SpringChrome
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Staging Steelhead
When will the Steelhead begin staging off the mouths? I would like to come up to Erie and fish from the shoreline but I am traveling 3 1/2 hours and don't want to waste a trip. Do you guys think I will be able to chuck some spoons and float skein from the shore on Labor Day weekend? It is only 3 weeks away
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bigtrout4x4
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/12 15:17:28
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1st one of many to come, it's no wonder why the locals hate the out of townsman(i'm one) just be a lurker on here and you will know if the "heat" is on up there. this rain is helping things but the temperatures are not. asking them kinds of questions on here is opening yourself to a whole new world of mental hurt!! mouth shut but eyes open----sometimes better!!!!
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spoonchucker
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/12 15:17:40
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"Do you guys think I will be able to chuck some spoons and float skein from the shore on Labor Day weekend?" Sure. There might not be any fish around, but you can still do it  . Actually, there are almost always a few fish hanging around by labor ( early morning ). Given the current temps, I wouldn't expect that number to be very high.
Get Informed, Get Involved, And Make A Difference. Step Up, or Step Aside The next time you say "Somebody should do something", remember that YOU are somebody. GL
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chartist
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/12 15:57:13
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who wants to fish with the Chartist this year? I'll be bringing my nephew this year from the Pittsburgh area....I think he lives in Shaler....Anyway, I'll be the guy standing next to the guy who's 6'8".
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/12 16:05:56
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Acually an easier way is to just say; watch and wait for a North Easterly wind and for the lake to turn over. Watch the Lake Shore temps and charter boat captain reports, which can be found online pretty easily (fisherie reports page). Couple this with cool mornings and you usually will have small schools start to roam the beaches around the tributary mouths. I have found your best chances are from around September 1 until the masses arrive in October. This is not exact science, but it will put you in the ball park and is usually the information I seek and the time I start surfing. Information can be given without spot burning, and fishing along side an educated angler is a far better experience than one who is not. I hope this helps you out...
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/12 18:28:23
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My brain hurts 
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RE: Staging Steelhead
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/13 11:30:51
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who wants to fish with the Chartist this year? I'll be bringing my nephew this year from the Pittsburgh area....I think he lives in Shaler....Anyway, I'll be the guy standing next to the guy who's 6'8".
I was beginning to think you moved offshore with your money.  I expect the usual regimen of humor from your username over the next 8 weeks. 
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chartist
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/13 16:12:30
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Oh, I'll probably have to stop in during the One-fly to say hello to all my friends....Actually, I am just like yinz guys, being from Somerset county PA.
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/13 17:11:18
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Somerset county PA. So you are the guy that lives across the street knew it.
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/13 17:56:45
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Some of the rude answers you get here amaze me. The guy asked a pretty general question.
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chartist
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/13 19:36:43
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I want to meet mountain man, the dude with the best avatars on the net. I imagine he's Jeremiah Johnson with a combination Mortisha Adams/Linda Lovelace type on his arm.
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/13 20:20:00
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Sup troll? . Hope you do stop by the onefly....serious. We are still accepting prize donations....steaks, cakes, Mercedes, cash, check....jus sayin' 
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/13 22:48:27
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Some of the rude answers you get here amaze me. The guy asked a pretty general question.
Actually he got two of the best informed totally informative answers I've ever seen on this site. Watch the fishing reports and wait for cooler weather, and for the lake to turn over (caused by cooler water pushing down on the column of water warmed by the summer sun) When this happens the denser, more highly oxygenated water from the , now cooling , surface settles into the lake causing the fish to rise from the cool depths where they have spent the summer. Steelhead HATE warm water. Also the advice to wait for a prevailing easterly wind indicates cooler water and, the possibility of cooler rain and a raising of the water levels in the tribs along with increased cool water flow. Makes perfect sense to me. But then I've only been coming up there for about 30 years (+/-). Would a better answer have been: "Wait till you see a picture posted of some doofus with his hand jammed in the gills of a fresh caught steelhead standing on the Wall at Walnut?"
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/14 00:26:19
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Would a better answer have been: "Wait till you see a picture posted of some doofus with his hand jammed in the gills of a fresh caught steelhead standing on the Wall at Walnut?" I almost shot ice cream out my nose when I read that! 
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/14 01:56:20
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i remember last labor day... fished over a few hundred fish. A real nice way to ease into the school year.
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/14 08:37:14
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I have seen steel come in as early as mid Sept. but only if the stream levels are up and the temps. are down.
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/14 08:57:00
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As everyone remembers, last year's steelhead numbers seemed to be way down.....I remember there was one good push of steelies in the third week of September on Elk. They were found in a large pod near the boat launch....Here's to hoping the numbers are back up.....
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/14 09:09:17
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I want to meet mountain man, the dude with the best avatars on the net. I imagine he's Jeremiah Johnson with a combination Mortisha Adams/Linda Lovelace type on his arm.
I doubt the Jeremiah part, and that type of tattoo is on my thigh but it's of a blonde nazi dominatrix...
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/14 19:25:22
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We caught a Steelhead on a spoon Monday night! 80 feet of water off the point. Hope that answers your question.
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/14 22:31:27
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As everyone remembers, last year's steelhead numbers seemed to be way down.....I remember there was one good push of steelies in the third week of September on Elk. They were found in a large pod near the boat launch....Here's to hoping the numbers are back up.....
AMEN!
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/14 23:36:12
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As everyone remembers, last year's steelhead numbers seemed to be way down.....
hey dad, theres only 25 in this hole!
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/14 23:51:35
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"....Here's to hoping the numbers are back up....." Absolutely! We'd hate to see ANY amount of skill, or effort required to catch them 
Get Informed, Get Involved, And Make A Difference. Step Up, or Step Aside The next time you say "Somebody should do something", remember that YOU are somebody. GL
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/15 01:10:34
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Absolutely! We'd hate to see ANY amount of skill, or effort required to catch them +1
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/15 08:01:11
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Last year, it seemed the mile creeks fished better than Elk....
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/15 09:00:50
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No they didn't. There were absolutely NO fish in the east side tribs last year. Waste of time to go there.
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/15 09:35:08
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Last year, it seemed the mile creeks fished better than Elk....
There were hardly any fish on the east side last year and the mouth of all the mile streams were closed up until mid october
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/15 10:05:35
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"....Here's to hoping the numbers are back up....."
Absolutely! We'd hate to see ANY amount of skill, or effort required to catch them
AMEN and no kidding to that....we could use a few more years just like last year...maybe it will drop the pressure a bit...  I know, I know wishfull thinking!
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RE: Staging Steelhead
2010/08/15 10:34:16
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No they didn't. There were absolutely NO fish in the east side tribs last year. Waste of time to go there.
I couldnt have said that better myself. Im not a skilled steelheader. I need the numbers so I can hook into em. Go west , thats where all the fish go anyways.
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