Fishing near downtown Pittsburgh

Catfish are usually around the wharfs or the point, try chicken livers or stink baits.
There is a fishing area off Browns Hill rd above the Homestead Highlevel Bridge that is fairly popular. It is a right turn just past the bridge.
Southside Park at 18th street has shore fishing. You might catch almost anything there. Try using minnows if available or nightcrawlers

downtown is a great place to fish, take a bike and you can hit multiple spots along the trails outside PNC Park and head up river toward Millvale or Etna.  From shore throw corn, (vanilla), bread, chicken livers on the bottom for carp and catfish.  You will get the occasional bass or walleye if you toss out some bass lures as well. carp and catfish are your best bet. goodluck 

Be sure to be careful where you go. There are a lot of lowlifes around some of the areas from what I have been told. I have never fished that part of the Mon. I have never fished past Glassport and that was a long time ago. I carry a gun when I'm out fishing anywhere. Just last year my brother and I were fishing a stream that is kinda by itself. Had a few guys that I think wanted to try to run us off our hole. They started firing into the creek about 40 yards upstream. After a few words directed toward them, they left.

Duck Hollow is a great place for shore access eyes at dusk.  A regular crowd gathers almost daily (late afternoon), some guys in their 70's.  Good group of guys that enjoy catching fish and bs'ing.
 
The Sharpsburg pier is nice for pier fishing and working/walking/wading the shoreline up towards Silky's can be productive. 

nice striper snag, I got one last year trolling by the wharf....small like yours. Wonder if there is any big guys in the river?? The smallmouth action in the area your fishing can be excellent at times.

Ya ive heard of guys catching some big ones. Never saw them in person though. There were a lot of decent sized fish busting the surface while I was down there today. Im assuming some of them had to be carp. A few weeks ago I saw a gigantic school of bass busting up a bait pod just outside our building...Was pretty cool to see. Wish i had my rod and some creek chubs haha

http://www.tpwd.state.tx....s/wbass_diagrams.phtml white bass indeed. Gotta love the lunch break fishing. I sometimes fish for trout or carp on my lunch break too.This is a good time of year to target white bass. Can be fast action at times. they seem to like real shiny flashy lures. Thanks for the report and pics

Thanks guys! I never could tell the difference between stripers/white bass haha. Gonna trythesamespot out this week again. Ill keep posting pictures if thefish keep bitting

my buddy caut a 24 inch walleye down by the hot metal bridge. cats n bass too

Made it out again today on my lunch break and only managed one bass. Still a great day reguardless. gets me out of my crummy cubical for a bit. Oh and btw for you boaters they are putting in the southside docks and foot ramp as I type this....
 

Blue lagoon i ALWAYS see boats fishing there and most of the time theyre catching fish. We have been wondering what the structure is like over there. Early in the morning when the water is flat and glassy its unreal how many fish you see jumping and breaking the surface
 

Is that a spotted bass?? Looks like one to me, and a decent one at that! Nice catch

Nice.  When I worked downtown we'd sneak away for an overpriced lunchtime beer at chez Kim's.  I now see I wasted money and time.  

That's a solid white bass. This time of the year you can often find them running the tributaries. If you hit them right, it's not impossible to catch a fish on every single cast for hours at a time.

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That's a solid white bass. This time of the year you can often find them running the tributaries. If you hit them right, it's not impossible to catch a fish on every single cast for hours at a time.

 
Very true....or to catch 2 on the same lure....one on each treble!