Wilhelm.......

Went to the stumps in my yak Friday and Sunday, 30-40 bluegill, crappie, perch mix. Few decent ones, nothing huge fun though. All on small jigs under floats.

solid catch Mopars, looks like a lot of fun.

Thanks guys....1 1/2 hrs cleaning, 2 big bags of fish in freezer ,I'm a happy camper....lol

Fished Wilhelm on sunday. Got blown off the lake, didn't catch anything worth mentioning. Fished Pymie on Saturday brought home a basket full of slabs and a few perch tossed in for color =)

Any updates? Can't decide between Wilhelm or Shenango for crappies this weekend? Any help would be appreciated.

I grew up on Shenango, there are a few places where you can get away form the maniacs. That being said, it does get quit busy and frustrating.
 
Gonna head to Wilhelm, like the lower end or the stumps.

there was a pretty sizable write up in the pittsburgh post gazette about attempts to curb the shad population. 

Fished teh lower end, a crossed from ramp #3 yesterday. Fished for 3.5 hours, friend and I caught round 40 crappies. None bigger than 7".....frustrating.
 
I remember the shad discussion from last year. In my 2 trips to Wilhelm last year, dealt with the same thing. Nothing bigger than 7"

Agreed. Which really ssucks, I like Wilhelm a lot. Don't have to deal with speed boats(Shenango) and the pressure that Pymie gets.

Accountant

keep in mind that wilhelm is the fraction of the size of pymy

 
I agree Accountant, however the numbers still don't add up. It's also a shame you have to go all the way northwest/north to have a good walleye lake, where they specifically heavily stock eyes. It would be nice for a SW lake to do the same.

This may be a dumb question but hey I'm gonna ask anyway. Why doesn't the pfbc take the elctro shock gear out and start netting these shad and dumping them?  Seems like an easy enough fix, instead of waiting years and stocking minimal fish to make a difference.

Yeah, I agree lake has sure went down hill, I still give it a try though being that Pymie is 100 miles round trip for me. I usually hit Pymie to get some fish in the freezer then Wilhelm for some fun and to get the wife out on the water , she doesn't really like Pymie for the wind at times. I'll be 62 here soon and remember fishing Wilhelm when it first opened up, didn't have a boat then. A buddy of mine & my son would fish the causeway and have a ball catching everything from crappies to northerns. When I got a boat we always would catch fish use to go across from launch 3 and clean up on bluegills mainly back then & cappies down by the dam, did pretty good on walleye too, rememeber one morning we put in at the marina and from there down to launch 2 we trolled and my son got a 27" , 21" & 20 " walleye on the first pass guess those days are over for now anyhow. Sure hope I live long enough to see it come back or at least hope my grand kids can see it.

Know what you mean Mopar. I used to hunt rabbits with a buddy I went to school with. We hunted the old creek bottom before the Lake was there. His sister is now my Sister-in-law. They owned a farm on Georgetown Rd. between causeway and New Vernon.  Used to fish Sandy Creek at different bridges up the creek bottom. Kind of miss those days!

It had been A LONG time since that has been there.  

I sent you a personal message...Good luck!