Geneva Marsh?

Heard about this, anyone ever fish there?

If so did you do anygood?

are bowfins with saving to eat or not?

was there any size to them?

You can catch just about everything that is in Conneaut Lake there.

bowfin are listed as candidate fish and the PFBC suggests they be released.

Fishing there in the summer can be alot of fun. I don't think I would keep anything out of there but i'm sure it would all be ok to eat. Pound for pound, bowfins are one of the better fighting fish i've caught. Especially if you get one over 25".

Oh yea, before I forget how is the fishing this time of year up there?  We tried near Custards **** back in December and got skunked.  Of course, there was only a small area where you could get a line in, but the place looks like a Bass Haven.  I'm really looking forward to getting up there in the next few weeks.

ORIGINAL: percheye

Custards is an easy place to fish and to get to as long as you can find a spot among all the people. I like to put in underneath the I79 bridge and go out through all the channels. I have an 11 foot jon boat I use with a trolling motor. Any time in summer is good but any time other than when the water is warm i've not done any good there and i've fished it quite a bit.

 
Ummm......it may be that your mentioning that your 11 foot jon is used with a trolling motor, but it's not at Geneva, is it?....No motors whatsoever are allowed, electric or otherwise.
 
Or did something change?

Unless there's a no motor law that I didn't know about that is what I use until someone tells me otherwise. I wasn't sure about it myself but i've seen others out there with trolling motors in hunting season. Don't see why there would be a problem with that though.

There were several places changed to electric a couple of years ago, the upper part of Lake Wilhelm being one of them.  I think that was a good change but I think it's funny how bass boats try to run their trolling motors all day up there.  One guy I know barely made it out on his electric when he didn't watch his battery meter! 

I hadn't heard of the swamp being electric but I might have to try that sometime.

I had heard there were a couple of places to put in.  Does anyone know of a map showing the launches?

I don't really know of any maps, but if you go past the custards dam and make a left and go quite a ways you will come to I79. Right underneath the two bridges there's a little launch that you could use to put a small boat, canoe or kayak in. I don't know if i'd try putting a trailered boat in there, but i've never tried it either. I put my jon boat in there and I just haul it in the bed of my truck.

Here's a link to the PA Game commision map of State Game Lands 213.  It has the launches listed on it.  You can also download a high resolution pdf.
 
 

http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/game/maps/zoom_maps.asp?sgl=213&rgn=Northwest&submit.x=21&submit.y=8

Viper could find a map of the Dark Side of the moon on the Pennsylvania Fish Commission site if you gave him 10 minutes.

Does anyone know where it actually says that electric motors are legal? I had NO idea you could fish the Wilhelm "sticks" with electric... haven't been there for few years, obviously.

Thanks!
°Egghead

Rh C,
Yes it does  and yes you can
Although you may have to portage around downed trees.
Mike
 
 

That would be a neat float to do but like what coyote said, going around the trees would be tough at times. It would probably be good fishing.