I never have to wait at Presque Isle or Northeast either.  Walnut is some sort of parallel boating universe.

I think i agree walnut gets the most traffic...but ill also agree the best fishing is usually done on the west side of town...I see alot of the charter boats from Presque Isle taking the ride to the west side....
 
another launch on the west side would probaly get a great response.  There isnt even a gas station on the west side of town on rt 5!! 

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I'm heading to Geneva tomorrow...things seem to always run much smoother over there.  I wonder why?  Besides, the fishing has been a whole lot better to boot.

 
Geneva-on-the-lake State Park has the nicest launch facility I have ever used on the great lakes. I like the green / red sign system they use. Good idea. There was a while I was keeping my boat over there, stored at Indian Creek camping resort. Used to launch out of Geneva-on-the-lake State Park every weekend.  

hold the steering wheel @ the 6 o clock position, move the wheel the same way you want the trailer to go

there are a number of other launches. also the longer the trailer the easier it is to back up.

Hey boys you all need to get together and go after the stamp money before it is all gone it is for marina improvement as well as buying fishing rights on properties just my two cents Dan

I have a call into PFBC. An officer gave me some info, so I called the lady that is in charge of the stamp money just waiting for her to call me back. The officer said that there is plans for an engineer to come up and look at extending the marine where the pine trees are. He also said that they are looking into extending the parking lot and looking to see if it possible money wise.  

Kelly Sharp (717) 705-7841. Let me know if you hear anything. All I did was call PFBC in Meadville and asked them who to speak to about stamp money and how to get them to use it for walnut.

In my opinion if there has to be a stamp there should be two one for the lake and one for the tribs. Most of the money is going to the tribs as the psa is very involved the downriggers club which i am on the board should be taking steps to get a portion of the money for walnut i encourage everyone to join the club and get involved before it goes into the general fund and lost forever Dan

I vote for Trout Run.

Got a call into Kelly as well.....every1 call and complain!! lol
 
I want a Marina at Elk Creek!!

Get on the horn and call...Offer your opinions about improving walnut to handle the high volume of boat traffic or a way to divert some of it away!...

A marina with gas, dockage, bait, ice, and some tackle on the west side of town would be a HUGE money maker...figure most marinas on erie charge like $1000 bucks a slip.....put in 200 silps and charge 5 bucks to launch....they would line up for dockage on the west side... 

Just talked to Kelly, according to her the stamp money can't be used for upgrading facilities. It is used to obtain land and easements for fishing access to the tribs. She said that an engineer was sent up and he was told to look at the marine as if nothing was their and see what he could do. Kelly stated that they put a lot of money (not sure of figure) into walnut for upgrades and it runs with a deficit every year.
 
The PFBC is going to look to see if it is feasible for them to expand or make any other improvements. That is all I have, hope it helps.

Well i hope that she calls me back then...i will voice my opinion.  If you want to fish tribs then their should be a stamp for that...i want to fish LAKE Erie....not its tribs

While Pa wont miss my license money, Ive already quit fishing PA waters of lake Erie, so the local economy loses around $1500 for a dock, approx $3000 in fuel, probably another $2000 in bait, tackle, ice, parts, repairs, etc. Plus, being the boat is kept in OH, I had to get an OH registation, so no reg fee or gas tax gets back to PA, while Im sure no one at the PFBC cares, It made me feel better, just think if enough boaters, dock holders and license buyers did this, maybe someone in Harrisburg would get off their dead****and listen to the concerns of the boaters, and yes it was the lake Erie stamp that prompted my decision to dock in OH, it wasnt the small fee that made my decision, it was the idea of it, I probably went off the deep end because of ZERO benefit to boaters, I would support a trib only stamp for improved access for the stream anglers, that way you have a choice ,not a user fee rammed up your buttocks