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crappiefisher -> 2009 Lake Arthur (3/16/2009 10:22:58 PM)

Just starting a new post on Arthur. Fished Sunday and caught a couple bass, also missed a couple too. You have to give them some time to take your bait , since they are not bitting to good. I thought I would post this picture of a nice day on the lake last year.
 
                               Timmy

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Porktown -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 8:20:57 AM)

The original Arthur post is in direct competition with the Oxybob thread.  You can't just stop it!

That isn't your new boat, is it?  Your Dad showed me it from under the tarp.  That thing is pretty sweet.  I hope it is running good for you.  I hear the make of motor on it, is the fastest 20hp they make.

Congrats on the nice fish. 

Oh, I see why you started a new thread....



rippinlip -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 10:29:38 AM)

Timmy, I got a nice bass yesterday by the beaver dam. The bite was slow. East wind is a tough bite.Crappies are still scattered.Fish are in transition mode towards the Spring bite.The water is rising on Muddy Creek arm. Should get better from here on out. Good luck this year. Now go do your homework and listen to your Dad![sm=duel.gif]



startinout -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 3:28:07 PM)

I liked the other board.  It was a good way to compare the last couple of years.  Oh well, I guess I'll just have to get back to keeping track in the journal.  Dear diary...:)



Split Shot -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 3:51:05 PM)

I didn't understand what Smitt's reasoning was. Oxybob has about 61 pages and NHL about 38. He say's "No need for all these pages when most of it means nothing!" But, goes on to say "Great Stuff,  but needs a new and smaller thread!" Maybe there is an actual good reason for it???????????



crappiefisher -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 4:20:43 PM)

  It's all that Spoonchuckers fault!! When he posted that the Rockhouse was the hotspot for the BIGGGGG ones. My buddy & I hit it the other day with high hopes.Well him, I & the locals were ****ed that our honey hole was already thinned out [:@].


When someone starts a new post on it just direct 'em to say pg. 17 or 22 or 7 or whatever on the old topic so the same ???'s won't have to pop up over & over.

Think out of the top 12-15 most viewed topics on Fishusa only 2 are about fishing & the other one is about CHUM???? [sm=dunno.gif]

Back to the drawlin' board again [:D]

Crappy



slimyrock -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 6:40:41 PM)

Da  !



SlipperySmitt -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 6:54:28 PM)

Gee, you'd have thought I closed the lake or something? Personaly I hate those long threads, always get off track and to much poop to wade through to find the good stuff. (I liken them to the 5 boxes of goodies you bought at an auction for $1, only to throw 95% of it in the garbage.) From reading other posts, I thought others felt the same? 

I "thought" a new/fresh start/season was a good idea? You want the old thread back, I'll unlock it?  

Smitty



slimyrock -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 7:13:29 PM)

I don't do auctions.  lol    whatever. . . . move on.



plnoldrick -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 7:53:56 PM)

Couple nice bass today at arthur.  water surface temps were in the high 40's in the main lake and up to 53 in some of the coves.



meatball1977 -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 9:41:16 PM)

Hey timmy,im the one that sold you that fisher,how is everything going?I miss that boat already,put a 20 horse on it huh,cool good luck to you this year,like you need it!



startinout -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 10:08:37 PM)

Chris,
Finally, I got one tonight.  It was 31 inches but really thin.  Must have been already spawned out.  Thanks for the tips and guidance.  I owe you one.  I'm planning on hitting it hard late next week.  Let me know if you want to meet up one evening.  Got my first mosquito bite of the year tonight as well. 



Split Shot -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 10:39:41 PM)

Smitt, I really don't care. I just couldn't figure, why out of nowhere you would lock a thread that get's so much action. I was think'n maybe someone threw in some spot burning that I missed and you decided to shut it down. It just seemed odd. Good Fish'n



Split Shot -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/17/2009 10:42:57 PM)

Timmy, You guy's are the "KINGS OF ARTHUR" Although I have never met you guy's, I have seen "youns" grow up over the years.



rippinlip -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/18/2009 6:27:59 PM)

Timmy heres one from today

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rippinlip -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/18/2009 6:33:47 PM)

trying again....

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Snag_826 -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/19/2009 4:09:29 AM)

got some pics of some bass my buddy caught today. got one lunker and a couple decent sized lm's at arthur...have em up tomorrow. also check the nw pa board. im gonnaa post some huge smallmouth pics i caught on edinboro lake, one of the pics is of a lm i caught in ediboro on a 4 inch perch!



HartzSRU -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/19/2009 12:47:33 PM)

where is the best place to shore fish arthur?



crappiefisher -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/19/2009 5:47:23 PM)

 Nice FATTY!!

