
On June 11, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission collaborated on a habitat introduction project on Pymatuning Reservoir. The 100 wooden cribs in the foreground were sunken onto the flat lake bottom east of Tuttle Point, and 40 tons of rock reefs were dropped just north of Bay 41, creating structure where fish will congregate. "[This lake has] been around for decades and the natural habitat ... has degraded away to nothing," said Ohio fisheries biologist Matt Wolfe, who oversees the project. "These efforts aim to increase habitat to which fish can relate, and anglers can then focus on these productive areas while fishing."