So much for wait awhile the Walleye bite will turn on..... it's early. Rule that one out.
 
Worst Pymy Walleye spring season in years, except for all the Spillway Spring snaggers !
For some unknown reason they always do good there........LOL !
 

yeah captn  beleive it or not didnt see anybody there snagging atleast when i was there,, got mine on shad raps all hit  was my first time down there.. i even hooked a nice musky wich jumped and threw my plug   the lake like i said earlier let me down in 20 yrs of my annual mid may walleye foray we took the boat out and headed to greener pastures      cant figure out the slow fishing on lake  even the crappie and gills were slooooooooooow...  also the lake seemed dirtier n color than yrs past  wonder whats goin on ???

I know little to nothing of this wonderful lake, they call Pymatuning. Most of what I do know, comes from reading the opinion of others or hearing comments from those who have fished her waters with dedication.


From what I have gleaned from this wealth of information; once upon a time, there existed a possibility, when even I could have caught fish.... maybe?

I must agree, the age of electronics has played a vital role in fishing today.

Back in the day, a angler needed to know his query. Knowing the prefered habitat, for a given time of year was the most important info a angler could have. "Knowing how and where" to find that prefered habitat was a gift. Otherwise, a guy would depend on info from friends or learned from bait shops etc. But still, we had to know the difference of the old Oak tree on the cove vs the stand of River Birch on the point by the hump.

Lake maps were the ultimate locating device and unless you were purposely wanting to attract attention, maps were never rolled out at the boat launch.

I still have my collection, Wilhelm, Shenango, Pymatuning, Conneaut, all from the early 80s neatly laminated rolled and tucked away in the mancave.

Sadly those maps do not contain the hot spots of yesteryear because, I didn't catch any stupid fish back then either. Ahhh the memories.

Well anyway not much of the "natural habitat" exist like it did back then as, stony humps have silted over, creek beds filled in, herbicides, etc.ò

Today, I need only to touch the Navionics APP on my phone and choose which lake I wish to fish. Here I will find abundant information regarding types of fish along with type of habitat, natural or manmade.

With less and less natural habitat and more and more fish congregating at what habitat there is, given the right time of year, it's catching fish in a barrel.

Ummm, unless your fishing in my boat.... stupid fish.


Heyyyy, speaking of fishing....... see ya!

Chauncy, not only that, they send the information to Navionics or one of the other map makers.

Now that's brilliant as hell.


Did you do any good today?

I tried jigging for Walleye but the dang wind killed that idea so I broke out the leadcore and buried a Flicker Shad in 26 FOW.

Spoke to three other anglers that did absolutely nothing today.

Chauncy no need for you to post pictures but you may need only to resize to 640 pixels or smaller if you are using a album on the forum.

Wanted to swing over and say howdy but the wind blew me up stream to the next cove and you were gone when I came back through.

Congratulations on your catch, those would be some dandy gills.

I did get 9 Crappie in the box but I had to do some serious moving to do that.

 
What a HD view ! Man, do these Crappie run big up on Shenango! ....lol





Plan B when Pymy fails !
 

Thanks' Chauncy I'll see you on the lake one day in the future. 

nice fish captn  always wanted to get sum wipers they look cool

Nice feesh,Brock. Too much info,there will be a run a the local bait shops for that firetiger Rap.  lol
 

Looks like you are adapting well to conditions Captain...nice pics as usual.WCW

Marco ,glad you observed all that. I was hoping for an eyewitness report on the netting.
I guess they are in there.... just have lockjaw ! ....lol
 
Must be disappointing seeing and not catching, just goes to show you those fish ain't all dumb !

trust me I felt like an idiot!!!!  there were so many monster eyes in that net I asked them to toss a few on shore for me!  one morning I watched them pull 6 legal muskie out in five minutes.  many wall hanger eyes and panfish galore!  they put scanner tags in a lot of the fish.  they told me the catches I watched were normal.  lmao..I was stunned to say the least.
 

roflmao...don't think I didn't think of that.  the funny thing is we got there Friday at 1 and they were down there pulling the net.  I ran straight down and watched and talked to them for a long time.  ran home and told my wife I was goin to slam the eyes this weekend.  needless to say we ate out everynite!   one thing they said to me that stood out.  I asked if I could cast near the nets and they said fine just don't get tangled in them.  then he said quote "if your goin after the eyes don't even start fishing until dark"  the problem...I CANT SEE AT NITE!  I think I am gonna be eyeless again this year!

lmao..as I sit here at work on this beautiful day, wishing I was I pymy, all that I can think of is, " how does BTDT,s wife put up w him!",,.,lol

BeenThereDoneThat.
43 years this coming Wed.

Saved me a bunch in bail money too!!!


Best catch I ever made!

Not sure if the better half can say that. lol

. 30 years here in July ... 32 years together.. 3rd marriage ... make this short , in my 20's & few yrs into my 30's I was well .... WILD !! A lot of bail money , cars & so on ... one day I woke after a crazy night .... she looked at me and said .... you can be on inside looking out or you can be on outside looking in you decide BUT a wrong decision will cost you your 3rd house ..... best decision I ever made .... we just look back at things and laugh about it now ....I thank her every day 😜👍🍺