Sorry for the edit but sortta thought I had to for good reasons this time of year if that is ok with you?
Is that your first for this close to home? Great way to start huh?? Told you, you were crazy wanting to go to Erie after them. I gave up years ago fishing that area this time of year because I could never get any to even look at what ever I offered live chubs, juicy fresh caught crawlers, gills, spinners, swimbaits & so on. Looks like she inhaled your lure purty good from the look of her. She would be nice next to your Brownie [;)]
Saw her about 4 days ago in that area but never took the rod out of the car [sm=fun_84.gif]

I'll have Timmy post the fish in May, O/k??
You gonna tell me your secret or not?? Timmy already told me what you got her on [:D] [sm=banana.gif][sm=beerchug.gif]

  Porktown,

Great effort & good try [sm=popcornsmiley.gif], think Arthur could've hit 100,000 hits in no time.

Mike I'll give you a call early next week about heading out with you. I still owe you one for helping Greg & I clean up the lake last year & for the 2nd time you showed up. You are a super good young man with a bright future, I can tell just from being around you for that short time.

Oh yea, what ever you do, stay away from that insect repellent while fishing!!!!

Meatball1977,
Timmy loves the boat, THANKS!!!

Split Shot,

Thanks for the kind words but I would say maybe more like the King BS'ers of Arthur would be more fiting atleast for me [sm=icon_lol.gif]

Crappy



slimyrock -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/19/2009 8:02:22 PM)

Bee-you-tee-full  [sm=icon_lol.gif]



STEELYS MANFISH -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/20/2009 11:36:26 AM)

Well went out several times so far and yesterday was by far my most productive because I finally caught fish. Caught several largemouths but nothing of size. I should say last year at this time was even less productive for me so I either got lucky or am finally doing something right. Felt really good to finally catch some fish though. What a diff. between my St. Croix vs my old ugly stick. The sensitivity of this rod is quite impressive. Saw some biggies out beyond my castability. Carp or Toothies? I dont know whether to call it boiling or porpoising but they were very visible and it was several bigger sized fish bunched together.Tried to lure em in but no takers whatever it was. Time is never on my side and had to leave well before I was ready but the ones I was able to land were caught on 3 inch shad swimbaits and the KVD sexy shad crankbait.



rippinlip -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/20/2009 1:43:19 PM)

Chris, that fish is still swimmin. I threw it back after the pics. You know the spot. The only fish I saw or caught.



BIGHEAD -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/20/2009 2:44:09 PM)

Steelys I think what you saw was a bunch of big shad. They have been boiling up for about a week or so. Last sunday was the first i have seen boiling up. I caught a couple the other day and used them for bait  and been seeing a quite a few dead floating  A friend caught a pike Wensday  and had about 100 yards of Black fishing line all rapped around it and a hook in his mouth. Looked just like what i use for ice-fishing. Pretty wild if that pike has been swiming around with all that line on him all that time! Unless someone was bait fishing  and was not paying attention and it ran all the line out. Either way some SHMUCK did not tie the line to the there spool!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We cut of all the line and let him go I think he made it. I diddn't see him floating we fished for a few hours after that  Dave



rippinlip -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/20/2009 6:29:03 PM)

Seen a bunch of dead shad swimming around the lake. They are HUGE. No wonder Muskies are so tough to catch, after they eat one of them, the're good for a week.



STEELYS MANFISH -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/21/2009 8:39:12 AM)

Hey Dave I did notice all the shad boiling and even snagged one with my swimbait. Was about 7 inches long and couldnt wrap my hand around it. How big can they get? Was bummed cause I didnt have any hooks with me to chuck it back out for bait. I dont fish with live bait much so I wasnt even really sure that it was legal to do. Anyhow these fish I saw were much bigger. Much of their body would be floating above the water for several seconds and then they would disappear briefly and return again. Also there were several grouped together. I thought maybe some spawning activity possibly? What do you guys think?

Cool save with the pike. Wonder what that guy was thinking after that fished stripped his line off?

While wadein yesterday I sank deep enough in the mud to scare the he11 out of me.



BIGHEAD -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/21/2009 3:03:01 PM)

STEELYS  I have seen shad up to 14-16 inches long and fat as heck.  They could have been carp i would think way to early for anything else to be boiling the surface. Yeah just looked in the boat and it was ice line  or  100LB fireline OHH  he was thinking WTF and then thought Daaaaa should have tied to the SPOOL .  The big shad make for great cat bait and yes it is legal to use them for bait. I even caught a striper the other day on one. It was like 12-14"long and the striper was only 22"



rippinlip -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/21/2009 8:10:48 PM)

Fished the lake all day today, no luck. Anyone else out today?



SlipperySmitt -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/21/2009 10:16:13 PM)

Hey Chriss; wanna give the "no luck" Erie a try with us sometime? The new water and a few fish can make it all the more better!


Smitty



MICK FISH -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/27/2009 12:19:57 AM)

Anyone hitting the crappies?  I hit a few last week on Wednesday and Thursday nights but Saturday was pretty dead. Have not tried since.  Twin boys were born Monday!!![:D]  Wanting to go tomorrow evening for a few hours while all the women in the family come to see the boys!



STEELYS MANFISH -> RE: 2009 Lake Arthur (3/27/2009 7:29:28 AM)

congrats to ya.[sm=band.gif][sm=balloons.gif][sm=balloons.gif][sm=band.gif]

oh yeah nothin for me yesterday headin out now though.



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