Lake Wilhelm Conditions?

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2017/02/21 13:11:25 (permalink)

Lake Wilhelm Conditions?

Can anyone tell me if Wilhelm is open water? I haven't been there over winter and not sure how much ice they had there. Can you launch a boat yet? Thanks.
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    mopars0
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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/02/21 17:05:25 (permalink)
    I was up Saturday just to check on the eagle nest. There was a lot of open water some thin ice near causeway and then up to I-79 ... no boats out that I saw ....

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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/02/21 19:00:21 (permalink)
    drove over today no ice. Monday  thin patches  
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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/02/21 21:01:30 (permalink)
    Thanks for the replies. How about down by the dam? Is launch one area free of ice? Thanks again.
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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/02/27 19:07:45 (permalink)
    Drove over causeway today. No ice..I used to look forward to spring fishing on Wilhelm...Hasn't been very good for the past 4-5 yrs...Maybe this year ??
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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/05/31 08:35:29 (permalink)
    anybody fishing Wilhelm lately? Seems like this lake is the forgotten one on this forum
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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/05/31 11:57:42 (permalink)
    psu_fish
    anybody fishing Wilhelm lately? Seems like this lake is the forgotten one on this forum



    BeenThereDoingThat but sorry, my New Years Resolution just won't allow me to "spot burn".

    However, knowing my info will be totally safe on this thread and you have a secrete decoder ring..... goforit!

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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/05/31 13:18:35 (permalink)
    Wife and I are planning on hitting it tomorrow ... hopefully 👍 Probably try BTDT hours ... ya knowv 1 ish to maybe dark ....😜
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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/06/01 21:53:11 (permalink)
    Ok wife and I did hit Wilhelm this afternoon ... only 4 hrs the wind was crazy ... white caps and all that good stuff... did get 12 Crappie only kept 4 ... they were around 9 or 10 " other ones were maybe about 7" .. lost a few more that probably would have made cooler but over all it was a nice time out on the water with my wife... fished from 1:45 until 6:00 that was enough for us both .... worked down by the dam and launch 1...

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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/06/01 22:05:33 (permalink)
    Steve glad to hear you and your better half got on the water today and caught fish.

    I'm sure the wind showed absolutely noooo mercy while driving straight down the lake.

    Next couple days I'm gonna give it another try except after reading Marco's report, I'm not sure which lake.

    Dang, I hate having to make decisions.
    post edited by BeenThereDoneThat. - 2017/06/01 22:06:36

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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/06/01 22:48:01 (permalink)
    Yeah BTDT .... the wind was blowing right down the lake for sure .. have spent many windy days on that lake but today had to rank right up in the Top 5 windy days. 👍 Probably willn't get back out for another week or so... we are heading to the Pocono Nascar Race in a week. Leaving a week from tomorrow morning ... got friends from Brazil that we meet every year at a Nascar race. This year he wanted to go to Pocono. We will meet them there and they will come back with us for a few days and then they will fly back to Brazil.... we have done this for years now met them st s race years ago . Well good luck at which ever lake you decide to go to bud

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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/06/05 08:14:43 (permalink)
    Caught a boatload of 6 to 8 inch crappies everywhere I pulled up on Saturday. Lots of boat traffic on the lake as well. Seen good number of boats trolling, didn't see much catching though.
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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/06/05 18:03:24 (permalink)
    psu, good to hear you caught a bunch of fish.

    Even better, where you caught the fish.

    Wilhelm is making her way back as evidenced not only by the quantity of fish being caught but by the quality, along with the number of anglers once again fishing her waters.

    Now for the question: Should limits be imposed?

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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/06/05 21:06:06 (permalink)
    Yes I think so. I'd never keep sub 10 inch crappies
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    Re: Lake Wilhelm Conditions? 2017/06/05 21:17:02 (permalink)
    A few Crappie we bought home the other day was 10" , several 7-8" went back in ... it is coming back , I got a nice Muskie last year only 30" grandson got a nice eye last year 26" ... 6 pounds but that the nicest one .. didn't clean up on them .... had a few nice bags of fish though to keep me over winter but all out now 😜... I did see on Lake Wilhelm Marina & Snack Shop website a young man got a 25 1/2 " walleye , Almost 6 pound walleye today I believe .... congrats to him ... good luck guys !!
    post edited by mopars0 - 2017/06/05 21:18:15

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