Old Dog - I'll take the oppressive heat over snow any day.  Granted, it does make the simplest tasks, like mowing the lawn, a real chore.  Just got to get things done early, and have AC working!  No doubt, half way between is my choice, and I guess why we live around here.
 
SEB - I've had similar days.  It is just strange how they react from one day to the next.  I'd bet with this heat wave, many are finding more comfort in the deeper cooler water.  If they are finding food there, then likely filling up there and not pounding the shallows as much in the hot water.  I think the lake has been getting some rain, so might have those shallows a bit cooler than Tuesday evening.  Hopefully you get redemption.  Those all night skunkings really make you second guess if it is worth it!
 
 

lol......Yea those yack guys must love dangerous fishing conditions . Watch them on Shenango bobbing like drift wood when those high powered boats blow by at 50 MPH and throwing a 4 foot wake. It's an unlimited HP lake dummy !

Bighead you were your own worst enemy, slapping the water with a MONSTER LURE, the doorknobs thought it was hybrids.
 
Captain as you know, all power boat operators are responsible (in PA.) for any damage/injury caused from their wake. With the sudden influx of yaks, wind surfing, PWC, etc  I'm guessing it won't be much longer before we see more sections of Shenango River Lake designated "NO WAKE" areas.
 
Amazes me, all the safety the PFBC preaches yet, un-powered water craft are not required to, at minimum, display a 360 degree white light after sunset.  The last I read, only recommend their be a flashlight, whistle, etc.  However, aaand as usual, I shall stand corrected.

BTDT   LOL No Shiiiiiiiitttttt   Yeah well they did till I landed it in their BOAT   LOL  Good thing for them I took the trebles off Ehhh   Yaker's and the docks are quite the cluster Funk Man you just have to laugh at these people and wonder how the freak they have made it through life this FAR ????????   Captain as you know, all power boat operators are responsible (in PA.) for any damage/injury caused from their wake. With the sudden influx of yaks, wind surfing, PWC, etc  I'm guessing it won't be much longer before we see more sections of Shenango River Lake designated "NO WAKE" areas.  Well I can ALWAYS use extra cat bait Yeah   LOL 

Nice fish! Those things avoid me like the plague.

Too many yacks and such, certain places tough to fish at certain times..... Trips need to be planned a bit differently now! 
 
 
 
Smitty

I dunno man, the kayakers arent the problem at arthur in my opinion. Every time I fish there, guys in powered boats will blast past me, within casting distance, full throttle, throwing wake, etc... guys trolling the road bed practically bump my hull because they can’t go around a guy who is clearly anchored up. No consideration for other boaters at all.

If boats are blasting past, it wasn’t me! You can probably paddle as fast as my boat. As long as you are fishing, you’re good in my book! I have no issues with 90% of kayakers. Same with no issues with 90% of shore anglers or 90% of power boat anglers. Some, no matter what they are doing are clueless.
Got to admit, I was out trolling about 3 weeks ago, and wasn’t paying attention, fumbling around with what I wasn’t going to catch anything with next. When I looked up, I saw a guy anchored, who I knew was there. Now there were 2 boats trolling at different speeds towards me, each taking a different side to him. Neither wanted to go wide. There was a good steady 10-15mph wind, that had controlling with an electric motor a challenge too. So had me stuck going straight at the anchored boat. I used my trolling motor to slow down and fight the wind and not tangle lines with the other guys trolling. Then passed the guys that were anchored, and gave me the “you are an idiot” look. Well deserved. I apologized for getting too close, which I am pretty sure they realized why.
When the winds are going and guys pass me tight trolling, I have no issues. I don’t expect guys to give me 30-50 yards of space then. When anchored fishing a shoreline, things are definitely different.

I dunno man, the kayakers arent the problem at arthur in my opinion. Every time I fish there, guys in powered boats will blast past me, within casting distance, full throttle, throwing wake, etc... guys trolling the road bed practically bump my hull because they can’t go around a guy who is clearly anchored up. No consideration for other boaters at all.
 
do this it works ! buzz them back then if then give you the finger tell them to pull to the dock and settle it . haven't found a man yet . I'm sorry guys I'm so tired of the white trash out there it has to stop now ! this is not the way I was raised but enough is enough . 

GilliganJR
you anchor in a kayak?

I anchor in a 14' aluminum V hull. I don't kayak at Arthur.

When I used my kayak (it has been sitting behind my shed for about 5 years untouched), I used an anchor.  Nothing more annoying than pulling up on a spot at Arthur, getting my paddle in the holder, getting my rod ready to cast, and the evil Arthur winds have me 30 yards from where I was!  I used a 1lb weight with a chain attached.  Worked well.  Now, I am too lazy to load that thing up and paddle around.  My back gets all out of whack if I am sitting still for more than an hour too.  I have to be standing when fishing.
 
Agree with Sam to an extent on the pleasure boaters.  There are definitely some idiot fishermen, but many more are pleasure boaters.  To an extent, that you are pretty much going to have a situation if you are fishing near the boat rental area on a weekend.  Some of those clowns must think, if paying that much to rent a pontoon, they instantly have the right of way...  Anchored, drifting, whatever, you better be ready for a close encounter if fishing near that area. 
 
I do my best to keep my distance from everyone.  I will definitely go slow if in a tight space with kayakers, and don't have the space to do a large half circle around them.  If they are going to venture into the open areas of the lake, they're going to have wake to deal with when on that lake, even if a boat passes 1/2 mile away.  Same thing with shore fishermen or anyone.  If you are going to Arthur, you should expect to deal with wake.  No doubt, some bozos will go top speed and come close enough that you smell their exhaust fumes.  Or, go between you and the shore line you are casting at...

i think most pleasure kayakers are uneducated in general.  obviously not saying all kayakers are dopes.  but, from what ive seen this year is annoying.  the rental companies should do a better job at teaching the rentees.  one huge pet peeve is when people launch their kayaks at the boat ramp.  especially when theres a beach or grassy spot nearby that would suffice.  brought the trailer down twice to take the boat out, once right before a storm, only to have two unoccupied kayaks sitting their while the owners parked and walked down.  yo, put ur kayak in the grass or something until you're ready to launch.  this was a bear run where as we know the rental companies dump off their renters. and theres a great kayak slide area just to the left.  and right for that mater.  get your kayak the F away from boat launches.

My son was fishing Pool 4 on the Allegheny Saturday, and he texted me to say he'd finally seen a Jet-Ski that he liked. It was bein' towed by a boat back to the dock!

I really don’t get the hate for the kayakers in this thread. I easily see 10:1 motorized boats to kayaks at Arthur, and I have never had a single problematic encounter with a kayaker in the water. You think rental kayaks are bad? The absolute worst are the rented pontoons. I’m surprised that drownings and collisions don’t happen every weekend with the way some of those idiots behave.

I mainly stick to the area around the 528 launch so maybe it’s different in other parts of the lake. But it’s definitely the guys in other powered craft that have made me reluctant to fish Arthur these days, not the kayaks.