malkol
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Pymatuning new fish?
I was fishing the Jamestown area Monday for panfish and got into a school of Alewives. I caught about 8 of them. I've never seen them in the lake before. At first I thought they were Gizzard Shad so I killed them all. Anyone know if they have been around the lake for long. Will they become a problem like the shad at Wilhelm? I know they eat the same things that I use for panfish.
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chauncy
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/11/20 20:15:35
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Are you sure they were alewives and not smelts. Dont they look similar.
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mote1977
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/11/20 20:22:53
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/02 17:50:43
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That ohio's big thing all the years Pa. was stocking eye's Ohio stocked alewieve fry. Now Ohio is putting the eyes in too.
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/02 18:55:40
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I was fishing off of the Linesville Marina dock this year and I caught a bowfin. I never caught one in Pymie before and was shocked when I reeled it in. The fish commision was right up the street "watching" so I walked up and asked him about bowfin in pymie. He gave me a smart****remark like I was bothering him and I turned around and walked away.
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wade alexander
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/02 19:08:51
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you caught a bowfin in pymy????
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PITFLY
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/02 19:12:29
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Yes! I couldn't believe it! I had my friend keep it on the line while I talked to the fish comm. in case he didn't believe me. He said "Yeah they are in there, nothing we can do about it." I have caught them in the Geneva swamp so I am familiar with them. It was a small bowfin but def. a bowfin!
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wade alexander
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/02 19:16:14
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i heard those asain carp will be in alot of rivers and lakes in a few yrs also... but the worlds supposed to end this yr anyways... im not sure which would be worse
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/03 12:01:39
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malkol
I was fishing the Jamestown area Monday for panfish and got into a school of Alewives. I caught about 8 of them. I've never seen them in the lake before. At first I thought they were Gizzard Shad so I killed them all. Anyone know if they have been around the lake for long. Will they become a problem like the shad at Wilhelm? I know they eat the same things that I use for panfish.
A problem? I don't see the problem with a form of baitfish which makes forage richer and fish healthier and bigger. I'd sacrifice catching them being a little easier for better quality fish any day of the week.
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spoonchucker
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/03 15:27:52
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"A problem? I don't see the problem with a form of baitfish which makes forage richer and fish healthier and bigger."
Until they start out competing the Walleye fry for food.
Get Informed, Get Involved, And Make A Difference. Step Up, or Step Aside The next time you say "Somebody should do something", remember that YOU are somebody. GL
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TheBlueLagoon
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/03 18:01:55
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^^ +1 likethe " Wilhelm problem" .....and panfish for food ....like crappie (they become undersized) and gills
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CroatianSensation
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/04 10:38:10
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Well theres ways to control the G-shad population and/or alwife populations....Its all common sense. Stocking fingerlings or fry of anything anymore is a waste of time and should be a thing of the past. Stock the correct species, but keep them in hatcheries longer to get bigger to ensure better survival rates. In the long run, they can stock way less numbers of better quality fish....fish that will keep the fatty baitfish numbers in check and get bigger, fatter, quicker.  Oh wait...."common sense" & (Game Commission)OOPS!....PFBC rarely go hand in hand.....I forgot! I kept the "Game" commission in there since they're no better at management! 
post edited by CroatianSensation - 2012/12/05 09:08:54
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slabfinder
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Common sense huh?
2012/12/04 12:33:25
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It comes down to numbers it takes money to grow fish. Feeding fish to adult stage isn't cheap. They pig and poke their way around state parks.
post edited by slabfinder - 2012/12/04 12:34:29
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TheBlueLagoon
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Re:Common sense huh?
2012/12/04 12:38:26
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I think you meant to post this under the Pymie thread. But I agree feeding a fish to adult stages would become very expensive.
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Re:Common sense huh?
2012/12/04 15:31:53
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Ya your Probally right. Its tough posting from my phone. Nothing seems to work right!
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/04 20:17:38
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Didn't know the game commission got into stocking fish. Huh, learn sumthin' new each and every day!
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/04 23:25:26
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Re:Pymatuning new fish?
2012/12/08 09:22:03
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I realize many people in PA bash the PFC, but they and their programs are very highly rated throughout the country as being amongst the best in the U.S. . I'm not writing my opinion of them, merely stating what I have read mx times in mx magazines.
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