Not ALL Fisherman tell stories

 Hey Guys,
  I just love to read the fishing reports here. Espeacially in the fall!!!!
 SO MANY times, I have been fishing in a commen spot like the stopsign hole, manchester, leigon hole,and many others.
 I would fish thes spots in early fall, I would be there all day, then come home to see reports of somebody catching 20 -30 fish,when i would know for a fact that, there was little to no fish caught in the area that day,( FUNNY)... These reports (I BELIEVE ) are local bussiness owners or their friends putting false reports to get the Fall flock coming to waste their money.
 Then winter comes and I will be in an area that the other fisherman and I would be catching fish all day. ( Now I bet you guys know what the reports say now) Of course, No fish being caught and no fish in the streams. How Does that work? NOW these guys are either the greedy fisherman that want the stream all to theirselves OR these are the guys (or be honest, just dont know how to catch them)
 Now for some of the guys ****ing about the fish population being down. The fish numbers are still the same. Its the number of fisherman that have quadroopled the last 10 years.
Lets not forget about the guys that are keeping the limit everyday just to be greedy. ( most of these guys give them away anyway ) so why keep them?  I dont mid the guy or gal that keeps the occasional fish for the smoker or fryer. But then you have the guys (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE) that keep a limit at one spot,put them in the car only to get back on the water to keep 2,3 and sometimes more limits in a day.  WHY? WHY? WHY?  How many of those fish go in the freezer only to be thrown into the garbage 5 or 6 months later?
 
Well,
 I wish all fisherman were sportsman. But UNFORTUNATELY. A lot of them are not.
 
 GOOD LUCK and PLEASE CATCH and RELEASE
 
 
 

I agree......
I do keep some but NEVER more than a limit and NONE go to waste.
I know its been said many times before on here but PA needs to make it a 1 fish limit like NY did.
 I have fished NY before and after limit change alot(mostly Salmon River) and it made a HUGE difference  right away when it went to 1 fish a day.
If you see guys taking more than their limit report them to fish commission and while you at it tell the fish commission to change limit any chance you get.
It would be good for the fishermen and the local business if the limit went to 1 a day and you would notice a difference immediatly IMO.
All that complaining put aside if you know what your doing you can still catch plenty the way things are-10% of the fishermen catch 90% of the fish definetly true in  ERIE CRIKS.

Whio cares? There are still lots of fish. Go when conditions are favorable, and if you have any skill you'll probly catch some. Go when they're less favorable, and if you have lots of skill you'll still probly catch some. You know how many you caught. How many others catch, or SAY they catch doesn't/shouldn't  matter.
 
Life can be easy, IF you let it.

NA steel- u sound bitter, like u are mad that u dont catch more fish.  Relax. -There is no way the #'s are the same.  Not from what i saw in the past and not from what longer term veterans have experienced.  
Do reports get exaggerated?  Of course.  But as others said, it doesn't matter.  Still plenty of steel to catch.  
Bings is being humble....the story is usually switched: Bings banked a bunch of fish and others got schooled!  

fisherofmen376

Do reports get exaggerated?  Of course.    

 
I was next to a guy years ago.
he was having a fair  morning on a good bite day for most .
He hooked and landed 3 or 4 in a couple hours and missed a couple .
His friend  walked up and asked how he was doing...he told him he caught 6 or 7
I think it  likely he actually believed he caught that many...it's easy to do after a few
 
 
 

 
Whio cares? There are still lots of fish

 
 
yea, but not enough dUm ones
Darwinism you know..the dumb ones get plucked by birds, 'eyes and  rOpes
and I'm the last one in line anymore ....
 
 
..L.T.A.
 

NAsteelheader

When the first wave of fish and fisherman come, they dont stand much of a chance. This is when the I see the difference, Most fish dont stand a chance to make it very far up the stream at all. Most of them either end up on the stringer or get gaffed

 
No disagreement , Brother
I figure that's why the upper 'Nut has been near dEad the last few years .
angling pressure at the wall to the falls has always been heavy...'least as far back as I can recall
there's simply less fish to make it thru the gauntlet in recent years, me thinks
 
 
 
 
 
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Yes the 02-03 season was unbelievably great. However, we should not compare these years to that. those are the kind of years that are what we wait for.

 
yea,  but I'm thinking it lasted much longer than a couple seasons
I go back to '88 in Ohio , but didn't get serious about it til the mid '90s
I started crossing the boarder regularly and  fell in love with Elk....like Goldilocks, it was/is  "just right" for me
Just seems they were like catching bluegils in a farm pond ....they were EVERYWHERE in volume from mid to upper.
All my favorite haunts in Ohio were stacked too
 
The drop off started in  mid/late 00's ..not a large drop, but noticeable to me and steadily declined
By '09/'10 season , everyone was noticing less numbers
 
are there still a lot of fish??
'ell yea...it's Pa..youinz always have more steel pr Cu Ft of water than anywhere
thing is, if we go back 15 years, the last five have been off compared to the first ten
 
I donno why some get their panties in a bunch when that's pointed out  (not referring you, just a general comment)
when someone says that, piranha appear to nip at the poster's flesh 
 
Not necessarily a good thing or bad thing ....it's an obvious observation to me
Pa's pretty much done this time of year anyway ..a few jacks and Ohio strays maybe and beat/moldy holdovers is all
and suckers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
..L.T.A.
 

Back to lack of fish in upper Walnut.me thinks something happened at the falls and they can't get past it,is it shallower than before?They need some water to get a start to get over it.

why do these threads always turn into the keep/release debate. Nothings gonna change, those that keep, will keep, those that release, will release. May be its just me, but no amount of debate is going to change the way I fish and have fished for all species for about 35 years.
 
Just saying.

I keep EVERY one I catch....WF

Rope 'em & smoke 'em!

pikepredator2
  or muppers itchin to fish on wintry roads when they don't have to be. 

 
 
 speaking of bad roads
this was a trip some years ago
 
 


 
 
 
that was back in the day when NOTHING stopped  me from my fanatical quest for steel .
Rain, snow, high or low creeks ..I fished
I made the trip two times  and sometimes three trips  a week for years .
 
..but i don't fish like that anymore .
Don't tolerate the cold as well now ...and i donno if i just got bored with it all or what....but i only like to fish a couple/three, maybe four hours and be done.
Wish i lived closer ..like a 20-30 minute drive, but it's a 3 hour round trip for me, couple that with 3-fiddy plus for gas...
I just don't feel  compelled to go "at the drop of hat" like I used to
 
dare i say...I've lost my mojo...and become a "fair weather"  fisherman .
so keep all the fish you want, but leave the dumb ones for me..and preferably within 100ft of parking
 
 
thanks
 
 
..L.T.A.