" Tons of fish still. We smack em everytime we go up."
 
Then tell me again, how the current limits impact you and your "fishing experience". Let alone why they should, or need to be reduced.

A person fishing a minnow on a fly outfit is there strictly to demonstrate how big of an idiot they are.  Always cracks me up to see someone with a fly outfit and a minnow bucket strapped to their waste.  Its all about that image that I mentioned in another post.  They want to look like a fly fisherman.  The reality of it is that minnow would achieve a dead drift much easier with a spin outfit.  I have never saw this outside of erie steelhead fishing...

I dont wipe beforehand, but every one in awhile i get a one wiper after!  Those are great 

fisherofmen376

Though i have never fished a live minnow on a fly rod, is it really a big deal?  

 
 
obviously you've never seen my flyrod casting  skillz....or lack of
I'd have more minnows slung  in the weeds than in the water  .
 
i think what Brother Logan is saying, some duuds would be better served with a rod better suited for their style of fishing .
It doesn't  madder to me what a duud froths the water with, but from what I see, 'bout half the duuds with flyrods could fish their junk more effectively (and get more bites doing so)  with a spin rod  ....as they  right angle drag their chuck 'n duck junk under a bObber ...
 
 
..l.T.A.

Genie that's exactly what I'm saying.

Thanks for the clarification of the censorship fisher.

genieman77

obviously you've never seen my flyrod casting  skillz....or lack of 
I'd have more minnows slung  in the weeds than in the water  .

i think what Brother Logan is saying, some duuds would be better served with a rod better suited for their style of fishing .
It doesn't  madder to me what a duud froths the water with, but from what I see, 'bout half the duuds with flyrods could fish their junk more effectively (and get more bites doing so)  with a spin rod  ....as they  right angle drag their chuck 'n duck junk under a bObber ...


..l.T.A.

I did this once on the Yough.  Had my fly gear out, and my dad had his spinning gear.  The small mouth didn't want to have anything to do with anything in my fly box.  Dad was was getting hits or hookups on every other cast.  I couldn't take it anymore and tipped a clouser.  It takes a lot of finesse to keep from stocking the center of the river, but works rather well.  A spinning rod would have worked much better.  That is also bigger water, where a roll cast wasn't enough.  With the Erie tribs, you usually don't need much more than a roll cast.
 
I understand what people are saying though, and probably just an image thing.  Although, every time that I go to Erie, I have two rods in the car.  The fly rod, which I find much easier to use on the small creeks with the same roll cast over and over, rather than cast then instantly reel to keep the line tight and repeat.  I'd much rather catch fish on a fly/lure that I tied, so is usually the first thing on.  I have also had more luck on the fly throughout my time fishing the tribs, so usually is the go to.  If they are interested, it is much easier to unhook and keep fishing, than it is to keep rebaiting, getting your hands cold or skanky too.  I always pack the noodle for back up or, if I am planning to fish the lake or strictly drift eggs or jigs, or if it is below freezing and don't want to mess with the freezing eyelets as much.  If I opt for the fly rod at the car, and nothing in the box is working and have eggs in my pocket, I'm not about to hike the 2 miles that I have wondered, back to the car, just to grab my noodle.  Nothing about it is looks for me, I'll grab my noodle right on the stream.   It is all about the decision at the car, or more likely car ride there, what I think is going to land more fish to go on my smoker.  I have never fished the tribs with live minnows, but wouldn't think twice about using one on a fly rod, if nothing in my box seemed to be working.  I definitely have used gulp minnows on the fly rod, and probably a better casting device than a spinning rod, if just drifting through a creek with little or no weight or stripping like a streamer.  I have no problem clipping on a weighted bobber on the spinning gear drifting a dry fly if I happen to be in a hatch, and all I have is the spinning gear and happen to have a dry fly on my.

Not this again 

 
Exactly what I think when I see "william h" next to a new post. 

I think it is TIME to lower the limits on posting on the same topics over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over AGAIN!!!!!!
 
DUMB!

Chriswalker97
Then I pull fish out on every other cast and the same guys are screaming down stream asking what I'm nailing them on. Always a humbling experience.

