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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/9/2009 4:45:58 AM

Snag_826

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hahaha its so simple...go out tomorrow, buy an amish outfit or something similar and never again will you have to worry about fish size or limit. apparently the menonites have immunity to fish commision laws. by the way i lived in edinboro for two years and had to deal with these people year round and they were the most disrespectful ignorant people ive ever met. If you ever want to experience "modern day menonites" spend a half hour in the edinboro wal-mart just off 79...

srry im so bitter but, i have my reasons...

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/10/2009 4:48:18 PM

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Got my first good keeper a few nights back. 26" and 9lbs :)

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/10/2009 5:04:56 PM

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Congrats....you're hooked now

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/10/2009 6:14:57 PM

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Never got a keeper yet,but my wife did. congradulations Slayer.

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/11/2009 11:14:11 PM

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Not enough interest to have the picinic / fishin' outing for the effort. Been getting good #'s of Byrds 'till 2 am lately. Some nights in double digits

I'm staying away from the huge schools of bait & hittin' under the over bush though.

Crappy

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/16/2009 5:35:58 PM

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/16/2009 8:42:20 PM

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Thanks guys!

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/16/2009 11:04:45 PM

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Saturday was really good for big 'gills on topwater.

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/17/2009 10:42:43 AM

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Picked up 2 decent stripers and a few small largemouths on Monday night, also had another striper on for a brief while. Bait/fish showed up around 11 and began to taper off a little after 1. There seemed to be plenty of fish around us even though we didn't connect all that great, oh well 2 is better than none I suppose. I'll probably be back up Friday night as long as it is not storming.

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/19/2009 9:26:15 AM

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Is the lake fairly high after all this rain.... I seem to remember that Arthur doesnt experience the same high water conditions after heavy rains as some other lakes do.

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/19/2009 1:44:25 PM

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Was out yesterday morning Banana boat fishing the muddy creek finger for LMB from shore. Water level seemed unaffected from all the rain to me but clarity was poor. All the rain sure seemed to stir it up a bit. The only areas I had any luck was in the pads but anytime I hooked a fish my measly 8lb couldnt handle ripping the fish from the pads so I lost several. Otherwise I had 0 bites in open water and tried cranks, jerks, swimbaits, buzzbaits, and texas rigged soft plastics all with 0 success in open water. Even fishin weed/pad edges were nonproductive for me. Was kickin myself cause I left my braid at home since the only pattern I could put together was fishin them pads. Live and Learn but cant wait to do it again.

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/19/2009 11:29:14 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: STEELYS MANFISH

Was out yesterday morning Banana boat fishing the muddy creek finger for LMB from shore. Water level seemed unaffected from all the rain to me but clarity was poor. All the rain sure seemed to stir it up a bit.

It probably was not the rain that caused poor water clarity. That is the usual color of lake Arthur. It is a stained water lake. The only time I have seen this lake have any clarity was in the winter. And not in every winter.

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/24/2009 11:48:20 AM

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Was out the past 2 nights and 0 byrds. Ive tried Bombers, Storms, and Rapalas.The baitfish left around 2am last night. Ive only managed 4 fish over the past 2 nights which were all LMB. The braid helped pull a chunky 17.5 inch from the pads at dusk. The other 3 were much smaller and caught on Bombers.

Anybody else havin any luck?

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/24/2009 12:38:51 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Banana Boat

Is the lake fairly high after all this rain.... I seem to remember that Arthur doesnt experience the same high water conditions after heavy rains as some other lakes do.

I was hoping a locals would have chimed in on this. Hopefully one will correct my understanding if needed.

From what I understand, Lake Arthur' primary function is not a flood control resevoir, like the USACE run lakes are. Those are dropped with anticipation of heavy rains, and hold back water much more after heavy rains. I believe Arthur's primary function is for recreation, and will keep it's level relatively stable at a safe recreational level if possible.

