Creek	13	60s, Sunny	Delayed Harvest Fly Fishing
3/25	Trout	Oil Creek	2	50s	Delayed Harvest Fly Fishing
3/22	Trout	Oil Creek	3	40s	Delayed Harvest Fly Fishing	Windy
3/11	Panfish	Kahle Lake	5	20s		Ice Fishing
3/3	Panfish	Kahle Lake	0	20s		Ice Fishing
2/17	Panfish	Kahle Lake	17	20s	Big Blue Gills	Ice Fishing
1/12	Steelhead	Walnut Creek	11	40s	Mini-Foo
1/6	Steelhead	Walnut Creek	7	40s	Fishing with Dave