lugnut522
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Yough River, Connellsville
I fished the Yough yesterday near Connellsville. I had a decent couple hours. 2 of the 5 smallmouth i caught had sores on them though. Has anyone else seen this and know what could be wrong with them?
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Re: Yough River, Connellsville
2014/06/26 15:12:47
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lugnut522
...Has anyone else seen this and know what could be wrong with them?
they live in the yough
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Re: Yough River, Connellsville
2014/06/27 05:06:48
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My guess is the sores are a result of the spawn season... I couldn't find any information regarding the spawning habits of smallmouth specifically, but it seems that most male fish in general are very aggressive towards the females during spawn period to get them to dump their eggs. Spawn period also lasts 3-4 days and they are constantly rubbing up against rocks and whatnot.
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Re: Yough River, Connellsville
2014/06/27 08:22:52
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Re: Yough River, Connellsville
2014/06/27 09:06:08
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 Yough has lampreys
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Re: Yough River, Connellsville
2014/06/27 10:28:55
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lugnut522
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Re: Yough River, Connellsville
2014/06/30 05:47:07
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I didn't know there were lampreys in there. That's what the sores looked like. Good to know
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Re: Yough River, Connellsville
2014/06/30 22:02:03
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D-nymph
Yough has lampreys
Good to know they'll take a well presented streamer.
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Re: Yough River, Connellsville
2014/07/04 13:07:00
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How's the water looking? Looks good on the gauges but they mean almost nothing year.
Fished another creek today , gauge looked great, but water was chocolate milk!!! Would hate to drive an hour and be disappointed once again.
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Re: Yough River, Connellsville
2014/07/07 13:34:06
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Cold
Good to know they'll take a well presented streamer.
 It was swimming downstream at the same speed as the boat, right at the surface, about 40 feet out. About half a dozen casts, a good strip set and it was tite lines, brah! We didn't know what it was until we got it to the boat, I had figured it was a snake. Snapped a few pics then pulverized it to a bloody pulp with a pair of pliers. StrAiT  RyDEr
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Re: Yough River, Connellsville
2014/07/08 21:33:47
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What was the reason for killing it? Are they bad for our waters or what? I don't like to kill things for no reason. Just asking.
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Re: Yough River, Connellsville
2014/07/09 10:35:02
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I'm not one to kill random things either but I find them repulsive.
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