Are the Crowds Thinning Yet?

This year has seemed to be the busiest year I can recall (crowd wise).

Do many of you agree or disagree?

Here is my reasoning... I was up for a full week 3 weeks ago and typical places that the crowds would reduce to 5-10 cars by Wed. seemed to have 20+ cars every day of my full week trip.

Now this past weekend I fished Friday morning and was pleased that the crowd was not "too bad" considering the time of year.

So what do you think? Was it just luck that this past Friday was not as bad as I was expecting? Or are the prime season crowds already clearing?

PS...I can't wait for some snow and ice to really clear the crowd!

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I disagree on there being more people this year. I think it seems like more just because of water being low and fish concentrated in certain holes. I fished alot of water by myself this year once the early morning guys got ****ed and left after not catching anything when they can see them.

At camp there's usually a line of cars clear out the entrance every weekend. This year there hasn't been anywhere near the cars like years past.

So what do you think? Was it just luck that this past Friday was not as bad as I was expecting? Or are the prime season crowds already clearing?

Nothing seems to have changed to me.  I fished my favorite area this past Sunday and saw the most people out of any of my 5 trips so far this year, I assume it was due to the nice weather and the fact that there were more fish in that area than I have seen all year so far.  I then went to a smaller trib that same day where there are very few fish, and saw very few fisherman. 

The crowds are all about where you are fishing, the weather conditions, and the number of fish in that area.  Odds are that if your on a small stream with few fish in bad weather, then your going to have the stream to yourself.  If you go to a larger stream with a decent amount of fish in great weather, then it's going to be crowded, I don't care how far you walk.  There is no place on Elk creek where I can walk as far as I would like without hitting the next parking lot or posted land.

Since you have to walk a bit to find fish, we may be thinning a little. But after Thursday, and a full day of Turkey, smashed taters, and pumpkin pie. We'll be as big as ever.

ORIGINAL: FiveMilePete

ORIGINAL: Bughawk

They should be pretty sparse today.

Not on the east side. 9 cars at 7 mile, which means it was 300%
over capacity. 12 cars at 4 mile, also 300% over. 6 guys fishing the falls. All 10 yards of space. Also 2 guys disregarding the signs on the fishing club side. I went down to the mouth, brutal north wind, made about 10 casts, and left.

Doesn't anyone work anymore?

 
 
 
here is the unemployment rates for PA. Erie County is 9.2%
 
http://www.paworkstats.state.pa.us/admin/gsipub/htmlarea/uploads/county_unemployment_map.pdf

ORIGINAL: Split Shot






Doesn't anyone work anymore?






That's what I was think'n FiveMile. I have been retired for almost 8 yrs. Before I retired, I thought that it would be great to fish in the middle of the week without crowds. Jokes on me! It is very different during the week in the summer, fishing the Lake. There is hardly anyone at the marina that I dock (except holidays of course)and alot less boats on the Lake during the week. Sweet!

Blame Obama!

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Since you have to walk a bit to find fish, we may be thinning a little. But after Thursday, and a full day of Turkey, smashed taters, and pumpkin pie. We'll be as big as ever.

LMAO

So, the pics posted by the regulars on here are taken at private stretches of the streams?  Streams don't look that crowded in those pics, so I assume there is a "catch" other than the fish in the pics.

ORIGINAL: JOE PA

So, the pics posted by the regulars on here are taken at private stretches of the streams?  Streams don't look that crowded in those pics, so I assume there is a "catch" other than the fish in the pics.

Yeh, I can show you 300 yards of space on 12 mile creek with nobody fishing. Wonder why?