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Portersville - 8/21/2008 12:49:54 AM

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My g/f and I reached an agreement with a seller of a house on a back road in Portersville. The back road happens to lead into breakneck bridge area of McConnell's Mills. Hows the fishing down that end now. It been years since I fished that end of it. Moraine is just a hop skip and a jump away too but I never fished that much (which I'm sure will change).

Anyone have any pointers on some farm ponds or old strip mines up that way? Farm ponds w/ lots of Bluegill to keep the g/f busy would be nice. She is just learning how to fish so she needs to be kept busy

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RE: Portersville - 8/21/2008 1:06:40 AM

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Congrats.. I always tell my dad how awesome it would be to live around there. Anyway, Slippery Rock Creek is a pretty good early season trout creek.. as expected when July and August come around most of the trout die off. Though you will find some hold overs in some holes. If you like bass fishing you're in luck. I just fish for trout so I don't use bass patterns, and yet I caught a fair share of small mouth on generic patterns.. foam beetles, ants. On most of the bridges you will do good on smallmouth, like I said you'll catch some trout just not like spring. If you talk to local anglers you'll tell you how much the trout action slows down. If you want the name of some of the bridges PM me.. living around there you'll probably get to know them very well.. Im jealous

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RE: Portersville - 8/21/2008 9:27:30 AM

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wow that would be awesome to live near there. Way to go!

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RE: Portersville - 8/21/2008 6:33:39 PM

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Hell, maybe the g/f and I should open up a bed and breakfast there or a speakeasy lol

Fly I sent you a PM.

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RE: Portersville - 8/21/2008 10:05:42 PM

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Be ready for the bears and 'yotes!

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RE: Portersville - 8/21/2008 10:12:36 PM

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luvinbluegills, It's funny you say that. For years my father carried a real high powered handgun with him there everytime we went 3-4 miles upstream, I call it the "unknown". Well a while back I was fishing 5-6 miles downstream and saw this (what I thought was a bear). Of course not even the good smallmouth action could keep me around. I hurried upstream and left.

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RE: Portersville - 8/21/2008 11:22:54 PM

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Yotes won't be bad I plan on trapping this year so they'll welcome.
Had bears in my yard when I lived by Yellow Creek State park. Here is the big one that roamed through one day.

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RE: Portersville - 8/21/2008 11:25:08 PM

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Wow penn_artist! Quite the tendency to live in areas with good fishing spots nearby? Yellow Creek.. Heard that's pretty good?

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RE: Portersville - 8/22/2008 12:24:22 AM

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I never fished Yellow Creek. I had seen some nice fish come out of there though. I did a bunch of hiking and birdwatching up there though. When I lived in Somerset County Cox's Creek and the Casselman River were right in my back yard. That was probably some of the best fishing I had since the mid to early 90's on the Beaver River, Ohio River and Raccoon Creek (last two miles of it).

I tend to live in areas that aren't to crowded. Less drama that way

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RE: Portersville - 8/22/2008 1:07:46 PM

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A friend of a friend sent along some pictures last week (She lives in Prospect, just off the 422 exit) of a bear that comes into their yard almost weekly. She called Tuesday to say that she and her neive were awakened by a coyote howling from their yard.

Wild man...

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