Cranberry

i haven't been up to cranberry for a few weeks. i would think the weeds are still a little thick. though we have had several frosts here, so maybe they have died back a bit. there's a wicked heavy frost here right now, i'm around 500 feet lower than cranberry is, so if the weeds haven't died off, they will soon. either way, the water temp should have the pike waking up a bit.

i couldn't say either way. i've caught them morning thru evening. it seems to me that the giant pike are gone or just very sparse now. most i've caught in recent years have been sub legal to just over legal. my friend and i are planning on trying it out Sunday morning. i think we'll be throwing big chubs, but i also want to go for some of the ridiculously big carp. i'll post if anything goes well. if it's too weedy, i'll let you know. i'm guessing you don't live as close as i do. i'd hate to see anyone drive for a long time to not be able to get a lure in the water.

I would appreciate any reports you could give. I grew up in Dunbar but now live in Pittsburgh so it would definitely be a drive for me. Getting there and finding it not easily fishable would be a bummer. Of course I could always bring the gun along and go looking for some squirrels if the fishing didn't work out.

Thanks again flyingmoles. I haven't hunted up there for years so it might be worth the drive for that either way.

Would the underwater parts probably affect me trying to float tube or is it just a matter of lures getting hung up?

I am a little worried about the wind if I go there. My plan was to use a flyrod but I hate the idea of fighting the wind all day. I guess that is where the backup plan of squirrel hunting would come in.