Graphic Key These icons represent specific topics. Amphibians and Reptiles The Keystone State's Official Fishing & Boating Magazine Boating Catch and Release 8 Conservation Family Fishing Fly Fishing Ice Fishing Lakes Paddling Rivers State Parks Streams Tackle Subscription Inquiries 717-705-7835 * E-mail: ra-pfbcmagazine@pa.gov 30 32 34 38 40 12 16 18 20 22 September/October 2023 Volume 92 Number 5 Feature articles 5 Pennsylvania's Top Fall Fishing Spots by Carl Haensel Special features 42 Five Lures for Muskellunge by Braden Eisenhower Fishing Lyman Run by Ralph Scherder 14 Water Recreation in Western PA by Bob Frye Fly Fishing U: One Student's Perspective by Matthew Achtziger Stay Road Trip Ready by Tyler Frantz Catching Big Autumn Catfish by Jeff Woleslagle Sweet Ole Sugar Creek by Darl Black 24 Wagon Rides and Fishing Rods by Linda Stager 26 Opossum Lake-Back Again by John Allen 28 29 Bullheaded by Marshall Nych Try Before You Buy- Pennsylvania's Tackle Loaner Program by Jessica Aiello Lake Erie Perch Tactics by Ross Robertson Legend of the Trout Beard by Charles Cantella Crappies- The Year-Round Fish by Ken Hunter The Lonely Pug by Rob Criswell Executive Action-President Ulysses S. Grant Gets Hooked in the Pennsylvania Wilds by Brady J. Crytzer On the cover September/October 2023 $5.00 The Keystone State's Official Fishing and Boating Magazine FishandBoat.com Working the submerged wooden structure in the back of bays can be extremely productive. Read more about crappies on pages 34 and 35. Painting by Ken Hunter. 25th WCO Class Graduation 44 Deaf Power! Deaf Youth Crew Works in Pennsylvania Forests by Sam Forshay Regular features 4 10 Make a Difference-Take Someone Fishing or Boating by Executive Director Timothy D. Schaeffer Your Fishing Field Guide by Carl Haensel 11 Notes from the Streams 36 Pennsylvania Tackle by Alex Zidock Jr. 47 48 51 Social Shorts Videos Cast & Caught