Fishing Report For Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir, PA

By Rick Seaman

May 26, 2025

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Fishing Report Foster Joseph Sayers Lake, PA

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Popular Fish Species Sayers Lake, PA

Black Crappie - White Crappie

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good

The minimum length for keeping crappie is 9 inches here, but there are plenty in the 9" to 12" slabs to easily fill a limit of 20. Winter ice fishing has been decent, but Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie have moved into shallow coves to spawn. Docks, brush, wood and deep vegetation are popular places to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows, and they are both catching fish. Once the spawn is over, and the hot Summer sun warms the shallows, crappie retreat to depths of 10 to 15 feet or deeper. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Fish finders and forward facing sonar help to locate schools of crappie once they move out of the shallow coves.

Yellow Perch

Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Ice fishing was good for perch this winter, using minnows, mealworms, maggots, and nightcrawlers. Now that the the weather, and water, are starting to warm, fishing should get significantly better, after ice-out. Fat yellow perch here feed on small fish and invertebrates. In Spring, anglers catch them in 4 to 10 feet of water, around any type of vegetation. As Summer warms the water, they will move deeper, and can be found 15 to 20 feet deep. The significant population of yellow perch here provide a steady food source for larger, predator fish. They also provide fun fishing for anglers, as well as tasty table fare.

Smallmouth Bass

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Smallmouth and largemouth bass both reside here. Smallies are the more exciting species to catch, but most of the big bass tend to be largemouths. Recent tournament results reported a nearly 4-pound average for 5 fish to win, and well over a 2 pound average to contend. Usually it's a mix of both species. Once the water warms bass will begin the spawning ritual, moving shallow, and feeding aggressively. Once the spawn is completed, anglers catch a lot of bass in deeper water, close by the spawning areas. Mid-range crankbaits, jerkbaits, Ned rigs and tube baits are popular smallie lures. Smallmouth fishing is often good on cold, windy, cloudy and rainy days. Early and late in the day, topwater can be effective throughout the warmer months.

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, walleye, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish, rock bass, yellow perch, muskie and tiger muskie at Sayers Lake in Pennsylvania.

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Foster Joseph Sayers Reservoir is a 1,700-acre lake with 23 miles of shoreline. As a warm-water fishery the lake features bass, crappie, catfish, bluegill, sunfish and perch. However the water does stay cool enough to support walleye, muskie and tiger muskie.

Primary fish species to catch

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".