Best Pa. Smallie Fishing

Without out a doubt  Lake Erie

Lake Erie has some real pigs, but the yough is a fun smallie river

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Without out a doubt  Lake Erie

That's correct, but it's just a lot more fun(and better scenery)catchin' em on the rivers.

French Creek is no slouch either for smallies. 

Lake Erie is the best in Ohio too. I should have said besides Lake Erie what's the best Pa. smallie water ?

i remember 60 smallie boated and missed at least 30 from erie
i have not had better days fishing than erie.

for sure lake erie, when we go, we are always guarenteed a few nice size smallies, but this year has been a first at shenango for cathing them and a few of those were nice as well. it's alot closer, don't get to erie as much as we like with the price of gas.

Lake Erie,hands down,several years ago my buddy and I counted every bass we caght in one day,it's mind boggling,I caught 156 myself and he 134,that's290 bass from 5 am till dark,cast and crank,I had many fish follow in the hooked bass trying to take the jig out of there mouth,so I tied two jigs on and had many doubles,all the fish ran from 12 inches to 23 inches,I've had good smallmouth fishing here aand there but Erie is the king fishery.

#1 lake erie- #2 eaton resevior #3 buckaloons at allagheny

never fished erie for smallies, although ive been invited, and i may take someone up on it eventually.  i like fishing for smaller ones....like the 8-12 inch range with the ultralight or my new 4 wt in small creeks, thats what i grew up doing.  i would mow the grass and weedeat and do all the chores before my dad got home from work when i was a kid so that he could take me smallie and rock bass and sucker fishing.  best memories with him id have to say! 

I couldnt imagine a 20" smallie, that would be an awesome fight!

290 bass in a day? Bulls****! With two guys fishing for 12 hours, that is 12 bass an hour, one every 5 minutes. No way. Nice try.

Well lake erie is one of the best smallies fisheries in the world so I'd have to say lake erie

From experience:
 
1.  Lake Erie
2.  Allegheny
3.  French Creek
4.  Susquehanna

Zara spook, skitterpop, Rebel crawdad crankbaits.

4 of us caught 125 smallmouth with 2 over 7 and not one fish under 4 lb. about 8 years ago near Pelee Island. That's a tough one to believe also but I was there to witness it. The most amazing thing was that there was only 3 fish under 5lb.

Allfish,I have no need to brag or lie,to begin with 5 am till dark is not 12 hours,more like 15 1/2 and yes,I was at the south pier side wall before entering the lake,I had a 100 ft anchor rope and let out 10 ft at a time,to cover the area,all fish where caught on a Galida,3in spring grub,Chatrusse,smoke,or pearl,1/4 or 1/8 leadhead ajusted to the current,the area we fished was packed with bass at the right time,and we where there at the right time, year after year,if you don't beliveve that my best was 17 straight cast and 17 bass that day.I've fished Erie Pa,Ohio,and Ny since 79,and I've caught a pile of smallies,eyes and perch,I done every thing on the big pond from wire line and Bill Norman's in 79 at snug habour, to riggers,boards,dipsey's,jet divers,flatlines,an know every trick to deep water trolling.I fished from 79 till 92,wed -friday May till Oct,that my friend equals a ton of fish,we sold the big boat,but I kepted all the toys 8 deep water rods,boards,dipsey rods,down riggers,and 5 willy boxes full of,pirate's,Nk's, Lure jensen flutter spoons,long A's bombers,bango's,killer B's,Blakemore's, and anything else that worked,I still go up a couple of times a year for eyes,on my friends big boat.If you never done,don't say its a lie,Erie was and is one hell of a FISHERY.