Pennsylvania Angler & Boater - July/August 2021 - 3

July/August 2021
Volume 90 Number 4
Tom Wolf, Governor
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
Richard Lewis, President
Gettysburg
Richard S. Kauffman, Vice President
Leesport
Rocco S. Ali
North Apollo
Donald K. Anderson
Meyersdale
William C. Brock
St. Marys
Charles J. Charlesworth
Clarks Summit
William J. Gibney
Honesdale
Eric C. Hussar
Lewisburg
Daniel J. Pastore
Fairview
Robert B.J. Small
Mechanicsburg
Boating Advisory Board
Loren Lustig, Chairperson
Biglerville
Scott Ballantyne
Fleetwood
John Mahn Jr.
Charleroi
Michael Murray
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Winand
Wrightsville
Ex Officio Members
Timothy D. Schaeffer, Executive Director;
Clyde N. Warner Jr., Director,
Bureau of Law Enforcement;
Ryan Dysinger, Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources
Magazine Staff
Editor-Spring Gearhart
John Allen
Vic Attardo
Darl Black
Marilyn Black
Charles Cantella
Rob Criswell
Braden Eisenhower
Graphic Design-Andrea Feeney
Circulation-Ashley Nikles
Regular Contributors
Ralph Scherder
Christian A. Shane
Deborah Weisberg
Jeff Woleslagle
Nathan Woleslagle
Alex Zidock Jr.
Tyler Frantz
Chris Gorsuch
Carl Haensel
Jeff Knapp
Marshall Nych
Ross Robertson
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Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
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Feature articles
Clear Creek State Park: A Little Slice of Heaven by Charles Cantella ......................................... 5
Wet Wading Pine Creek for Summertime Smallmouth Bass by Tyler Frantz ............................. 8
Summertime Open Water Bass by Jeff Knapp ....................................................................................12
Three Killer Flies for Bass by Nick DelVecchio ...............................................................................16
Westmoreland Lakes by Bob Frye ....................................................................................................18
Creek Channel Bounties by John Allen ...........................................................................................20
Perfect Mornings by Jeff Woleslagle .................................................................................................22
Lake Redman by Emma Olney .........................................................................................................24
Day Tripping by Deborah Weisberg .................................................................................................26
Yellow Perch Fishing: Tips and Techniques by Nathan Woleslagle ...........................................28
Cowanesque Lake by Linda Stager ..................................................................................................30
Penn College Human Services and Restorative Justice Students Kayak Rose Valley Lake
by Rob Cooley .......................................................................................................................................34
HTLureCo by Alex Zidock Jr. ............................................................................................................36
Three Methods to Deliver Your Summertime Walleye Spinner Rigs by Ross Robertson .......38
Rigging Live Bait for Panfish by Marilyn Black .............................................................................40
Fishing for Flint by Marshall Nych ...................................................................................................42
The Life History of Smallmouth Bass by Carl Haensel ........................................................ 52
The Indestructible Gars by Rob Criswell ........................................................................................55
Special features
2021 Fishing Licenses .............................................................................................................................32
Non-Resident Pennsylvania Student License ....................................................................................33
Governor's Youth Council for Hunting, Fishing, and Conservation by Anna Hawkins ...........44
Summer PLAY Newsletter by Adam Spangler ..................................................................................45
2021 Voluntary Permits .....................................................................................................................59
Regular features
Boat Safely This Summer by Executive Director Timothy D. Schaeffer ....................................... 4
Notes from the Streams .....................................................................................................................10
Tying Together by Christian A. Shane .............................................................................................14
Currents ................................................................................................................................................56
Angler's Notebook by Jerry Bush ......................................................................................................61
Fishin' from the Kitchen by Wayne Phillips ...................................................................................61
Videos ....................................................................................................................................................64
Cast & Caught ......................................................................................................................................67
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On the cover
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Fish-for-Free Day
Independence Day,
Sunday, July 4
Section 4 of Conococheague Creek, Franklin County, is
stocked by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
with trout inseason and offers early summer trout fishing
opportunities to Wilson College students and other anglers.
For more information on Non-Resident Pennsylvania
Student Licenses and other licenses, turn to pages 32 and
33. See page 58 for more on inseason trout stocking.
Painting by Bill Wiist.
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