How bad is Shenango Lake?

Sorry for the late post...
DAILY LAKE INFO FOR MONDAY, JUNE 17:
Lake elevation, 4:45 pm - 901.15, 6.48 feet above summer pool
Gate openings - Gates 1-7 are open to 1.5 feet each
Outflow depth - 4.48 feet
River depth at Transfer - 8.45 feet
Precip: 0.96" in the past 24 hours
CLOSURES:
Clark Boat Launch
Golden Run Wildlife Area
Chestnut Run Swim Beach
Mahaney Boat Launch (later this evening)
Campsites 262-277, New Duck section of campground
Campsites 53,54 82-90, Canal Loop (no electric service)
Sections of the outer access road of the Bayview ORV Area
The Shenango, Parkers, and Hartford launches are still open. The campground is still open except for the sites listed above.
Remember that navigation buoys may have drifted from their original location, use caution when boating.

DAILY LAKE INFO FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 18:
Lake elevation, 3:45 pm - 902.74
8.07 feet above normal summer pool
Gate openings - Gates 1-7 are open to 2 feet each
Outflow depth - 5.54 feet
River depth at Transfer - 5.84 feet
Weather - cloudy
Precip - 0.38" of rain during the last 24 hours
The top five pools of record are:
908.22, June 29, 1989
907.97, June 1986
907.64, January 1991
907.46, March 13, 2011
907.07, January 2005
CLOSURES:
The only boat launch that is OPEN is the Shenango Boat Launch, 492 West Lake Road, Transfer.
Campsites 266-277, New Duck Loop
Campsites 53,54, Main Street
Campsites 82-90, Canal Loop
Campsites 210-225, Old Duck Loop
Campsites 111, 113, 116-119, Pine Loop
Campsites 136, 137, 157, 159, Pine Loop
Golden Run Wildlife Area
Big Bend Access Area
Old Carlisle Road Access Area
Rt. 18 Causeway Access Area (Lower Section)
Campsites are still available in the Shenango Campground. The emergency access road off of West Lake Road is open for access to New Duck.

The forecast is for another significant rain event Wednesday afternoon thru Thursday. An inch or more expected.

We should have a good year out on the ice this year. With no one fishing the fish should put on some weight.

Lake conditions for Thursday, June 20th.
Lake elevation at 8:00am is 903.21 feet
8.54' above summer pool
Gate openings - Gates 1-7 are open to 2.25 feet each
Outflow depth -5.57 feet
River depth at Transfer - 4.74 feet
Water temperature at outflow - 68 degrees
Precip - .11 inches in the last 24 hours
Closures:
Golden Run, Big Bend, Old Carlisle, Chestnut Run, and the lower section of Rt. 18 Access.
The only ramp currently open is the Shenango Boat Launch at 492 W. Lake Road, Transfer.
Campsites are still available at the campground, but are limited. The emergency access road off of West Lake Road is open for access to New Duck.

NOTICE: Due to rising water levels, the Shenango Rec Area Campground is currently CLOSED until further notice. If you would like daily updates on whether or not that campground is open, please call our daily recorded message at (724) 962-4384.

Neighbor called, because they didn't post on Face Book, what the level was at yesterday. It is now over 9 1/2 ft above summer pool.

I wish the water was this high come October and November.

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Originally Posted by sparkie51

I wish the water was this high come October and November.

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Why? The fishing is great that time of year when they lower it.

I hunt waterfowl that time of the year and getting a boat into many of my spots is hard with low water levels. Plus I can get away from those fisherman that think it's ok to drop anchor 30 yards from my decoys when I'm hunting. And sit there and fish.

I hear you sparkie !!!

The lake level reached 10 1/2 ft, from the last rain we had last week, on Saturday. But with the few days of sun, on Sunday it was back to 9 1/2 ft. Their hope is to get it back down to normal by Wednesday of this week, but doubt it by then, maybe by the weekend. Will keep updating as I see their posts on FB.

I fished Shenango lake a couple times last week and did good. Size wise, nothing over 10 1/2”, but the black crappies are fat. Caught our two limits and fun fished for a couple more hours before calling it a day both days. Both, jig and bobber and casting jigs produced good results. Lots of baitfish in the areas we fished. Every color I used worked. Tied some jigs to try next trip out.

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Good looking jigs.

Jigs look nice, and know you will find some bigger crappie soon.

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Originally Posted by S10CHEVY

Jigs look nice, and know you will find some bigger crappie soon.

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The jigs worked good tipped with nibbles at Shenango. Had my limit in an hour and a half. Fun fished until 11 when it started getting too hot. Caught at least 60 crappies with a hand full of bluegills in the mix. Most of my keepers were ten and better. Thick fat blacks.

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Originally Posted by chaunc

The jigs worked good tipped with nibbles at Shenango. Had my limit in an hour and a half. Fun fished until 11 when it started getting too hot. Caught at least 60 crappies with a hand full of bluegills in the mix. Most of my keepers were ten and better. Thick fat blacks.

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Went back up Saturday morning for a while. We caught our two limits but the quality of the fish wasn’t as big as the last trip up. I’d say 80 % of the keepers were just at ten inches. Nothing bigger. Still they were all fat thick sided blacks. Nice fillets. Fished three spots. Two deep and one shallow. Did best deep in 16 ft. Jigs and nibbles took em all. We’ll see how the new limit helps the lake in the next couple seasons.

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Nice catch!

Had the pleasure to take my friend Shawn and his grandson out. It was Isaiah first time on a boat. He handled it well. Never got uncomfortable with wearing his PFD all day. We put a couple limits of eaters in the box.
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Looks like he had a good time,way to go!