Thanks for the info. but his brother has a 40' x 26' garage & a finished barn on rt. 8, commercial in good location. Son has them loaded with fishin' tackle already plus his house, Grandmothers, camp & my place. Tell him to unload it but says he needs it all & keeps buying bulk. I have zero ambition for it other than loading tackle bags now & then for Byrds, Cats, Eyes & Panfish.
 
 Was snowing Brady Township near M/C a few mins. ago so bite will be tougher for a few days.
 
crappy

Was out on Lake Arthur on Monday afternoon. I was really surprised by how many other boats were out.

 
Are your boys planning to open a shop with the Rt. 8 location?  That area is going to be prime for a new shop. 
 
O'Donnell is awesome and I will support him until he calls it quits.  But who knows how much longer he is looking to stay open?  Appalachian Trails, imagine the same, if not sooner.  I think that I heard Roger's closed up last year?  That said, not sure if it is worth the hassle with guys buying everything at Wally World or online, just to stop in at 5AM on a Saturday morning for 2-3 dozen minnows...

BT - 
That is honestly part of my "retirement plan" (dream)...  Get a part time gig at a beach town bait shop.  Or if my investments pan out, have my own bait shop that I only work a few hours per week and have staffed to do all of the hard work (not looking to be a reality currently).  I always enjoy going in those shops and talking fishing for 15-20 minutes while picking up whatever they tell me the local bite is on.  Would be fun being on the other end.  Not sure if I would want to be doing 70-80 hour weeks, waking up at 5AM to scoop 2-3 dozen minnows though...
 
Oh yeah, Happy Easter too!  Stay safe!

  "Are your boys planning to open a shop with the Rt. 8 location?  That area is going to be prime for a new shop. 
 
 Tim, Tim doesn't part with his fishin' stuff for the most part, Says he needs it all. He got 6 reels in the mail today & I asked him what's up with that? Said they are custom built with high end components & needs them. I purdy much give up!!!
 
 His brother might sell produce once in awhile there since he has gardens on 3 different properties. Did this one on the rt. 8 place over last weekend.  
 
  
 
 
 
  

What's up fellas.  Short winter.  I thought about thinking about getting out the last couple weeks, but I remembered my luck in the cold water last year.  Plus I know good old PA and her "snow in April" nonsense.  So I'm not shocked it is cold this week.  Planning to set up my flat bed trailer for easier hauling of the 1 man round kayak, hopefully in time for crappies.  Hope everyone avoided the COVID so far.  Or got it and lived I guess would be even better.  See you all out on the lake, from a proper distance.  

Not bad BTDT.  I thought you packed up and moved to a state that sucked less.  With salty water and tiny dog_sized deer?  

First time fishing Lake Arthur yesterday. I fished for about an hour and a half from my kayak and managed to get three largemouths moving up in the shallows. Hopefully, I can get my boat in soon and fish some more water!

Big D.... I ain't for spotburning (unless it benefits me) but I'll break my silence and just say this.

There's a bunch of good guys on this board that know one thing or another about fishing Arthur and they all enjoy, helping a fella out, when they can.

Anyone have a recent water temp for Arthur? and in which area

Wilhelm was 44 degrees the day before on the North top end of lake

Got on the water about 10AM today. Lake is very high and turbid. Water temp was 52 and then up to 56 in the shallows by late afternoon. Fished all over the lake. My buddy caught a 17" wiper (on a chicken liver!) and a small largemouth on a crank. I couldn't buy a bite and got skunked. Fished bait, cranks, sticks, worms etc etc etc and got nada nuthin' zero. Figured maybe everything was turned off because of the incoming high pressure system or could be that I'm just not a good fisherman (my wife's opinion).

About a half dozen boats fishing crappie in Muddy Creek. Nobody really seemed to be catching much. Same report from some guys at the landing when we were putting in--skunked. Hopefully May will be better.

I fished Muddy Crick yesterday after fighting my boat for a few hours prior to the maiden launch of the year.  Which is a huge reason why the maiden voyage only happened in April.  Got a few hours of fishing in, but not much catching.  Did get 3 crappie and 2 perch.  Which was about 1/10 of the catching of my last trip out, but still something.  They are there and they will bite, if the the switch is on (at least seems to be the case with spring panfish for me).  I spent an hour trying to see if I could get some wipers moving, but no action.  Then settled into the panfish.  It just didn't go on for me.  2-3 hours seems to make a huge difference.  Last time out, barely a tap for the first hour, then switch went off.  Not much difference in presentation or anything.  Non-stop action for about 3 hours.  Then switch went off and could barely buy a bite after.  Yesterday, no switch.  But working hard and getting a few fish was still rewarding.  Considering the pain in the rear the boating portion was for me.
 
Good news is, after 2 pulls, my motor that was giving me heck all last year, fired right up.  Ran like it was brand new...  My bow trolling motor that salvaged last year is on strike now for overwork from last year!  It stopped on me late last year and I was hoping it might just come back to life...  But no such luck.  I tore it apart to see if any loose connections or whatever might be obvious.  I am pretty sure it is the control board.  The turning works, but propeller won't go, just gives a clicking sound at the board.  I bypassed the board and the motor itself runs.  Can't find an old control board online.  Anyone know where to get a 203-4005 board?  Attempting to fix a board is well beyond my caveman electronics ability.  

You need to get out there soon, take advantage of the hot perch bite.

Tried out my 15' canoe.  Even a slight breeze and it spins around like a top. Just me in the back turns the bow into a sail.  I'm going back to my boat and kayak.  Lost one bass, my buddy caught one, in five hours. Anyone want to buy a canoe?