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Randy Leighton Deputy Water Conservation Officer PFBC West Erie County Conditions: Very low and clear water conditions on all the tribs have provided a real challenge to area anglers. Many areas along the West side tribs are only knee deep with some sections only ankle deep. Fish are holding in the pools along Walnut, the Manchester Hole and up to the bridge on Millfair road. Fish are scattered throughout Elk Creek up to the Legion Hole in Girard and small numbers can be found up to Folly's End. Water levels are low enough to allow casting from shore in most areas to avoid spooking fish. 4 lb., and as light as 2 lb. line along with hooks no larger than the 14 to 18 range are all but a necessity to land fish. Anglers were having good success on lower Elk Creek on Saturday with shiners and single eggs. The Walnut Creek Access basin is very low but has been producing some great fish for the patient anglers with success coming in time blocks. The basin opening has thinned the upstream crowds considerably leaving nice elbow room. We have had a number of calm lake days, allowing anglers good fishing opportunities along the lakeshore at Trout and Godfrey runs. Eastern Erie County / WCO Mark Kerr Central Erie County / WCO Tom Edwards_& DWCO Bryan W. Brendley 4 - Mile has decent numbers behind the LP Fish Club. Edinboro Lake has been drawndown apx 6 feet, haven't seen anyone attempt to fish. Current Legislative News:"Governor Mark Schweiker has signed into law a capital budget bill authorizing more than $10.228 billion worth of projects for state agencies, including hatchery upgrades that the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has identified as the agency’s highest priority. However, the governor also used a line-item veto to remove language permitting the Commission to finance the projects by incurring debt through the use of general obligation Commonwealth bonds."For the complete news release please see the PFBC main page. The PA Fish and Boat Commission WCO’s and DWCO’s would like to extend their sympathies to the police departments in our area who recently lost officers. Detective Wasyl Potienko of the Cheektowaga Police Department was killed when his police vehicle was struck by a truck. He was with the department 15 years and is survived by his wife. Officer James Shields of the Buffalo Police Department was responding to locate a robbery suspect when he swerved his cruiser to miss another car and his car struck a tree. He was with the agency 7 years and is survived by his two sons. This being said, the number of police officers killed nationwide during the first half of 2002 dropped to its lowest level in more than 30 years. Coming off the anniversary of 9/11/01, where 72 officers were killed in one day, this is welcome news for the police community. In the first six months of this year, 68 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty. Of the 68 officers lost, 30 were killed by gunfire, 21 died in automobile accidents, four succumbed to job-related illnesses, three died in aircraft accidents, two were struck by vehicles outside their patrol vehicles, two in motorcycle accidents, two were stabbed to death, two officers drowned, one officer died in an explosion, and one officer was beaten to death. Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) national president Linda Soubirous declared this “information tells you how dangerous the police profession is when 68 deaths during a six-month period is considered good news. The fact remains that 68 officers made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve public safety. We owe those officers and their families a huge debt of gratitude.” We at the FBC Bureau of Law Enforcement in Erie County add our gratitude to those words. ___________________________ Western Crawford County / Joe Russell |
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