Lake Arthur ?

I'm planning on trying Lake A next weekend for the first time. I was wondering where i could launch a boat. I just have a little 12ft john boat? didn't know if all launches were public or not. Any tips on trying for musky, also a first attempt!

I'm too impatient to target musky, and don't have the gear, so can't help you with them.

All of the launches, with exception to the boat rental, Watts Bay sailing marina (private side) and Davis Hollow marina (private side) are available to the public. Also a few small craft & windsurfing only launches, that are off limits to trailers and motor boats, but you will see that pretty easily. Not sure if I am missing any? Note - the Watts Bay and Davis Hollow have public launches as well... So a bit confusing unless you check them out. If you launch at either of the marinas, look for a bunch of boats stored and no parking lot, go to launch about 100 yards away with the parking lot! Both have boats stored in these areas too, but have a sign that says public launch.

Good luck. I'll hopefully be on the lake in about 15 hours.

If the night bite is done, that just means they are finding food at other times. Those pigs definitely don't ever stop eating. I'm getting excited to drag my knuckles and spinning gear onto my boat!!! Might even try to take along some live bait!

How do you target wipers? I just figured they'd hit on normal bass/pike/musky tactics?

I know the alewifes are done. I know my uncles bud has been doing good for eyes and nice channel cats fishing the road bed in the day using crawler harness.
Target wipers; TROLL A BOMBER ANYWHERE
especially when you see all the alewifes jumping everywhere.

That about sums it up. The clouds screwed up the fishin. Now were going to have crappy fishing til the steelies are in

OH ya I know they never stop feeding. Just hard to get bait without all the alewifes and just isnt exciting hearing all the smacks. I mean theyll just be few and far between

ORIGINAL: DJ2007

How do you target wipers? I just figured they'd hit on normal bass/pike/musky tactics?

I'm yet to figure them out consistently. One thing that I did figure out, they are feeding on alewifes year round. If you can find the alewives, your chances of finding the wipers are much better. I think of these other fish as more of a waiting in cover (trees, weeds, ect.) and ambush. Where the wipers I think are roaming the lake in schools until they find a school of alewives and attack more than ambush? Although, I would guess that they probably use some open water structure to ambush from or attracted to these since other bait fish they will eat is there as well. The pure strain stripers are called rockfish, since they are found hiding in rocks for ambushing, so would guess some of these habits transfer. The only time that I ever hear of them in weeds and shallow water structure is during the night spawn, pretty sure only because the alewives are there then. Pretty sure they do some sort of ambushing then, hiding in rocks, ect. I don't have much knowledge of musky & pike, but am pretty sure they will be in weed beds, sunken trees, and other bass type structure (shallow and deep). I would imagine that open water type bass/pike/musky tactics would work? I tend to hear more people relating walleye and wipers together in tactics, with bass, pike and musky being a bit closer to each other in tactics.

Well,
I know right now, you could catch all the wipers you want drowning worms more or less the entire length of the lake on the roadbed. Some times are better than others, but find the cloud of baitfish and make sure the drag is set for that initial bite then run from them

ORIGINAL: startinout

Well,
I know right now, you could catch all the wipers you want drowning worms more or less the entire length of the lake on the roadbed. Some times are better than others, but find the cloud of baitfish and make sure the drag is set for that initial bite then run from them

I hit the road bed, as well as a bunch of other personal favorites on Saturday. I didn't see many bent rods on the road bed, which was lined with boats. I'm sure there are days that people catch a bunch, but it isn't nearly the action of the night time bite. The biggest wiper that I ever caught on a worm harness was about 15". I spent about two summers pulling harnesses on the road beds, and caught maybe 3 small wipers and ZERO walleye. I did get a huge channel cat and a ton of bluegills.

It's the same conversation everywhere. No one does theyr own leg work. No one puts theyr time in. Guys catch fish and feel the need to pound theyr chests and shout from the highest roof top. The interweb just made it easier for them. Whether this validates theyr fishing prowess or maybe they needed 20 more "close" friends, IDK. Whatever the reason, social media has DESTROYED the ART. And make no mistake, it is an ART. Atlest it used to be. Just sayin, AGAIN.....................

U get my point......... Its no secret for sure. If there were any secrets left they were BURNED to the ground these past 5 years..... Just sayin'............... Post sum more pics....not hatin'.......... just sayin'...........

I'm not disagreeing with your point at all. I think there should be a bit more strict spot burn policy. Probably not a bad idea to push on the mods? It seems like most on here already keep things vague.

Personally, I try to stay rather vague. Enough to give a report and try to contribute a little to help others a little. I don't like to say exactly where I am fishing or exactly what I'm using. But will share thing general ideas, ect.

All we can hope for is burying posts like that with posts like ours...

We could only hope............just sayin........

If you have a boat you should be fine unless your trying to fish the unsecret spots.
Land and wade fishing is tougher to get those spots