With the sun setting earlier and the temperatures getting cooler I'm hoping to get on the water this week. Bit of a dilemma though; I'm stuck between, chest waders vs boat and creek vs lake? Decisions, decisions, never ending!! B-)

Appreciate the come back 10-4?

If I may qoute a legend in his own mind; "I'lllll be back".

  Hey Mik did ya make it back from Pymy yet? 

Thanks......... Have not hit the water myself. Going to hit Shenango tomorrow. Hope the dropping water temp turns on the bite. Also hopping I'm not hitting the water too soon after a cold front. Weather report calls for northeast winds today changing to southeast winds during the Saturday am and coming out of the west in the pm. Sky will be cloudy and air temp in the low sixties.

Keep this under your hat cause I want to surprise my wife; If I don't do well tomorrow, I'll be there Sunday!!

Stay tuned!!

Welllllllll I made it to Shenango annnnnnd caught some fish. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!! Good night.


Good grief..... what a day!! First mistake was relying on the weather forecast. That report changed three times in a matter of 12 hours. Waited to 10 am before leaving the house; the 20% chance of showers would be before 10 am. and, radar was clear.

Five minutes from the house and I was wishing I had covered the boat but, the sky looked clear ahead so onward.

Checked the weather report while waiting for my MTO sub; no rain on the radar but, 20% chance of light showers is now until 2:00 pm with 6 to 8 mph winds, gusting to 14 mph from the south.

Hit the launch at the park entrance off of rt. 18 and got the boat on the water. Thankful that my rain gear was in the boat and hoping the 'forecast light showers' would soon be light. I'm still wondering; how the mouse, that chewed the collar off my raincoat, got in the boat?

Anyway, with the 'light rains' starting to subside and clearing skies above, I put the boat into the wind and boy did I. Started out from the launch, turning right around the point, passing under the RR trestle and nutten but white caps. All the way to the west end of the lake. Sure glad the wind forecast only called for 6 to 8 mph with gust to 14 mph out of the south. Found some relief fishing the south shore and small bays and it only rained for 20% of the time. Eventually the sky turned blue, the wind died down and the lake began to glass over. Sorry, I can't tell you what time that was as, I was busy securing the boat to the trailer.

Water temp. was 72` at the surface and I could see a white curly tail down to about 2' in 15 ' of water. Tried jigs with curly tails, pigs & jigs, Texas rigged worms, suface lures, shallow and deep diving lures. The top fish getter today was a shallow diving silver and black 'little-o'.

Sorry to say no 'lunkers' today but, you know what they say about a bad day of fishing. Least not forget, there is always tomorrow so, look out Pymie, here I come.

Yikes! That sure sounded like my day at Pymy....lol The only way I could troll was with the wind. I got snagged and before I could get things stopped and turned around all my line was out and snap...lost everything...thats when I loaded the boat.

Hit the water around 2:30 pm and tossed some lures around blowdowns for an hour. Decided to try some trolling; one rod with a hot-n-tot and one rod with a little-o behind a dipsy diver. Had the dipsy bouncing on the bottom in twenty fow then slid into deeper waters. I started running parallel with shore then switched to crisscrossing. I zigged, I zagged, I circled and, I squared. I even seesawed and still nothing. Tried different colors of the 'tot' and put a jointed rapala and devil spoon behind the 'diver'. Trolling speed varied from 1 to 3 mph (gps).

8:20pm loaded the boat and headed home with nary a fish. So, as they say in the old country. If at first you don't succeed; try, try again.

Soooooo Pymy here I come!!

Those weren't signs of the lake turning over; you were seeing the aftermath of the gale force winds on Sat. Saw two dudes on what I thought was knee boards but, no boat. Turns out they were on surf boards waiting to catch a good wave.

Talked to an old boy on Sat. that told me he did quite well on Fri. but nothing on Sat. I told him he should not have caught them all the day before. I know I heard him grumbling while going up the drive to get his trailer. Some people just can't take a joke.

Anyway, congrats on your catch. I'm cooling it on the walleyes for a while and gettin' back to the specks and perch. Nothin' like a plate full of 'poor mans' lobster' for dinner.

Happy fishing.........

Fished Pymie on Saturday, Linesville area got 8 nice crappie over 12", but conditions were tough when the wind came ripping through...only lasted 5 hours and I left.

Got out to the southend of Pymy on wednesday. Tried shallow and deep. The crappies were still scattered but i managed to put some in the livewell. Only fished jigs. Maybe i should try live bait next time.

Nice fish.............. Show Off!! :-)

Family matters on Sat., rain on Sun. then, nothing but beautiful weather next week (if you can believe the weather service).

Shenango, Pymatuning, Conneaut, Wilhelm, Sandy Lake, French Creek HERE I COME. :-P

PS, Not necessarily in thst order.

Good luck dude. I hope you slay them.

Waaaaaaay to go Chauncy!!

I fished Tuesday AND Wednesday on Pymie and got super skunked but, today..... today I scored....... not on Pymie but, Shenango and tomorrow...... tomorrow I dine on poor mans lobster. I will need directions to your house and what time I should be there for dinner :-P.

Seriously, did pretty good on crappie but, nothing like your perch.

Congratulations.............. Show Off :-).

Kentucky?.......... What the heck?......... I don't live in Kentucky!! :'(

No slabs at Shenango but, some nice fish. Held onto a dozen this time (slurp) and will be looking for the 'big uns' all next week. Fish were down 18 to 20 feet in 25 fow. Slip bobbers and/or 1/16 oz jigs tipped with minnows on ul rods. Fish were sipping the bait causing the bobbers to lay flat or we felt the weight of the fish as we slowly jigged with the ul(s).
Absolutely no aggressive hits but, they gave a hearty fight.

Tried Wilhelm today with fish showing in 12 to 18 fow. Bite was a bit more aggressive and good fighting fish were caught. However; the difference in fish is astounding, comparing fish inch per inch , Shenango has far better quality fish. All C/R today but, that can change as I know Willhelm has her fair share of barn doors too.

Happy days are here again.........

Trolling motor worked great and the crappie got hungary around 6:00 on Shenango. Caught my fair share with a dozen of those getting a ride home in the live well.

Found the fish in twenty fow and caught more on a jig dressed with a tube then I did fishing fatheads under slip bobbers. Once again the bite was subtle with most hook sets made upon, feeling the weight of the fish on the jig.

Well gotta go..... Have an appointment on Shenango tomorrow. B-)

LOL! You're a cool dude and I enjoy your posts. I'm glad you are nailing them.