Yes. 4-6 AM will not be happening lol.

I have caught them this time of year when fishing for other stuff. Maybe I'll get lucky. Heading out in a few hours weather permitting.

Thought about stopping for minnows on the way up but rain was threatening and decided not to waste the time. Water temp around 62. Put the new boat through its paces first and then got down to business. Threw some lures at various shorelines hoping to get lucky before I got too wet. I didn't. Skunked. An ignominious beginning to the season but to be fair I only had a little time

Nobody seemed to be catching anything. Couple guys at Porters Cove came back with a fair catch of 12-13" crappie and two keeper wipers. Caught on jigs...with minnows.

Ugh...fishing...

Good for you Pork. 👍

Sounds like the Crappie are still roaming.

That wind calculation seems fair! It was fine when going in a cove. Main lake wind was pushing us over 1mph on GPS.

I agree with that Moses. Especially after 100s (of the same year class, 17 to 22") got one way tickets to the hot oil last season. I do wonder what kind of year it will be this time around.

Here is the list straight off the WW/CW page on PFBC. What I have found out with PFBC, while the might not have stocked in 2015 or 2016, if they had a great egg hatch and have a bit of a surplus, they will dump some in a lake, but not update the stocking page. So it is possible that the lake got a small amount of walleyes in '15-16.
 

I have not caught a short eye the last two years. Three years ago we caught a pile of them and years prior to that we always caught at least a few. Others I talk to have similar results.

Welcome to the PFBC Inland Walleye Program Lake Arthur fishermen....it sucks! Plan and simple it's the cutting back of Walleye stocking. Shenango Lake is on a Walleye stocking diet also, but at least they continue the Striper stocking ...for now. Probably next on the chopping block!  Seems all these lakes are turning into panfish potholes ! Pymy is still the headquarters for Walleye and Musky stocking ......the rest get the crumbs.

PYMY gets a good stocking maybe because the hatchery is just on the other side of the road plus ohio helps also

Heading up tonight. Planning on staying late weather permitting. Maybe get into some early wiper action.

And taking minnows this time!

Yeah... sure go ahead, make me feel better knowing sumpthin wonderful is happening at Wilhelm and my boat remains buried in a storage facility surrounded by mancave crap of which most, I haven't used in years.

I see 👀 how ya are!!! He hee, ya know I'm just kidding..... NOT!!

It snot fair.... stupid mancave crap.😡


Congrats Sam 👍 Good times and tight lines.



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Thanks for the report.  This is why I don't catch spring crappies in Arthur.  I ~NEVER~ fish 12 fow.  Well, not never but never for crappies.  Actually now that I say that, I can think of several likely good spots to try.  :)  Need to get back out there before they scatter.  But first I have to clean the ones we caught yesterday.  

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I'm thinkin "the mother" of all links...10-4?


Might fine catch there Crappie. 👍


Meanwhile..... I'm sooo happy.

Next trip (this Friday) to the self storage thingy place and the botor moat follows me to her new home.

Yay.... but then I gotta get it unloaded, it's full of mancave crap too!!! 😔😏😴😴😴

Think I'm heading for Pymie tomorrow with the one man tub.  Unless I talk myself out of it.  Arthur as a backup plan.