There is some sort of fluctuation guidlines for Lake Arthur though, likely controlled by the DEP and likely in conjunction with the USACE oversight. I.e. if there is a 50 or 100 year storm, they'll likely dam up much more water (within reason), so the areas down stream aren't completely flooded out. I'm sure if the USGS or someone has a prediction of a huge storm, they'll let out a good bit of water in expectance of refilling and controlling the outflow, but would likely need to be a huge storm. I have never seen the lake "flooded" or "really" low. I have noticed it high or low, but nothing extreme like I have the USACE dams that have 5-6 release gates. I am sure that it happens, but not nearly as much as Shenango/Loyalhanna or the other USACE lakes. The rain that we had last week, was all at once, but not really that much (for a 4-5 day total). It reaked havoc on the man made drainage systems and small creeks, but likely didn't do all that much to a resivoir the size of Lake Arthur. I am not sure if the DEP decided to help out the areas south of the lake or not? If they did, they likely had the lake back down to a certain tolerance within a day.

It does get muddy though, and rarely ever clear. I know the fish camera thing I have, is basically worthless on this lake.

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/24/2009 3:44:34 PM

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If I recall right, Crappiefisher told me Timmy did good on Friday night with Stripers. It's been hit or miss.

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/24/2009 4:20:35 PM

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will probably be headin out tonight with bro-in-law so will have to see if luck any better

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/24/2009 9:12:15 PM

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Going to head out Saturday late afternoon until midnight or so (depending if we are catching fish). This is our 5th or so trip this season and have only caught 2 striper and some LMB, I hope things pick up for us Saturday night.

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/25/2009 8:39:21 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: rippinlip

If I recall right, Crappiefisher told me Timmy did good on Friday night with Stripers. It's been hit or miss.

You should know by now, not to base your fishing expectations off of what Timmy does. He's that same dude that shows up right when your packing your gear from an all day skunking. Pulls out 5-6 lunkers in the time it takes you to pack your gear, from the same hole that you threw your entire tackle box at!

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/25/2009 10:07:53 AM

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...been awhile since I've made any posts on this thread, but I figure I don't want to leech info without sharing what I've seen the past few trips to the lake.

Monday 6/22/09 - fished from 10pm to 1:30am. Lots of alewive action early on and was able to collect bait within 30 minutes. Fished from shore west of the 528 bridge and caught 2 SMB, 1 Channel cat, and 1 LMB. Had about 10 good runs, but couldn't seem to set the hook. Alewives stopped hitting the surface around 1:15am.

Wednesday 6/24/09 - fished again from 10pm to 1:30am. Was able to get bait relatively quickly. Fished the same area as Monday and landed 2 stripers (one was in the 20+ inch range and went 3+ lbs - picture to post shortly), 1 SMB, and 1 bullhead. Not as many runs as on Monday, but hook success rate was much higher. Alewives were still hitting the surface pretty regularly when I left at 1:30am.

Won't be back up to the lake until after vacation now, and will probably post more info then.

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/25/2009 1:52:11 PM

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fished last night from 10:00 - 1:30 down by the boat rentals. alot of noise, not much action. Same program as you Steely, to no avail.

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/25/2009 2:08:11 PM

rippinlip

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Pork. you're right.....that boy can catch a fish outta a mudpuddle....

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/26/2009 2:01:41 AM

TIOAngler

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I am looking to fish Author possibly 2morrow evening. I am not very familiar w/ the shore fishing spots. I usually go to Nealys Point but I am looking for some new places. I don't want to steal neones special place but being pointed in the right direction would help. Thanks for any help!!

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/26/2009 9:27:52 AM

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Anyone having any luck with Cats? Haven't been up there in a few weeks and was wondering if the spawning period started/is over or where we stand...

Thanks fellas

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RE: 2009 Lake Arthur - 6/28/2009 11:22:39 PM

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Hit the lake for some striper fishing all week. Most activity starts around 11:30 and last till 2:30 am then it starts to taper off. Managed 9 stripers this week most on the small side and a nice eater walleye. Had two break offs the other night, the first was a slob of a fish. My buddy swears it was a musky. The other was a nice striper. Here's a couple of pic's from this week.