ORIGINAL: chauncy

 The only question i have is why do they close the river?

ORIGINAL: Big Tuna

Carpin05,hey I hear ya,I drive 80 miles to fish,wait sometimes 4 hours,then have Steve's posie come and weasel in when he leaves,there just a cell phone call away,some of the locals are good guy's and have told he to move in and start fishing,there's a good bunch of guy's and then there's the outlaws,hey but thats every where there a big run on fish,same at Erie tribs and the Mumee river in Ohio,you got class act guy's,and you got outlaws slobs,I'm past my fighting day's,but I'm not going to take IT"S MY LAKE CRAP,MY SPOT.

ORIGINAL: Bogeyjoker

I can't for the life of me figure out how anyone would consider that to be an enjoyable experience.  I'm not chastizing anyone who chooses to participate, I'm just scratching my head trying to figure out why.

foul hooked about 12 or 13.

mak7464,


Not trying to yank your chain at all but if your foul hooking that many fish in a day thats not good at all.Even in the past when I spent 20 plus nights each spring fishing the Pymatuning spillway for walleyes. Did I eve foul hook that many in 2-3 years combined.

As for the people complaining about the spillway its crowed so bad not just cause the fish get consitrated. But cause its pretty much the only place in Pa during the normal closed season of Walleye you can still legaly keep them.That along will bring the numbers of people by far. And yes many Walleyes get dfoul hooked at the spillway every year but mostly buy what i like to call the yankers. These a right and a wrong way to work a vibee,sonar,cincada and a wrong way. Sadly most there do it the wrong way and snag fish cause of it.Oh and contrary to somes peoples belive the spill;way is usualy patroled very hard and mostly buy plain clothed undercover fishwardens..Also the Pa dec can and does watch as well.

The spillway has its good and badd issue but for the guys that have no boat it pretty much there only chance to catch a few walleyes each year. The shift guys and the steve guy are just plain greedy every year same crap. Last year I never went to the spillway till after then Walleye run was over cause I just did not feel like dealing with all the crazyness. This year I have been fishing there twice out of my boat 3 undersized and 1 adult all fair hooked not one foul yet this year.

ORIGINAL: Big Tuna

I'll be heading to the spillway soon,after the rain on Tuesday and Wed.,the fish will be moving with the higher water,Vibe-E's,Sonars,cicadas,are used.Some fish are foul hooked and are released,the wardens right there watching it all,I have never kept a foul hooked fish,I believe the fine is $125,last year,one night I hooked over 20 fish( the warden was right there watching)but only 6 where in the mouth,two nights later the first 6 fish that hit where all in the mouth,some days they really smack it and some days they don't,as for snagging there's plenty of that going on in any Erie trib,they just call it lifting there,some people are trying to snag fish and some people know how to work a Vibe-E,a slight rise on the rod tip of a foot and then follow your vibe-e back down,any bump or slack line set the hook,you know instantly if the is foul hook by the fight,if it's pounding for the bottom 95% it's hooked right,if it comes to the surface and fight all crazy,it's foul hooked,Ive done the spillway thing since the late 70's,it's been going on since the 50's but it gets a lot of bad talk now,just do everything right,don't keep foul hooked fish,if you fish from a boat,have lights,life jackets,registation,if you fish by the laws you'll have know problems.