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creek chubs - 7/17/2008 3:15:04 PM   
*steelking*

 

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Status: offline 		Does anyone know where i can either catch or buy some creek chubs in the pittsburgh area? I need them for bait. I will also gladly accept PM's.
Thanks,
-Mike
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RE: creek chubs - 7/17/2008 4:52:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		i live in greensburg and out here every stream i have ever dropped my trap in i have caught chubs. Just sometimes have to find a hole deep enough to submerge the trap. I am willing to bet that its like that anywhere

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RE: creek chubs - 7/17/2008 5:42:19 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Traillblazer

i live in greensburg and out here every stream i have ever dropped my trap in i have caught chubs. Just sometimes have to find a hole deep enough to submerge the trap. I am willing to bet that its like that anywhere


yep. Drop a minnow trap somewhere deep.


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RE: creek chubs - 7/17/2008 8:15:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Have some fun and get some size 12 hooks and some maggots.  You can catch them as fast as you can throw a line out most places.  What are you fishing for that you need them for bait?

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RE: creek chubs - 7/18/2008 12:01:08 AM   
*steelking*

 

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RE: creek chubs - 7/18/2008 12:28:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		I like live bluegils 4 tha flatheads but SUCKERS are the Best bait 4 big flatheads i just got 2 awards from the state 4 BIG Flatheads on suckers

42" 36 lbs
38" 31 lbs

both on #10 line FUN!!!

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RE: creek chubs - 7/18/2008 12:49:29 AM   
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Status: offline 		Get a two-ended cage and ball up a couple pieces of bread,throw it in a deep hole tied to a rope and cover up the rope with a rock or two.Come back in a couple days,50 or more in a good hole.I used to catch them in almost any medium to small stream as a teenager,they are all over like Trailblazer said.

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RE: creek chubs - 7/18/2008 9:57:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		I heard rock bass work real good too.  Plenty of them all along the shoreline of the Yough any where there are rocks.  Park at the bike trail parking lot in Sutersville and walk upriver from there and hit the rocks with a small jig and worm.  Also, you can walk upriver along the tracks in Coulter and catch a ton in amongst those rocks.  Most of the ones I catch by accident are 4"-6" which would seem to me to be the perfect bait size. 

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RE: creek chubs - 7/18/2008 1:12:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		I like to use dog food in my minnow traps. It seems to put off more of a scent and holds up longer than bread.

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RE: creek chubs - 7/18/2008 5:56:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		i always have to put a rock or something to sink my bait, otherwise they eat it from outside the cage. They love dog food. I wrap mine up in a piece of screen, put in a little piece of steel, and roll it up and put zip ties at each end to keep it closed. Last week I caught a couple of crayfish and used them also. They didnt last long, the bass gobbled them up quick.

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RE: creek chubs - 7/18/2008 10:37:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Ive caught two water snakes in one trap before. Talk about suprised. I heard live trout work the best. We always use a minow sane to catch the big suckers. They work well to. the bigger the better.

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RE: creek chubs - 7/19/2008 10:29:49 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Walleyeman360

I like live bluegils 4 tha flatheads but SUCKERS are the Best bait 4 big flatheads i just got 2 awards from the state 4 BIG Flatheads on suckers

42" 36 lbs
38" 31 lbs

both on #10 line FUN!!!


I never had much luck with suckers, My self I like live gills 4-7" for flats, I've used both chubs and suckers with no sucuss, switched to gills and had more hits this year than I've had in 2 years using the others, just my thoughts Try em all and use what works.

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RE: creek chubs - 7/19/2008 6:32:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		What kinds of hooks are you using to hook the blue gill and where do you hook them?

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RE: creek chubs - 8/14/2008 5:42:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		try a trap.

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RE: creek chubs - 8/14/2008 7:37:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		I tossed my trap in and ended up with four baby brook trout. Is that legal for bait?

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RE: creek chubs - 8/14/2008 7:47:10 PM   
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RE: creek chubs - 8/14/2008 8:38:46 PM   
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Status: online 		I don't know, but you may want to keep your "trap location" a secret!

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RE: creek chubs - 8/15/2008 8:28:46 AM   
shemanese

 

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Status: offline 		Hammer, I am not really looking for the name of the stream. But did you really get brook trout? If so is this a stream known to support brook trout or is this an indication of improving conditions?

PMs are welcome if you feel like it.

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RE: creek chubs - 8/15/2008 9:18:12 AM   
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ORIGINAL: *steelking*

What kinds of hooks are you using to hook the blue gill and where do you hook them?


I hook any live bait that is big enough, in one nostril and out the other.  This seems to keep them alive for a long time & nice hard bone doesn't send them sailing on the cast.


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RE: creek chubs - 8/19/2008 6:59:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hammerdown, unfortunately it isn't. In most parts of Pennsylvania keeping a trout is around 9 inches? Trapping and netting for Trout has been illegal for some time.. some time meaning probably around 50 years. I just wouldn't do it.. Although you probably could get away with it it's definately unlawful and carma.. is well.. a beach.

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RE: creek chubs - 8/19/2008 9:18:15 PM   
Berk


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Status: offline 		dude i doubt you'll get many people to tell you there chub holes for the simple fact they dont want them fished out but just drive back roads and look in ditches and stuff on my last trip i was on a mountain and i thought i found a huge chub whole but it was full of little native brookies

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RE: creek chubs - 8/19/2008 10:01:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		try brush creek in beaver county,some of the best creek shiners i ever found,no secret spot ,the creek is chuck full of them,,drop a trap,wait 20 min,more then you will use

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RE: creek chubs - 8/20/2008 9:15:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		ROCKHARD, any fish in brush creek? I bike ride by their nearly everyday...

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RE: creek chubs - 8/20/2008 10:23:52 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Berk

dude i doubt you'll get many people to tell you there chub holes for the simple fact they dont want them fished out but just drive back roads and look in ditches and stuff on my last trip i was on a mountain and i thought i found a huge chub whole but it was full of little native brookies


Thats the kind of chub holes I like to find

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