What happened to pyme? Seems like no one is catching much other then crappies and catfish

I went out yesterday for some daylight shore fishing. Didn't really expect to catch any eyes, and didn't. Took a tumble in some rocks. Landing scored a 3.3. One knee abrasion, one deep bruised thigh, and a right shoulder dislocation.. Tried to tuck and roll, but missed the landing. It's rough getting old. First things first though, Son and I will be out trolling the stump area   today in a 16' Sylvan. Will deal with the shoulder later at the emergency room. Will give a report soon as possible... 

It's unfortunate, but I don't ever think Pymie will return to it's glory days. The lake had a bit of resurgence a couple years ago that ended up putting tons of extra pressure on the lake. Everyone heard the walley were back and decided to go back to Pymie. The numbers of walleyes never came close to rebounding like back in the heyday. You can see by the pictures and reports that are posted, the walleyes that for the most part are being caught are much bigger on average than the old days. It was common occurence for many fisherman to go out and catch 30 or more walleyes in a day and get a limit of 15"to 16 1/2" fish with maybe a 17/18" every now and again. Now the angling effort produces a couple fish a day if your lucky. But if you are able to get a few ,they are much nicer usually in the 21" + size range. With amount of angling effort you should be seeing or hearing of sub legal fish being caught on a regular basis, and you are not. I think a few factors have played into the poor fishing over the years. Pymie has, so to speak matured over the years. I, too am one those guys that has been fishing this lake since the early 70's. Back in the day you couldn't drop a jig or a little joe spinner(remember those) on a drift to the bottom with out getting hung up in 2 seconds flat. That cover has degraded tremendously over the years, not as many places for those youngsters to hide in my opinion. The internet is a wonderful thing, but it can do alot of things and one is put alot of pressure on a fisherie. A couple years ago when the walleye were supposedly back , the north end of the lake looked like the western basin of lake Erie on Memorial day weekend. Like I said, I have fished this lake for many many years and I had never seen the amount of boats as I did that day. Simple mathmatics will tell you that kind of pressure has to take it toll on the quality of the fishing. I believe that Alewives getting into the lake have also had a negative impact as well. They have been stocking larger fry the last couple years but with very limited success.  All in all , Pymie is what it is. Its a lake that has tons of good memories for us older guys, who remember it for what it used to be like go catch a mess of fish in a day. And hope that someday it will get there again. It's sad, but the younger crowd will probably never get to experience the fishing at Pymie like we had it back in the day. For now , it a grind it out lake. If your happy going out and being on the water and maybe catching a couple 20 plus inchers and a few crappie, perch and a cat or two then this is lake for you. The question was asked what happened to Pymie.  Degraded habitat, over fishing, introduction of a nonnative species and slow response and planning from fisheries managers. Thats what happened to Pymie. It's still a beautiful lake and holds many great memories and I'm still thankful for the time I get to spend on her even though the fishing can be very poor. She aint what she used to be, but she's still "mine" and will I always have a soft spot for her. Till next time

My coworker was just up for the weekend. Didn't catch a single walleye. He goes up every year

Was out on the water from 10 am to 6 pm today. Did many laps and miles trolling trying everything in the tackle box. We caught 1 bluegill, 1 perch and 1 catfish. Not much of a showing for fishing all the spots known to have produced in the past. Couldn't have asked for a prettier day to be out. Perfect chop and all. Water temp on the surface ranged from 61.7 to 62.7 degrees. Apparently no one works any more and seemed to be on Pymy today. To answer BTDT's question how end of the road launch worked out. There was no parking left there, so went out of Wilsons. Tomorrow it's off to the chiropractor to get the right wing of mine put back in place...olds 

Wow, no parking at the launch ramp on a Wednesday. The lake really seems to be getting pounded more than usual the last few years. Don't fish it to much anymore, poor fishing and crowds have moved us to other lakes. It really used to be something special, maybe someday they will get it back in shape. But if that ever happens, I am sure you would be able to walk across the boats to get to shore if you ran out of bait.

I think it Gary Alt's fault. Kinda of similar if you think about it. Most guys would love to be able to catch 20 to 30 a day and bring home 3 or 4, than fish all day for 1 or 2 20 inchers. Oh well, it is what it is. Its a nice lake to spend an afternoon on, if you can get a parking spot

Could be the number of boats is guys out searching for the crappie tourney this weekend

Fun fact not only are the walleyes not wanting to come out and play, the crappies arent either

Good reading there BTDT ... long but very enjoyable 👍.. my remodeling project is almost done had a week delay but hopefully should be done soon. Son in law is helping actually he is putting the new floor down so have to work around his schedule but again almost done. I did get the my vehicle washed and waxed today now it's raining but it is all nice and shiny sitting in the garage.👍🍺 Anyways reading things on here doesn't look like I'm missing much hope things pick up soon ...Took a ride down to Author last evening with my son and grandkids , he was looking for some areas to shore fish with the kids. He lives in Harrusville so went down to 528 over to 422 the launch by the bridge on 528 was packed, a lot of boats out also a lot of shore fishing going on. Talked to one guy leaving about 8:00 and he said it was pretty slow....,like I said don't think I'm missing much ..... good luck guys , kinda got to pick up right ..... we hope ... like BTDT says stupid fish

Mopars am I mistaken or may we be seeing you on the water in the near future?

Good to hear your projects are coming to a end and you will soon be joining those of us who seek the ever elusive stupid fish.

You and Marcos should get together an compare construction notes. After property hunting the Pymie area, I may need a couple of qualified DIYselfers to assist me with rehabing anything I may afford.


You two guys could make repairs while I sit and drink your beer.

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Mopars am I mistaken or may we be seeing you on the water in the near future?

Good to hear your projects are coming to a end and you will soon be joining those of us who seek the ever elusive stupid fish.

You and Marcos should get together an compare construction notes. After property hunting the Pymie area, I may need a couple of qualified DIYselfers to assist me with rehabing anything I may afford.


You two guys could make repairs while I sit and drink your beer.

. Yepper buddy getting close ... boat is sitting in garage ready to go. , hope to see y'all very soon.... I'M READY !!!

We fished the tourney. Had 6 pounds. Top 4 all had over 7. We caught a lot of fish but only 2 over 13 in the 4 days we were here. Not what it was 5 years ago for sure

Yesterday they stocked Lil Shenango so I stopped for an hour to try my luck. The creek was muddy and high. There was a guy telling his buddy about the 68 walleye he caught at the spillway. He would catch his limit ....take them home...then go back at midnight and catch another limit. So the mysterious walleye that elude me really just aren,t there. I would like to see no fishing allowed on that wall.....just crazy with the amount of fish pulled from there. Any thoughts? 

There are rumors, perhaps a few more calls to the PUFBC will encourage the idea. Than again those fishing the "circus" may well be calling, to discourage the idea.

Also I would think the suppliers of Walleye fry, for stocking, would be saddened to hear a greater possibility of natural reproduction might be on the horizon .