Things that make you go Hmmmmm

One time while fishing manchester hole,before i realized that there were other places to go besides walnut creek,a man was fishing with his son.They both had ultra light ugly sticks and were casting spoons.The son who was no older than 10 then hooks a fish.Everyone reels their poles in to give the kid time to fight the fish.As the fish swims by everyone we see that the fish is hooked in the tail.Everyone tells the father that it is foul hooked but the father has everyone on ignore and tells his son to reel that thing in.After 10 minutes of trying to fight the fish with an ultra light reel everyone is getting upset because the fish is running up and down the length of manchester hole.The kid would almost have it reeled in and the fish would take off again.5 minutes later,thankfully,his line broke and everyone could start fishing again.I think the father felt the heat and him and his son left.anyone else have a story to share.

Step Dad and I were at Elk Creek, my step dad hooks a steelie and as he is landing the fish, some guy who is walking upstream decides to take my step dads spot...I said what are you doing just walking up and taking his spot when you see us here and the older gent got ****ed... c'mon man

i know a secret down at uncle toms cabin

2 years ago I had my dad up for his first time trib fishin, and we're on upper elk and this dude sees that my dad is fishing a nice sized group of fish, and starts drifting within 15 feet of him. Nobody but me, my dad, and this jag in sight and he's fishin out of my dad's back pocket. Not long after, my dad just got away from him and moved down to me to let me know what was going on.

I told him to just fish the pod I was on and went up and got about a drift and a half above this guy and as the fish slowly moved up, he edged up to within ten feet of me but I didn't move. He tried talking to me, asking how I was going, what I was using, and where I was from but I just ignored him. Eventually I think I creeped him out and he headed back toward my dad, then on downstream.

When My dad got back up to me he said that the guy had asked him, "I tried to talk to your buddy up there. Is he deaf?"

My dad just answered, "Ah, he has problems sometimes."

And the guy apparently took that at face value and left.

Now do you believe fishin is a full contact sport?

All of you folks who complain about spot taking should really go over and fish some of the famous water in Scotland. You have to take your turn! If you were fishing an area the size of the Manchester hole (from the chutes down to the shallows) no matter how many fish were in there, they allow 1 fisherman at a time on the beat. One person starts at the head of the hole and drifts down; when he is 1/3 of the way down the warden will start another down, and so on. When you reach the end of the "Beat" you go back upsttream and watch, till it's your turn again. If you hook-up, and there are plenty of catches made during a day, all others respect your fish. and then you go back to the end of the line. Works great!
Now having said that, since there is no formal politeness along the creeks in Erie, I too get quite miffed if somebody crowds in on me or casts over me. I once located a small pod of fish holding in a small, narow hole right above the cascades hole on Elk. Those old timers know where the big stump fell in and the current gouged out the small hole below the roots, next to the bank. (not there anymore) I fished it to get away and after my first fish I had 4 friends drop in? ? ? ?
Conversly, if you hook a fish and take 15 minutes trying to land it and fight it up and down the creek for ever , Yep ! Somebody's going to take your spot.

ORIGINAL: Mountian Man

Nobody ever fishes near me during steelhead season.....

Fishing in the meat department at Wal-Mart does have it's advantages.

I've seen mom, dad and son all snagging while moms and pops were pounding the brews........
 
I've seen some dude with like 12 PFBC Angler Award patches on his back snagging away.......
 
I've seen a guy with two-wraps of a feather on his HUGE treble hook, fishing drop shot style.........
 
I've seen a guy who turned out to be a Police Officer blatantly snag fish---I asked him what fly did the fish take, PO goes, he didn't take my fly.......ahahah--classic--he strung that bugger up----then he caught a smaller steelie legally and launched it onto the nice gray slush like the bass guys do with a fish into the boat---take his hook out.....kick the fish so that it slid 20 feet back into the creek
 
I've seen a guy fishing the mouth of Trout Run drunk off his butt----he had a COHO face down inside a rubber boot in the back of his P/U truck----all you could see was the wiggling tail------he was trying to start his truck and drive away---this guy was hammered
 
I would bet there are some real horror stories from the guys who fish up there daily...............
 
 

My biggest fear is some looney is gonna shoot a fellow fisherman up at Elk or Walnut over a steelie

All these posts are reasons why I hardly ever fish for steelies anymore. It's not worth the hassle, too many idiots out there.

if you fish in your underwear with a lamp shade on your head and a shoulder holster with a banana in it no one bothers you on the crick 

i believe that might do it but you must watch without the curve of the banana the pickle might fall out then your just a weird guy with a holster and nobody wants to be that guy
                     p.s for the full effect you must wear bunny slippers and constantly complain about global warming

ORIGINAL: JEB

Its only a matter of time, someone will be killed at Walnut or Elk, mark my words ! Too many unstable humans in this world nowadays.

"Back in the day" when manchester hole was posted during the salmon run (actually posted for a time from manchester to Rt. 5) I recall that there was an incident when a nut pulled a gun on a WCO. The WCO took it away from him.

ORIGINAL: Cold

My biggest fear is that word will get out about the good fall steely fishing in erie.

Is it worth the trip?

Once I was hooking a lot of fish in a run and Plumbob edged in 100' upstream from me.