Flatheads are already biting. My brother caught a 20# on the Susquehanna last weekend. Catfish feed year round and some of the biggest fish have historically been caught in winter, especially February.

FishinGuy: Nice catch on the goldfish bro! Very cool.

being respectful.

I must have missed that part. I've only seen braggadocio, talk a lot about what he obviously hasn't a clue, and outright refusal any opinions or advice that are contrary to his own established beliefs. Maybe I should get my glasses checked.

I understand you can catch flatheads round this time, but the frequency at which you catch them this time of year makes it not as desireable for me...rather fish for something else until the water warms up and catch rates start comming up as well...still gonna hit it today even with all the rain. Ill write a report later

Yeah I made that mistake once... ONCE! Them freaking tampon/toilet paper scraps really stick to braid. I clipped quite a bit of line that day.

hahahaha ya i grew up in the north hills and have gotten pretty used to the fishing line dingleberries over the years...I think were gonna still stay around the city and brave the crappy waters. Probable stick around the dams and see what we can drag up...my office is on 2nd ave and the mon is 50 feet outside my window and surprisingly it looks pretty good.

SALMON?!?!?!?!?!?!

No see thats a golden rainbow carp hahaha

Koi (cyprinus carpio haematopterus) are a subspecies of common carp (cyprinus carpio). Koi just means "carp" in Japanese.

Goldfish (carassius auratus auratus) are in the carp family, but come from the carassius genus. They were originally domesticated from the prussian carp (carassius gibelio), though was a long time ago.

There are also crucian carp (carassius carassius), which are endemic to Europe and sometimes appear in waters here.

Identification isn't too difficult.

Koi are simply domesticated stock of the common carp. They have a downward mouth and prominent barbels that aren't seen on goldfish or crucians. They are typically vibrantly colored, but not always. If released into the wild, they will revert to their original coloration within a few generations.

Goldfish have a more pointed face, and can vary in color from orange to silver to greenish-copper. They have 33 scales on their lateral lines.

Crucian carp have a rounder face, but are always bronze. They have 31 scales on their lateral lines.

Trying to fish Somerset Lake while we still can, we caught 3 mud cats on chicken livers, the guy beside us caught a big channel. Otherwise nothing was biting yesterday and it was super choppy.

Got 3 carp and missed another 5 hits on top on my lunch break today. Those freaking koi are extremely spooky.

Thinking about taking the girlfriend out fishing Saturday. She wants to go so why not. I was thinking about taking her to Keystone State Park (not power dam) to fish, but the problem is I've never fished there. I know it's stocked with trout now which I'd like to target. She on the other hand likes to catch catfish, or anything with decent size to it. Anyone been there lately and can give any tips?

Easy buddy, bait or fly, there are great aspects of both. I took my kids fishing last weekend and we had a great time with some bait. Dont let your enthusiasm for fly fishing turn into hatin on other people's methods. There are some slob flyguys out there too.
Congrats on catchin lotsa fish!

Wasn't hatin at all. I just don't want him to experience what I'm going through now. I'm very upset cause while my two buddies would beg me to get a fly pole I would say no its not worth it I enjoy this. But after these couple a weeks I just found it much smoother and rewarding that's all. Not hating, if I could go back and have someone give me a fly setup onstead of spinning I'd be thanking them in the long run. Just my opinion.

Not hatIn on spin or baitfishing at all.
Sorta miss it like I said
I'll be going out today to film and get some shots for our YouTube channel

Ya, agreed tonight, i fished with an old timer. after i picked up 6 or 7 in this whole i could tell he was dissapointed.

so i said hey come up here and take this drift and he pulled out a bunch on a huss lure.

we discussed our methods and bs'd a good while. kinda wanted to take his rod just to get that blind hit in deep water.

his name was jon. he knew his stuff

Every stream I drove past sat was blown out. The Allegheny held up ok, water was pretty dark, but the level was decent for this time of year.

yesterday i managed 3 rainbows at buffalo, still had a lot water