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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/12 21:25:59
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Chauncy ya have convinced me, I'm hanging up the hunting stuff and Pymatuning here I come. Maybe see ya tomorrow somewhere on the water. Congratulations on your catching this year, you sure have put some awesome numbers in the cooler. Really nice of your neighbor to put gas in the tank and I bet he had a good time fishing. Good luck tomorrow.  PS. Save a few for me.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/13 00:04:43
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Chauncy, your right he was from Farrell lived on the 600 block of Hamilton then. Chip Rosko was the name has a brother John still around. This weather is unreal....hunting today in 68 degrees...I love it. Put the gun away today and the rods are up next. Man.... is Shenango Lake down ! Pretty soon all the fish in the lake will be in one big pond.....LOL
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/14 09:01:11
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☄ Helpfulby roygpa 2015/12/15 10:31:31
They already seem to be, Brock. They are stacked on every drop with wood, that I have in my GPS way points. The drop doesn't have to be a big one either. I'm really enjoying this extended fishing season. May never happen again in my lifetime. Merry Christmas everybody.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/15 07:49:13
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A few pixs from the last week....yesterday was tough but manage a variety of fish including this cool looking cat...brother with a nice bass
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/15 09:25:56
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Love the looks of the small cats!
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/15 10:06:06
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Those little cats have cut my fingers pretty bad over the years. If they still have spots, i'm very careful how i hold them when i'm releasing them back into the lake.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/15 10:37:59
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yep....little buggers got some sharp spines. And almost always flip and stab ya...lol
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/15 11:28:32
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Mikastorm looks like you and your brother were having a good time thanks for sharing the pictures. I gotta get back down to Shenango one more time before refill.
I wish I could say happy holidays to everyone but I can't, because "JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON".
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/15 13:13:54
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Nice pics..real nice Bass. Those cats in the lower river are spotted up just like that.  Not a Catfish expert do they loose those spots as they mature ?
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/15 14:56:35
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CAPTAIN HOOKNot a Catfish expert do they loose those spots as they mature ? Most channels do. Occasional ones have spots though. Really a great fish to have around.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/27 22:16:21
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"HOW HIGH IS THE WATER MOMMA"?
Just looking at the gauge on the lake and it is showing (if the gauge has been accurate) a rise in water by almost three feet. I wonder if they put the plug back in to begin refilling to normal summer pool? El Nino forecast saying NW PA. can expect to have dryer then normal conditions this winter.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/28 09:27:19
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Upper Shenango River was at flood stage yesterday. Should have filled the lake super fast just from that flow. Orangeville area should have been the same. Lots of water showed up fast !
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/28 10:25:23
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Level jumped to 892.7 overnight, another foot and it's back to "normal" summer pool level. Looking at the chart the level is expected to rise.
No doubt the plug will get pulled before spring showers.
I may, weather permitting, have to do a little winter boater moating just to see what I can see. Must exercise caution, watching for any debris washed in from up the criks I would think.
Geeez, how time fly's......... I'll need to renew my license before I can get away and do some feeshin. Which is what I should be doing instead of sitting in a tree.
Happy New Year everyone.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/28 19:28:36
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/29 11:42:50
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The lake has risen 7 feet over the last week with all this rain we've gotten. Wondering if those fish moved shallower into that warmer muddy water or deeper into the clearer water. If the weather holds up, i'll find out tomorrow.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/29 19:08:03
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Should be interesting for sure, good luck Chauncy, let us know how you make out.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/31 14:35:52
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I can't ever remember the 7 sluice gates on Shenango Dam opened up 3.5 feet each ! That's discharging some serious water.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2015/12/31 19:26:32
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Dad-burn-it........ ! I was hoping the water level would stay high through next week.
Oh well, maybe all that water going down the tube will flush out all the trout and the walleye will move back in.
I still ain't buying one of them stupid trout stamps so I can catch other fish..... tain't right I say.
Here's a thought; Capt. you go and catch the walleye and I'll help you eat em. 10-4??
Now that there's a good deal; I don't care who ya are.
Just setting up my launch tubes so I can light-up the night sky at the stroke of midnight. Gonna say 'see ya, thanks for the memories' to 2015 and 'Helloooo' to 2016.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL.
PS. My New Year resolution..... yeah right!!!!! (lmao)
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/05 18:48:33
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From the 2014 NW Biologist report .......
"Our walleye catch was the best in many years and was just shy of the minimum set in the Inland Walleye Management Plan. Historically, Shenango River Lake had been stocked at the rate of 10 Walleye fingerlings per acre, which is below the base rate suggested in the Inland Walleye Management Plan, therefore, the stocking rate was increased to 20 per acre beginning in 2013. During our next survey, the Walleye catch must improve to meet the minimum set in the Inland Walleye Management Plan to remain in the Walleye stocking program."
Another lake in serious jeopardy of loosing out on the Walleye stocking program !
They stopped stocking Musky here a few years ago too !
Pretty soon the main fishing species around our lakes will be Carp ! Just like in England !
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/05 19:01:06
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Table 2. Total Catch of other selected species in Shenango River Lake in 2014. Species Total Captured Quillback Carpsuckers 1,958 Common Carp 895 Redhorse Suckers 365 Bullheads 417 Lots of these to catch !
