Almost time for the MADDNESS

So i guess we are coming to that time of year when everyone and their grandmother will be packing into linesville for the walleye.  I cant wait to get up there and have ppl throw rocks at the boat and get lines all crossed.  Ah yes the good days are soon coming

It is definitely worth watching...Talk about hilarious!!!  I will go and just watch for an hour or so (depending on how bad my stomach hurts from laughing)...

It amazes me how many ppl will keep a snagged fish.  Is a walleye really worth the fine?  I may take the kayak out this year and fish, but its just so much fun watching the mayhem!

I talked to one of the park rangers and they said they are going to have more undercover guys working it this year to try and catch the snaggers and the guys keeping more then their daily limit...how true that is? I don't know, but I hope they do...

that is why i go out in the canoe or now that i have a small flat bottom boat i wont have to deal with the shore ppl and their 16 ft rods

Yea I love it,been doing it since the 70's,it was more fun then no crowds just a few local boys and me,I caught 9 lbers then and still get some huge ones now,I really don't like eating the big ones,I release all big ones 18-22 I keep if hooked in mouth,all snagged fish go back.Two years ago snagged a huge 9 lb plus fish in the gill cover,I released her,only to have a local that lives there 24-7 get her 20 minutes later the same way and keep her. They will never shut down the spillway,to much revenue,under cover cops 24-7 unless the run is over. Most of you are young guy's but I can still see THE BEAVER ( and old warden)standing on the bridge all night waiting for someone to keep a snagged fish.I've taking many limits of fish there and most where caught with wardens watching and never been fined,all fish I ever kept had the sonar or vibe-e in the mouth. Yes as some of you don't believe they do hit them,also caught piles of them  wading the rocks in front of the spillway on jigs or tipped w/minnows,the islands wading,and below the damm in the river.

Ppl keeping a snagged fish doesn't surprise me as much as the ones that throw rocks at boats . I do undertand that somewhat though when the ppl in the boat are at the Spillway & pull up and anchor 10' from " the wire " when there are shore fishermen trying to fish . Both groups are wrong , the boat fisherman wrong ethically , should give the shore guys consideration and the shore guys wrong morally . What if their thrown rock does serious physical damage to the person in the boat ?   No doubt some will argue that both are correct in their behavior . On the other hand , I've seen guys toss M80s - M 1,000s at the boats that get too close . The big ones really make a large splash when they go off in the water .

The whole area should be closed to fishing during there run.
Just beacuse you snagged them in the mouth doesn't make it right.
What a joke....

I think they should put money tags on a bunch of them walleye and see what happens then.

where is this place located at? pyma i take it.. any info would be nice i have heard lots but just dont know where to go exactly. pm me maybe with a link to a map or something.. thanks

i agree with bings that it should be closed during the run. but it will never happen.  I would like to see inside the rocks to the wire closed.  So far ppl have been luck and no one has gotten seriously hurt,  a couple bloody lips and noses when they start throwing punches.  But untill they do close it i will fish it as much as i can and i do use a boat or canoe but you will never see me tied onto the wire I give the shore guys room it is just a sportsman thing

well you know i am going to catch the first fish and then you want me to punch you in the lip? i dont understand why you would want me to do that, but if thats what you want i am sure i can accomodate.  lol ahhahahhaahahha

thats what its all about.  I bet that kid had the time of his life fighting that carp.  great pics love to see the young ones enjoying this great sport

john, are those snag-marks under that walleye's belly .

i have to check this out...never heard of it before...im all for a couple of puffy-chested morons beating each other senseless...but to start throwing rocks and fireworks...wow...i have to see this

right around the 2nd week in march is when it starts to get good.  also watch the post gazette online and read the fishing reports when they start saying they are catching them everyone and their spouse will be there on sat trying to catch something.  In the yrs i have been fishing there i have seen fist fights, guys throwing rocks at boats and the guy in the boat pointing a flare gun at the guy throwing rocks.  ppl argu cause they think that an eye hooked in the tail is legal cause it was going after the vibe.  and you have got to love the guy that shows up with the 18ft noodle rod and stands way back behind everyone and fishes then hooks a carp and tangles everyones lines up.  and the best being when you catch a fish and move away from the wall to take it off the hook and measure it and an amish guy goes right into your spot and will not move.  oh the fun time are almost here

i bet.  there have been times when i hook into them carp and feel like i need someone to hold my belt so i dont go in.