WETLINE
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FISHING KINZUA
Hi everybody. I'm new to the board and have a few questions. Anybody have any info on fishing below Kinzua dam? What's the best times, baits/lures to use etc. Also looking for similar info on the Clarion river. Thanks for any help, Jeff
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/11 21:26:05
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Don't know what kind of info you'll get about kinzua here, but grizzlygarys website might be able to help as well
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AndyS509
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/11 22:45:16
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@Slacker. What are you trying to catch?
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WETLINE
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/11 23:51:24
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I'm not picky. I just like to catch whatever's hitting.
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/12 08:39:57
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slacker, info on below piney dam on clarion river? or above?
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/12 09:09:38
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ORIGINAL: CRAPPIE_SLAYER
Don't know what kind of info you'll get about kinzua here, but grizzlygarys website might be able to help as well
Just don't put up any pics of a Flyrod with your fish over there. The "RIVER GOD" despises Fly Fisherman and will let you know it. Do not ask for info over there you will get a rash oh sh1t for not finding them on your own and trying to crowd out the "River God"
"There is a pleasure in Angling that no one knows but the Angler himself". WB
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/12 09:27:57
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I'm looking for info. above Clarington to Ridgway. All species. I don't keep them, I just like catching them.
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WETLINE
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/12 09:29:50
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And who might the river god be? I don't want to upset heavens watchdog.
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/12 09:31:56
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Slacker you need to turn on your PM's.
The river fishing is all about the flow.
Beloww Kinzua any flow below 2500 should be wadeable, above that it gets a little pushy. When it is higher you can stick to the rt 59 side and have good fishing from shore.
Trout are available the length of the river. The Eyes should be targeted at dusk and after dark.
There are Smallmouth, Musky, Pike and suckers also available.
Rapalas and like swimbaits will catch just about any of these.
Live bait is also good if you like a slower approach, crawlers or minnows...
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/12 21:23:07
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ORIGINAL: bingsbaits
Just don't put up any pics of a Flyrod with your fish over there.
The "RIVER GOD" despises Fly Fisherman and will let you know it.
Do not ask for info over there you will get a rash oh sh1t for not finding them on your own and trying to crowd out the "River God"
Awesome. 
"For the supreme test of a fisherman is not how many fish he has caught...but what he has caught when he has caught no fish." - John H. Bradley
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/12 22:31:31
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yea thoes locals down there usuly keep stuff pretty secret on the river
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/12 23:07:34
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/13 06:33:54
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I grew up fishing Kinzua. There are a lot of skunks that inhabit the area and like to torment out of towners who fish there.
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/13 06:47:46
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Its NOT that there are lots of "secrets", its just that there are more people asking for secrets these days that secrets have more of a tendancy to arise. 
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/13 17:53:26
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One just one don't ask for more lol
If fishing the lake look at shore if you see big rocks and bolders fish there,, right there,,lol
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/13 18:52:30
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Hey that river God is a nice guy and my friend, he has helped many anglers with info to help make a better fishing trip.
post edited by Icefisherman52 - 2012/03/13 18:53:42
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/15 00:01:52
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ORIGINAL: Icefisherman52
Hey that river God is a nice guy and my friend, he has helped many anglers with info to help make a better fishing trip.
uhhh...never mind...
post edited by mohawksyd - 2012/03/15 00:02:24
"For the supreme test of a fisherman is not how many fish he has caught...but what he has caught when he has caught no fish." - John H. Bradley
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/16 12:31:04
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Don't know why all of you on here think we are tight lipped about river. Any place you see a pull off along rt 59 or Hemlock is good place. Crawlers, salted minnows, crayfish. Use a noodle rod cast the bait as far as you can and let it bounce along the bottom, you'll catch fish. I use six lb flourocarbon line.
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/16 13:36:25
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Gee....I post pics on Gary's site all the time with my fly rod....I get nothing but compliments.
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/29 20:45:00
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I thought about it and I'll tell you about some secrets that I know. First your bait would be maggots. What you do is find the smallest hook possible (14 or 16) with a 6 foot piece of a 2 lb test tied to a very ultra light rod and fish the edges of the river for bait. You will catch all kinds of small minnows and unknown small fish. Do this for hours. Take the bait you got and fish it as normal bait with weight and hook or jigs. There are a lot of ways to catch fish in the river. My favorite way is in a boat with the boat pointed upstream with trolling motor running on low to slow drift rate. Using a 6 inch rapala gold or copper lure casting into shore and ripping it towards the boat. The trick is you have to bend the eye of the lure slightly and/or some of the trouble hooks. What you want it to do is a big wheel or a big circle so from the surface of the water to the bottom. Hold on to your rod when they hit it and they will. It will almost be riped out of your hands. Good luck
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RE: FISHING KINZUA
2012/03/29 22:47:58
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Anybody ever target carp on Kinzua?
4 out of 3 people don't understand fractions.
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