wade alexander
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wilhelm pike
my uncle said wilhelm used to be loaded with pike, never hear anyone talk bout them just wondering if anyone gets many anymore? he said they used to catch a dozen 23 inchers and the limit was 24 :)P he said theyd always be just short of keepers so there should be some big girls in there now ... was 20 yrs ago tho he said
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/16 16:02:28
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I've heard the same story...old timers claim you couldn't NOT catch a pile of pike there... hadn't ever hooked one there until Saturday evening...biggest fish I've ever had on a hook. Broke off at shore...had to be over 40" if it was a foot. Hit a 1/4 oz pink jig w/ white fuzzy grub. Did manage 1 keeper 'eye. Saw some nice ones caught. 
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wade alexander
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/16 16:08:15
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nice just dont hear much bout them i geuss seen some caught outta sandy tho
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/16 17:41:47
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hey wade.............what do you know about sandy lake? i tried it a couple times this past winter through the ice, and caught a half dozen pike, largest being 27 inches. i would like to try it during open water, seems like it is not a lake that is fished to much. thanks in advance
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/16 17:59:14
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When Wilhelm was first built. the PF&BC wanted to make it THE premier Pike lake in Penna., and stocked them heavily. It didn't take off as well as hoped, and the stocking efforts were reduced.
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/16 19:58:43
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I fish Wilhelm often and have never caught a pike nor have I ever seen one. Musky on the other hand, have caught and landed some nice ones!
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wade alexander
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/16 21:43:48
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bob u talking bout stoneboro lake? i dont think theres any big fish in that lake ;) haha ...ive not dun well there myself but i know there big ones in there
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/17 09:13:06
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It is true about Lake Wilhelm in the early 70's im showing my age!!!! 72 and 73 they stocked it with tons on hammerhandle northerns. My wife and i used to shore fish at the causeway(Bridge) and also at launch 2 in the weed beds.We wouls use shiners by the dozens and catch dozens of 20 to 23 inch pikle and an occasional 24 i/2. It was a blast. It was perhaps the best fishing around for sheer numbers of fish and believe me even a 23 incher when it busts out of the water on a bobber is just plain FUN!!! But as everything else it died down not sure from what perhaps those hammer handles were caught so many times??? or thet just stopped stocking.
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/17 12:37:01
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That lake was a blast back then. Normal days were 20 - 30 pike. Some days more. Limiting factor was how many shiners you could afford to buy. After we ran out of live shiners we used the dead ones. Then on to casting rapalas. I miss those days. When they first filled up Shenango D___ it was loaded with pike too, but not like Wilhelm.
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wade alexander
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/17 12:40:58
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hmm maybe theres some old and ugly pike laying around in the lake ... hard to believe the pike would dwindle away when there are musky living as well, i thought the pike usually took over cuz they spawn first
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/17 12:43:18
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we have been catching a few pike this last week all from shore and at different spots around the lake. picking up quite a few walleye too. both seem to be in the same spawning spots
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/17 12:44:48
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Maybe we can take some of the pike out of Conneaut Lake and put them in Wilhelm. Conneaut is loaded with pike.
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/17 13:23:06
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Wade, yes we did catch lots of pike then. I was probably fishing with your Uncle some of those times. If you are talking about Uncle Jim.
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wade alexander
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/17 13:41:53
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/19 10:06:54
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Blue army lol lol jus sayin 
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/19 11:06:04
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ORIGINAL: wade alexander
bob u talking bout stoneboro lake? i dont think theres any big fish in that lake ;) haha ...ive not dun well there myself but i know there big ones in there
Big fish in there, haha !
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/19 11:08:05
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ORIGINAL: ICE NUT
It is true about Lake Wilhelm in the early 70's im showing my age!!!! 72 and 73 they stocked it with tons on hammerhandle northerns. My wife and i used to shore fish at the causeway(Bridge) and also at launch 2 in the weed beds.We wouls use shiners by the dozens and catch dozens of 20 to 23 inch pikle and an occasional 24 i/2. It was a blast. It was perhaps the best fishing around for sheer numbers of fish and believe me even a 23 incher when it busts out of the water on a bobber is just plain FUN!!! But as everything else it died down not sure from what perhaps those hammer handles were caught so many times??? or thet just stopped stocking.
Bill (ICENUT)
It was still like that till late 70-early 80's. We used to ice fish it a lot back then and it was like we were yelling "Flag" all the time.....
post edited by JEB - 2011/05/19 11:09:03
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wade alexander
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/20 05:31:44
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u dont think there are big musky,pike in stoneboro?
post edited by wade alexander - 2011/05/20 05:33:09
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/20 08:45:26
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I am sure there are still some in there but I have been camping at Wilhelm since I was <1 yr old and fishing it with my pap, dad and uncle since I was 4 yrs old (now 36) and none in our family ever landed a pike (but never fished for them, either). I always heard the stories of what a great pike lake it used to be. You would think all those years pansfishing and trolling/tossing jigs for walleye I'd have caught one incidentally but I never did. My brother did land a nice 38" ski a few years back on a worm harness targeting walleye.
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RE: wilhelm pike
2011/05/23 15:46:56
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But you only go fishing two or three times a year! LOL
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