Aurthur in June: How This Lake Earned its Reputation

Sam thanks for that report on Arthur. Think I may make the trip down that way maybe next week. Pending the ability to walk UN-primate style after peddling my asz off, over hill and dale, thru the Pennsylvania Wilds.

The fish not biting doesn't bother me because, even if they was, I don't catch the stupid things!!😕

But I do have a brand new never been used before, fishy home directory map, on my sonar all programmed for the lake.

Sam..... you were saying? 😒

Arthur is like any body of water.  Know some of the patterns, and you will catch some fish.  Go in blindly, and you'll experience why they call it the Dead Sea.  Unlike many, it is overcrowded and far too many spoon feedings on this site and others, which I am sure add to the moniker.  I've been a beneficiary of that info, as well as a violator of spoon feeding others.  But I have learned to control myself, and be helpful to those asking, and very vague on my reporting to the public.  Spoon feeding definitely adds to the crowds and likely the amount of fish that drive away in a cooler.  Just like any lake in mid summer (not there yet), it will feel like the Dead Sea when fishing mid-day.  No doubt, certain conditions will turn the feed bag on, but most likely, you'll be out there working on the sunburn, more than working on the bass thumb, when the dog days roll in.  Most fish are hiding from the mid-summer heat, just like most of us are.  They're still eating, just need to fish when they are eating.  Most find that too inconvenient to their sleep patterns though.
 
You couldn't pay me enough to fish that shoal between the dam and the island at night (I've fished it many times during the day).  That place looks like the 3 Rivers Regatta at night, with boats practically tied off to each other.  Everyone knows, EVERY fish in the lake, hangs out there, Neely's and Upper 528!!!
 
I completely avoid that shoal when just general navigating.  The channel is not marked well, and might not be a full channel...  It takes an extra 1/2 minute to go around the island, rather than 30 minutes trying to get your boat dislodged from the beaching on the shoal, then going around the island.  I seem to see someone do it, just about any weekend that I fish that section.  The GPS maps are nice for general navigating, my Navionics is a bit off when it comes to that channel.  By all means, go find out for yourself.  Especially at night...

Been catching a lot of panfish. Also, the hybrids are hitting good at night. Landing my first ever last night. Been seeing a few muskie caught too but haven't been lucky enough to hook into one myself yet.

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Sam..... you were saying? 😒

Freaking SCHMUCK ,  Always a smart remark.  with the screen name used think you would know I was GIVING GOOD ADIVCE  

HEYYYYYY....... I represent that remark!!!😴

Anybody know if the lake will be all muddy tomorrow after all this rain? Idk if it worth driving 1 plus hour
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Dang wake makers... Congrats to Crappy Jr! Be honest, who taught who, everything they know on that lake? 😋

PSU - it is always muddy to some extent.  Water will be a bit high from the rain but nothing crazy.  Life as normal for summer Arthur.  Good luck!

Wednesdays are tournaments, possibly others.  Not sure what times, but usually 20-30 boats zooming past around sundown to get to their weigh in.  I think they use McDaniel launch.
 
Not sure when the lake typically starts to change to pea soup, but seems to happen every year when the water gets warm.  It is a good large mouth lake.  I rarely target them, but always catch a few.  I have bought some large mouth specific lures to give it a shot.  Most other stuff will shut off in late July - most of August, for me at least.  During that shut off time, the alewives will be in large schools, skimming the surface at times.  It is fun watching them get ambushed, but happens randomly and usually done by the time you can get your boat to them.  Need a good calm day to see them skimming.

I went last Saturday and fished from 8PM to 3AM.  Alwives were not out until close to 11, got thick around midnight.  Ended up with 4 LM on worms before we could catch alewives, 3 small hybrids and 2 nice channel cats after.  My buddy caught 3 small hybrids.  We kept moving looking for bigger fish but kept getting 12-16" hybrids.  The lake went dead around 2:00

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