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ORIGINAL: crappiefisher

Carpin,

my son caught a 40"er carp C/R this spring there, prob. 40 lbs. He sent pghmarty a few lousy
pitc. of it (old film) Have had some try & hump my leg while wadein that were bigger than that.
The lake does bite though for me. Yg slams the eyes in the fall there u/no?/ on the old rd. bed.
I give up on Arthur & hit the river it's a good place to trap beaver though u/no?/ North park is much better.

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ORIGINAL: crappiefisher

Carpin,

my son caught a 40"er carp C/R this spring there, prob. 40 lbs. He sent pghmarty a few lousy
pitc. of it (old film) Have had some try & hump my leg while wadein that were bigger than that.
The lake does bite though for me. Yg slams the eyes in the fall there u/no?/ on the old rd. bed.
I give up on Arthur & hit the river it's a good place to trap beaver though u/no?/ North park is much better.

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ORIGINAL: pacarper

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ORIGINAL: Finster

OK..... i guess Arthur is great for CARP and catfish...... Who want's them though? 

I do (carp that is).  Problem is, the few times that I've fished Arthur, I only get mostly catfish.  Now I don't mind catching cats if they are bigger (10+ lbs.), but anything smaller than that, gets old after awhile. C&R only.

I remember when jb posted the pic of his 35 lber. that he mentioned------- that's about the nicest carp I've seen pulled from a W. PA water.

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ORIGINAL: Finster

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ORIGINAL: pacarper

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ORIGINAL: Finster

OK..... i guess Arthur is great for CARP and catfish...... Who want's them though? 

I do (carp that is).  Problem is, the few times that I've fished Arthur, I only get mostly catfish.  Now I don't mind catching cats if they are bigger (10+ lbs.), but anything smaller than that, gets old after awhile. C&R only.

I remember when jb posted the pic of his 35 lber. that he mentioned------- that's about the nicest carp I've seen pulled from a W. PA water.

Years ago, friends of mine owned a pay lake in Mars, PA.  On Mars- Valencia RD. I could go there with a can of corn and catch carp all day. Almost every one over 3 feet long. I was just a kid back then and my arms would be sore the next day from reeling all those fish in. However, to my knowledge, that lake does not exist anymore. I think it was filled in and has homes there now. What a shame but believe me, those fish did fight well on 10lb test and were always a blast to catch.

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ORIGINAL: Finster

Years ago, friends of mine owned a pay lake in Mars, PA.  On Mars- Valencia RD. I could go there with a can of corn and catch carp all day. Almost every one over 3 feet long. I was just a kid back then and my arms would be sore the next day from reeling all those fish in. However, to my knowledge, that lake does not exist anymore. I think it was filled in and has homes there now. What a shame but believe me, those fish did fight well on 10lb test and were always a blast to catch.

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ORIGINAL: TBS

You are exactly right there Finster, Lake Arthur Sucks !!! And for all of us that live within a couple miles of that stinkhole, we would greatly praise your efforts in keeping that notion alive and well out there in that rust belt ghetto in Lawrence Co. where you reside. So for you & all your cohorts which would rather sit behind your keyboards & complain about a body of water that learning how to fish that body of water, my suggestion to you is to buy a jar of power bait, get your lawn chair & wait for the the big white truck to pump out your trophy fish at Bessemer or Hereford Manor & leave us on Arthur alone to our own misery. In fact , alot of us think Arthur sucks too. My personel top 5 reasons would be:
5. Pontoon rentals to those who have NO CLUE what they are doing.
4. Under-powered & over loaded boats that throw a bigger wake from barging that my boat ever did with a 20hp that can get on plane.
3. Pollution? Maybe from all the empty styrofoam worm containers & empty pop bottles one can see floating around.
2. Those who can't back their trailer in without 14 pull ups then can't at least park their vehicle straight in the lot.
1. Those who believe that directly in front of the launch is the place to get their boat ready to come or go and those who can't launch or load their boat without it being a major undertaking involving the entire crew with half of them getting wet. Thus tieing up the ramp for those of us that have fish to catch instead of laughing at those idiots.
Those are just a few of my reasons to believe Lake Arthur sucks. Spoonchucker & Streamwalker, feel free to chime in anytime now.In fact I was just down there this beautiful Sunday AM & look at those mutated perch I caught. This lake sucks!!! [:'(]
http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd176/Otis319/?action=view&current=walleye1.jpg
Oh by the way, if you really wanted to get an earful,you should of posted that crock of crap on the Southwest board.
But being from New Castle, we understand you probably get confused real easy.

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ORIGINAL: Porktown

Anyone know if there is ice on the coves?  Looking to get out on Sunday prior to the Stiller game and enjoy the mid 50s forecasted.  Hopefully bring home a snack.  I've got a skunk that I need to release out there too...[sm=anon.gif]  Although, planning to keep fish, I might as well save myself a trip...