psu_fish
 
 
No wonder D-nymph and Porktown go around and around with you, cause you are so obtuse.

LOL!
 
Welcome to the club! 
 
 

psu_fish
 
 
No wonder D-nymph and Porktown go around and around with you, cause you are so obtuse.

Andy Dufresne got like a month in the hole for calling the warden obtuse... ouch!

BeenThereDoneThat.
I just consider the source......

BTDT, you ever get urself a  kayak?

thanks john.  hopefully you can get out soon!  good luck on finding a place on the water!
 
i bought a 2nd kayak... "for my wife".  i'd be happy to bring both to a lake of your choice and you give one a spin if you like.
 
might hit wilhelm early next week... depends on which day mother nature is more cooperative.

BeenThereDoneThat.
Soooooo Mike, tell us, how do you feel about Biologist?  lol   
 
I myself, like them..... to be working some place else, besides the PFBC & PGC but that's me, just being me. 
 
Sumpthin else too, when attending a school of higher education, do not look for any courses called "using common sense" or "thinking outside the bubble" as they just do not exist. 
 
New moto:  "HISTORY DOESN'T MATTER".
 
Anyways, and on another subject,  what is that dead fish??  

BTDT:
 
Naaaaa.....I have nothing against biologists at all and I admire their work and schooling and am glad to see them back at Lake Wilhelm to assess the lake.
As a matter of fact, in talking to the Park Manager at Lake Wilhelm, Bill Wasser, I came to find out that he has a degree in biology.
Heck of a nice guy and I bounced thoughts off of him several times when I spoke to him and he was courteous and and gave me other things to think about.
Come to think about it, my daughter will be graduating from PSU in a week, with a degree in biology, and she was with me at one of the Wilhelm Park meetings.
How cool was that to have my 'soon to be biologist' daughter sitting next to me bringing up things about the phosphorous levels in the lake and how they were going to monitor them and how she could get involved?
Too cool.
Its too bad that a 'troll' chooses to use terms like 'local yokel', 'idiot' and 'sub-par angler' and so on and so forth.
Obviously 'a know it all'.
Anyway, " A done bun can't be undone"
The Gizzard Shad have over-run the lake.
So what, now what.
That is my issue.
 
I am glad that the biologists went back to Lake Wilhelm after 8 years of being away.
I am glad that they netted big, huge fish.
As per the Gizzard Shad problem at the lake?
Is there anything that we can do about it without causing even more problems????
Is there anything thing that I can do to help?
No???
ok
 
"It is what it is" then.
 
"PSU Fish"
Ok, I am fine with being a sub-par angler.
There's an a##hole for every seat, and a troll for every message board.
If the shoe fits.................
 
 
Its just too bad that people can't bounce ideas off of each other, without the name calling.
Enough said
 
 
 
 

Thank you BTDT,
Yes, both of my children are definitely blessings.
My daughter spent the most part of last summer on an internship in Montana and so she hopes to one day end up back there in the field of Biology.
She has had some interviews to work in the labs at chemistry companies as well here in PA in the same field.
My son Mike (per Mikesdad) will be attending PSU in the fall with a major in the field of criminology.
Proud dad no doubt.
 
 
I caught the Park Manager at Wilhelm, Bill Wasser one day as he was coming out of the office and trying to get into his truck. I pulled up next to him and he started telling me how busy he was with permits and the field trips he had taken with the local school kids around the lake and how the fish biologists had just stopped in there that day to tell him that they were done with the walleye netting.
Just casual talk.
I threw a bunch of questions at him about the lake and the biologists that were there etc.
If he didn't know the answer, like when I asked, "How do they get the fish to go into the trap nets?" he just said he wasn't sure.
I respect that honesty.
 
And then he said offhandedly, when I was all out of questions, "I just thought I'd take a ride around to see my park after being cooped up inside all day".
 
I am glad that you and I agree that the bottom line is that the shad are in the lake and how, or why, they got there is non-relevant at this point.
It is what it is.
Like I said, what can I do to help, if anything.
 
As per phosphorus levels, I was told a story (which I believe) about a farmer that had a manure dam break (in the not too distance past), on one of the hillsides surrounding Wilhelm.
The manure killed everything in the creek on its way to the lake.
Since then, the farm has been acquired by a new owner who is very willing to work with 'The Park' to ensure that it doesn't happen again.
 
I am hoping that 'many eyes' are on Lake Wilhelm now as far as the fish biologists and the DEP as far as the lakes 'health' and the run off from the surrounding areas.
 
Time will tell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

No I never thought to ask that question.
Here is his email address if you'd like to ask. He's pretty good at getting back:

wwasser@pa.gov

I was surprised to learn a Park Manager is somewhat like the manager of a store and not the PBFC.
Maybe everyone knew that but me.

Daughter's cap last night at graduation.
Gotta love it.

Did yinz ever have one of them days? Well I did today and along with my younger bro we rocked em.

Sooo,  yinz know I don't spot burn but I know my secrete will be safe on this thread and, yinz won't tell those fellas on them other boards.

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Thanks Steve, the seven on the board all scored 11 plus inches with 9 to 10 in.  Black Crappie in the bucket.  We had a ball and will be doing it again real soon.  In fact, I'm scheduled to fish another lake tomorrow followed by a fishing trip with my nephew Wednesday afternoon. 
 
The lake was mostly flat when we started around 3:00 PM and we were catching a few keepers here or there.  We began catching smaller Black Crappie fishing around some fallen timber but when the wind turned on we started catching the bigger 9 to 10 inchers using my infamous home tied, suppose to look like something for fishing,  jigs.  The bigger (11+) came early evening as we tossed jigs around sunken lumber in shallow water off shore.  Definitely a good time and tight lines.  Good luck this Wednesday, go get em.

Way to go BTDT .... got a few in my freezer too but not that many 👍 My cat was helping me clean them up , he was like hey finally fish again been a long winter what took you so long to hit the lake again .... he loved raw fish 😜👍

Thank you sir.
Greatly appreciated

I'll be out there somewhere MD. Not sure where and time of day.

Shenango is a fun lake before/after the camping/skiing season but the ramp/dock set ups, certainly suck. Not sure how making Shenango a special regs for Crappie will work except to serve as a magnet, and force Crappie anglers to buy a trout stamp, once stocking trout in the upper river takes hold.

We'll be looking for ya. Good times and tight lines.

Thanks Crapp..... Walleye_Slayer (hey; if the shoe fits, wear it ) I could never allow someone to be in distress, friend or foe.
 
As for my "catching"..... you know them's gotta be some stupid fish. lol      Gotta post them pictures though, you know what they say about "it didn't happen if there's no pics"........ and  thank goodness for GIFs. 
 
You can bet I'm gonna be on the water again today, right after I take the better half shopping.
 
Good times and tight lines 

Front row for invasive species talk