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i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/15/2009 11:47:21 PM

Minnie Food

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i was fishing right before lock 4 on the charleroi monnesen bridge side and i seen a whole bunch of fish jumping in the more high current water. so i decided to bend down and feel the water temp and i was startled by how cold the water was. i think i may have found the elusive mon river trout

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/16/2009 5:44:38 AM

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i was fishing right before lock 4 on the charleroi monnesen bridge side and i seen a whole bunch of fish jumping in the more high current water. so i decided to bend down and feel the water temp and i was startled by how cold the water was. i think i may have found the elusive mon river trout

Doubtful. Probably white bass.

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/16/2009 11:09:15 AM

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The Mon River does hold some trout. Have caught several myself along with seeing others catch them. Do however doubt the likeliness of finding a school of them as mentioned above. Possible but not likely probable. Catch one and see.

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/16/2009 4:49:27 PM

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where they flipping when they jump? maybe skipjack. they are moving in.

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/18/2009 9:19:32 PM

Minnie Food

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wouldnt white bass be in the warmer water with the less current? where i seen the fish it was pretty strong current and colder water

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/19/2009 8:38:35 PM

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With the cold weather we have had this summer, anything is possible.

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/20/2009 10:02:53 AM

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The cold weather caused by Global Warming

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/22/2009 4:54:45 PM

Minnie Food

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yes. the earth recognizes that we are screwing the planet up so it decided to cool us down. also went fishing yesterday and caught a 5 inch largemouth and 2 smallmouth(no size to them) in between the locks and the charleroi-monneson bridge

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/22/2009 7:40:24 PM

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skipjack feed in the fastest waters. they move in and out in schools and they are very fast. the only place you will find them is below the locks in the swift water feeding on the minnies. there wasnt been many in the mon. over the years but the ohio is loaded. thousands at a time move up river from the south as the water warms. they are by far the best catfish bait out there. i been catching them on the ohio at the new martinsville locks bout 45 min south of wheeling. when they are there you can fill coolers up. my buddies dad caught 1 last year at maxwell locks. the 1st won i ever saw out of the mon. i know a guy thats catches a good bit of them at the pointmarion locks. they kinda look like a tiny tarpon. look them up on line. SKIPJACK HERRING. you will see, i bet thats what they are.

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/22/2009 8:46:57 PM

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I have seen trout caught in the Mon in Clairton and Elizabeth. Twice in the 40 something years I've been fishing isn't much.

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/23/2009 6:46:09 AM

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i have seen trout caught in the mon. i have caught 1 my self bout 18 years ago, but that was near a creek that is stocked. theres not that many to where you are going to be seeing them jumping more than 1 or 2 at a time.

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/23/2009 9:02:29 AM

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skipjack feed in the fastest waters. they move in and out in schools and they are very fast. the only place you will find them is below the locks in the swift water feeding on the minnies. there wasnt been many in the mon. over the years but the ohio is loaded. thousands at a time move up river from the south as the water warms. they are by far the best catfish bait out there. i been catching them on the ohio at the new martinsville locks bout 45 min south of wheeling. when they are there you can fill coolers up. my buddies dad caught 1 last year at maxwell locks. the 1st won i ever saw out of the mon. i know a guy thats catches a good bit of them at the pointmarion locks. they kinda look like a tiny tarpon. look them up on line. SKIPJACK HERRING. you will see, i bet thats what they are.

ooo dude i seen literally close to a thousand of them moving back and forth close to shore last night.

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/23/2009 9:03:18 AM

Minnie Food

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my brother told me about a 22 inch rainbow he caught by the locks before

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/23/2009 12:04:24 PM

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you will also see alot of shad, but the shad will be along the bottom eat off the rocks. the skipjack will be jumping eating the minnies.

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/23/2009 2:51:17 PM

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ive caught one trout out the mouth of piegon which runs into mon but prob stocked he was a 13in rainbow

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/23/2009 8:23:11 PM

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There are several stocked streams that flow directly into the Mon ;Ten mile, Whitely creek, Pike RUn and Mingo Creek The mouths of these creeks are pretty good for trout in the late spring. Considering Rainbows may travel 25 miles a day it is probable that many can be caught in the MoN

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/27/2009 10:21:03 AM

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I catch trout every year near the locks in Charleroi. I have only caught one this year, but I have only fished it twice. A couple of years ago, I managed to catch about an 18" tiger trout off of the wall at Lock 4. I always throw them back.

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/28/2009 1:00:40 AM

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A lot of times schools of smallmouth/white bass etc will push a school of shad or whatnot up against a lock wall/bridge piling. It'll be a feeding frenzy, water exploding, etc. I used to see this fairly often when I fished/worked on the Mon a lot.

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 8/29/2009 9:55:27 AM

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I catch trout every year near the locks in Charleroi. I have only caught one this year, but I have only fished it twice. A couple of years ago, I managed to catch about an 18" tiger trout off of the wall at Lock 4. I always throw them back.

your allowed to fish the wall? i thought that they closed it down..

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 9/24/2009 11:23:06 AM

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not trout maybe shad or white bass

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RE: i think i seen alot of trout in the mon - 9/24/2009 2:17:32 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: akitadog

skipjack feed in the fastest waters. they move in and out in schools and they are very fast. the only place you will find them is below the locks in the swift water feeding on the minnies. there wasnt been many in the mon. over the years but the ohio is loaded. thousands at a time move up river from the south as the water warms. they are by far the best catfish bait out there. i been catching them on the ohio at the new martinsville locks bout 45 min south of wheeling. when they are there you can fill coolers up. my buddies dad caught 1 last year at maxwell locks. the 1st won i ever saw out of the mon. i know a guy thats catches a good bit of them at the pointmarion locks. they kinda look like a tiny tarpon. look them up on line. SKIPJACK HERRING. you will see, i bet thats what they are.

If they are Skipjack herring = threatened species in Pa.

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