 
No doubt, nothing like walking up to a fly fisherman elitest/purist using a piece of yarn under a big float who says they haven't had a bite in over an hour or two.  Then proceed to hook up multiple times in a row with my minnow / fly rod setup.  It usually ends up in the fly fisherman asking what I'm using, and then walking downstream in disgust after the second or third hook up. 
 

Chriswalker97
To my knowledge the record native brook trout in pa was caught on a small piece of the mans sock. Wonder how much he cares about the guys making fun of him...

 
Yep I was told by a fish warden in Tylersville that he was noticing trout raising for maggots floating downstream, coming from a dead deer upstream laying part in the water.  He tore of a piece of his white sock to imitate the maggots, and caught the state record brook trout out of fishing creek right downstream from the hatchery.

Exactly about the native brook. Nothing like a little creativity and thinking outside the box to land the record. Which supports my point that whatever set up makes you confident and comfortable should not be looked down on, especially where successful. I guess I just never knew there was a right or wrong way to catch a fish outside of snagging or netting. I personally hate fishing with live bait as I prefer to stay active in my presentation. That makes me love spinning. But make no mistake...I carry minnows with me into every fishery as a plan b when my lures are ineffective. I've always subscribed to the theory of if they ain't hitting minnows, they ain't hitting anything. Now there are expert fly fisherman who manipulate fish to strike even in times of little interest but I will humbly say I am not one if them. My hat goes off though. I bet center pin fishermen were laughed at in the beginning as well...and that is starting to become a trend. If I were to hit the Erie tribe five years in a row with a lure that the fish found irresistible and yielded huge numbers of fish in all conditions, I would truly hope that by the 6th year atleast 30% of my fellow anglers would be using that same lure. If they aren't, shame on them...funny how they always ask what you are nailing them on though. Thus previous statement was hypothetical, I don't have to magic lure...many very good ones, but not the showstopper. Anyone who likes to spin can pm me for some useful lure tips though, I have found quite a few that many would call unorthodox or not proper

"a fly fisherman that knows what they're doing" that's a rarity in Erie for sure.

LOL, "big piece of yarn under a float" 
 
And you wonder why they were not catching a lot?
Im sure your 10 fish day had you all excited.
 
I fly fish and we absolutely pound them. Come along on a trip with us. We will show you how to catch fish.... as well as release them.
 
Fishinguy... I agree with your comment 100 percent, but I assure you the ones that do know what they are doing can have hook ups every drift for the entire day. We have had many 100 fish days between 4 or so of us.
 
Not really worth keeping one when your pounding fish like that. The excitement of fishing takes over and you forget about your own needs.  Maybe this is the problem for some of you. You can only catch so many fish putting 3 minnows on a treble hook. Im sure each Minnow is for each fish your going to keep. Why not get it done right off the bat? You know.. You need 3 hooks all barbed to land a fish these days.
 
LOL LoganWade.. Throwing panther martins at spoons in Erie trickles...south mouth pro!
 
Love it.

I didn't read any of this thread...
 
But I think the limit should be 5.  Everywhere else for stupid easy to catch dumb trout is, why not Erie.  They all deserve to be killed.
 
The post I did read by accident when I was scrolling was 5milepete.  He has the right idea....seeing more people getting skunked than keeping.
 
I think most people need to worry about catching the fish that are there before you complain about fish not being there from people taking them.  Anyone who knows how to steelhead fish effectively realizes that 90% of people are simply in the way. 
 
 
 
 

mike55

You do realize that these fish are pretty special right. There are two places on our side of the country you can steelhead fish and erie happens to be one of them. ...

i still have no idea what this strange statement means..

mike55
I fly fish and we absolutely pound them. Come along on a trip with us. We will show you how to catch fish.... as well as release them.
 
Fishinguy... I agree with your comment 100 percent, but I assure you the ones that do know what they are doing can have hook ups every drift for the entire day. We have had many 100 fish days between 4 or so of us.

 
Hmm, I would have never guessed you do so well the way you complain about others keeping a fish.   I guess you would rather other people sacrifice their enjoyment of cooking and eating a fish they caught themselves, so that you can have a 150 fish day instead of only a 100 fish day? 
 
For some of us fishing is about more than just catching.  Maybe someday you'll grow up, put on your big boy pants, and realize this.  There's a great fishing quote from a guy named Henry David Thoreau;  I think you Mike are one of the "Many men" he refers to.