anyone fishing

I would have thought that with so many people out of work & with no team sports for kids, that there would be a lot of chatter on the board.I have been looking forward to seeing some picts,especially family picts.   sam

Been out pretty much every weekend since Eye season opened up. Only one trip to Arthur, been hitting the big lake in the boat and some nights casting from shore with very good success. Been seeing a good bit of people doing the same.

Got a 2 man limit today up The Big Lake. 4 > 20" the rest were over 20 with 2 26s.

Been fishing the Allegheny in Franklin, always bass to catch, got a nice 19 inch walleye while throwing soft plastics for bass. Hoping to fish the 3rd here perhaps the river, and then try Arthur on the 4th early AM before the crowds come. Really want to get up onto the big lake, and cast Erie Dearies for Walleyes, but need the migratory walleyes to come in with greater numbers, and calm seas.

Not been out locally since Covid..Went recently for 2 weeks to The Forgotten Coast..Cape San Blas on Florida panhandle..a county with only one case of the virus since it began..Near empty beaches...Not a lot of fish..a few bluefish, speckled trout and sharks...Great to be almost alone on the beaches though...

With the exception of a couple trips to Arthur and a couple trips to Glade Run in the kayak, I've been mainly exploring creeks and small rivers to get away from the crowds. I've also realized that creek smallmouth are pretty much my favorite fish to catch ever.

When those Western Basin fish get down our way, it should be lights out. Nice couple of days FL2. Here's to a bunch more 🍻, plenty of Summer left.

Now there are a couple of great catches!  He can work on being photogenic some other time, lol...his eyes may be closed but that smile makes up for it!

Great pics Snagr. Thats a huge Large Mouth for anywhere. 👍👍👍👍

python73
I've gone a total of ONE time this year.  By this time last year I had a dozen plus trips in and that includes several to Wilhelm.  Fishing around here is supposed to be quiet and relaxing in my book, and the lakes are so packed full of clowns that it just hasn't been worth it.  Normally we'd be in our summer pattern right now catching perch mostly.  But do I want to haul my boat to the lake, dodge 500% increase in selfish fools at the launches just to dodge endless yakkers shouting at each other from 5 feet away for a couple perch?  Hard to drag myself out there when a Tuesday morning is going to be like a late morning Saturday crowd, and the weekend crowd is more like a holiday crowd.  
 
Bonus gripe, 4th of July this weekend.  You couldn't drag me out there.  Arthur will look like Daytona at spring break.  Already looking forward to November on Tampa Bay chasing grouper this year.  That normally doesn't start until at least summer is over.  

This at least makes me feel better about having to rebuild my deck...  This has been pretty much what I have been witnessing on Arthur since March.
 
Got out with my cousin on Caesar Creek Lake in SWOH for a few hours this week while work had me out that way.  Fishing was slow, but his boat was fast.  Makes me wonder why I barge around on Arthur, when I could be doing 60MPH between spots on a bass boat!  Then he told me how much those boats go for and I remembered why I don't have...  New 150HP motor costs more than I paid for my truck...  I couldn't imagine taking a kayak or paddle board on that lake.  The jet skis, joy riders and those pulling tubes are probably more of a fishing nuisance than what Arthur has.  Although, it wasn't bad there.  He said that it was busy for a weekday evening.  But as many have said before, when guys go by on plane, the wake is half of those pushing 10-20MPH here.  Guys whipping by on their bass boats barely had us rocking.  Most of them barely had any hull hitting the water.  The pleasure boaters and tubers were a different story though.   

Ya for sure Erie. I wont fish a smaller lake until guys started climbing in tree stands. Moraine has 100s of boats on it everyday.

Not me Too HOT!

Been out a few times recently at night for bass and cats. Getting bass at twin lakes, the cat and carp fishing has been slow. We need some rain!

I did take a trip up to the Redbank creek near New Bethlehem last weekend, a mix of bike riding and fishing. Caught a few smallmouth bass. First time fishing the Redbank, definitely has some potential.

we hit artie again hard last weekend.  
 
saturday night with my older son was pretty much dead where we went.  a spot where we've done ok before, but hadn't been to yet this year.  
 
sunday night and monday night with my youngest.  found a spot where the alewives were going real good.  got a ton of nice 1.5-3# largemouth on bombers and alewives along with some channel cats but no wipers.