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/05 20:28:20
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Only the Ohio River, confl.ov the Mahoning & Shenango River & Shenango River Lake Have "DO NOT EAT CHANNEL CATS" in Pa. waters. ONE EYE A MONTH MEAL advisory too boot. CRAPPY
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/05 23:05:43
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IMHO Captain, the PFBC is playing the old game of "robbing Peter to pay Paul",i.e., skimming walleye from one lake to restock another lake.
No doubt with the budget situation, e.g., salaries, retirement, etc. along with pet projects such as Arway's SOS there will be no money to increase the purchase of additional walleye and/or any other fishes needed to rebuild the fisheries destroyed in other lakes, from the biologist playing their stupid fish specific lake games.
Strange how our lakes/streams/rivers were able to sustain a healthy population of fishes years ago but now, don't meet the criteria of a few select biologist.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/06 15:24:34
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I don't understand their Walleye program. If your stocking the numbers but your not seeing the results then what is the problem ? I know the solution is not to stop stocking ! How does that help that lake or waterway ? They want to justify cutting back on stocking Walleye in lets say three lakes A,B, and C, and put a little more in one lake (D). That way it seems ok to them because lake D has more Walleye to catch but now lakes A,B, and C are no longer on their lists. In the future they will say lakes A,B,C have good numbers of Bass ,Crappie, Catfish but Walleye numbers are down. No kidding ! I like the way they take credit for good numbers of Bass ,Crappie ,Pike ,and so on, like they have something to do with those numbers ! Still I want to know what's the problem if those numbers are down all of a sudden and stocking will be discontinued in those lakes. Never get a good answer..........do we !
Walleye fishing in our local lakes is in serious jeopardy into the future and these cutbacks are only going to make it worse. Our lakes should be receiving more stockings not less !
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/06 17:18:18
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I agree the walleye stocking program is terrible here in pa.I get a stragler here and there but I just about given up targeting walleyes on our inland lakes. A couple times a year I go out of eriw weather permitting and always seem to load up then when I come home I just fish for panfish .Its nothing like the old days not even close!!
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/06 18:14:33
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" Our walleye catch was the best in many years and was just shy of the minimum set in the Inland Walleye Management Plan. Historically, Shenango River ............." "just shy of the minimum...... who the hell set the minimum?????????????? I bet you 'dollars to doughnuts' the idiot that wrote this report has no idea of what the true HISTORY of any waterways was like as recently as twenty years ago. Unfortunately, most of us that do know what the fishing was like HISTORICALLY, do not have the slightest idea of what we are talking about. At least not in the eyes of the Fish and Game Committee in Harrisburg, most of us do not have a pictured framed biology diploma hanging on our office wall, and we just started fishing yesterday, so who are we to question anything? We certainly are not alone in seeing the destruction of PA.s fine fishing as, the complaints are the same among those seeking crappie to trout and, it appears to be more than Northwest PA. Try as you might, you will never convince me that the biologist have not come very close, to destroying every fishery in PA. Not wanting to accept the blame we shall see bogus reports allowing them to tuck their tails and run while hoping our lakes and streams will naturally recover from their stupid 'fish specific waters' program. You can rest assured, if and when any recovery occurs they shall take credit for such, never seen before, fine fishing in the Pennsylvania Wilds. I hear a headache calling my name, must be time for my therapy.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/07 10:13:41
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Has anybody pulled any zebra mussels from Shenango Lake yet? I fish it quite often and I haven't. I'm glad the Erie guys don't come down to this lake on the days when the big water is too rough for them. Like Icenut, I fish Erie a few times a year to get my eyes and just fish panfish on the inland waters.
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/07 18:55:44
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Do they come in clusters stuck together? If so pulled a goop ov 'em out of Stoneboro Lake some yrs. back. Maybe if/when they show up in SRL they filter the water (CLEAN) , blessing in disguise?? crappy
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/07 23:43:05
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CAPTAIN HOOK
I don't understand their Walleye program. If your stocking the numbers but your not seeing the results then what is the problem ? I know the solution is not to stop stocking ! How does that help that lake or waterway ? They want to justify cutting back on stocking Walleye in lets say three lakes A,B, and C, and put a little more in one lake (D). That way it seems ok to them because lake D has more Walleye to catch but now lakes A,B, and C are no longer on their lists. In the future they will say lakes A,B,C have good numbers of Bass ,Crappie, Catfish but Walleye numbers are down. No kidding ! I like the way they take credit for good numbers of Bass ,Crappie ,Pike ,and so on, like they have something to do with those numbers ! Still I want to know what's the problem if those numbers are down all of a sudden and stocking will be discontinued in those lakes. Never get a good answer..........do we !
Walleye fishing in our local lakes is in serious jeopardy into the future and these cutbacks are only going to make it worse. Our lakes should be receiving more stockings not less !
Maybe they could supply fertile eggs to aquarium enthusiast that live close to lakes that need stocked, fry shouldn't be that difficult. Maybe worry 'bout disease?? The PAGC supplied Ringneck chicks for residents to raise. Heck Pheasant eggs were easy to hatch & fun to raise. ;~("*#%x!!>z@(:"*aRugh=nvrmd:) crappy Ps, how much do they reek a yr. on boat registrations? Heck they even get twice the $$ on boats with good stickers that get sold 
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/09 13:11:19
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She's blowing mud today ....lake is just as bad . 
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Re: SHENANGO RIVER LAKE 2015
2016/02/10 02:06:48
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