lake wilhelm

it's been years, but used to go up there around the end of june and catch big bluegills duning the spawn. just wading the shoreline towards the lower end of the dam. i'm talkin 10+ inchers!! anybody still getting them?

Spawn is on. Haven't got into the big ones, but saw hundreds of bluegill on beds Friday. They're out there, tricks finding the ones worth filleting....I'd clean 10 inchers aaaalllll day.

theres not many big ones left. Let alone keepable ones. Id bet 1 out 50 caught is keepable. They need to start a management program for panfish out here, its getting real bad.
Navyman, if your catching 5-6inchers, youve gotten the "big ones". lol.
 
Ive heard they closed the park/lake today. Supposedly fergies baitshop and the campground is closed also. Anybody else heard anything? Ill be ****ed if I go over there this week and cant launch.

My dad went up bouta month ago he heard dat that state park was closing to...yea the bluegills jus isnt der like in recent years i dnt kno wat happen to lake whilhem but dey need to do sum asap nun dat ino of has been good der all year

I have a pontoon in a slip at the marina on wilhelm...have not heard anything from the state about removing the boat plus i keep a vhull  at our camper and use all of the ramps none of them are closed...State was going to stop services at some state parks not elimate access for fishing or ramps.
 
Plus I also read the state has approved funding for keeping services / maintenace going at all state parks Fergie's Bait store has a copy of this article on the check out counter

Fishinprogess We have a trailor at Vacationland campground right next to fergies bait & tackle store

maybe I'll run into you sometime I have a 14 ft sylvan super snapper with green stripes and the pontoon is a 20ft sylvan with blue sides and blue cover I take the 14 ft boat to wilhelm, pymatuning and woodcock we are up there almost every weekend.

Vacationland is a nice campground. Was up there the weekend of the 27th. Had a good time and even rented a pontoon at the lake. Price was very reasonable, $65 for 2 hrs.,take cash with you if you want to rent because they dont have credit card machine yet.

we used to get alot of nice bass in there. have not fished it since early spring this year.

My friend and I fished it for the first time Sunday. We caught some bass. We also missed a 6 pounder and some other big bass. We did not get too many bites as we hoped for, but not a terrible day.  Timmy