My brother said the creeks up in Erie are blown out today, this weekend it should be elbow to **** if the weather holds up. I think I'm going to put the boat in at Tarentum or Freeport this Saturday.  

Lip, I didn’t get any crappie. I usually get them fishing into the dark around this time of year, but fish into the dark. I tried to fish some submerged structure, but the wind made it impossible to stay on. I haven’t figured that out in calm conditions, so I didn’t put a ton of time into it. I do want to figure it out to open up a lot of possibilities. Since the perch weren’t on fire and mostly small, I figured changing gears for hybrids would be a good gamble. I marked a school of fish hanging out in an area shielded by the wind, so figured that I’d give it a go. Ended up paying off. Usually when having to hide from the wind, the fish don’t cooperate. For the conditions, I take it as a big win.

Going to NY tomrw night till Sunday. Staying away from Oak and Burt. Gonna hit some places I've never been.

pensfan1
Going to NY tomrw night till Sunday. Staying away from Oak and Burt. Gonna hit some places I've never been.

Say hi if you see an old guy in an ND ball cap.

EMitch
Did pool 4 on the Allegheny yesterday. Nothing on jigs for eyeballs, nothin' on castin' muskie baits, but caught 3 really good smallies trollin' tail dancers in 17' to 20' feet. One was huge for the river, biggest I've ever got. 18" football.

were the docks still in?

Tried casting around in the Susquehanna yesterday. Area that I scouted out with satellite image looked great. Got there and all current was out pretty far and deep until there. Some rocks that formed an almost natural jetty, but still not far enough out. I got one small smallmouth in an hour and lost 4-5 jigs. I’m much more set up for a little current with my smallmouth wading/shore fishing. I didn’t take any slow current/deeper options. I stopped at the Juniata in Mifflintown, but started raining before I was able to gear up and cast. It looked a lot more like what I am comfortable fishing. I opted to avoid a 3+ hour drive home soaked.

4 days in NY. Mixed results. The Big River fished decent on Wednesday. Hit a smaller stream Thrusday, no water. Went to Dirty Burt for the entertainment, if you have the chance to go, DON'T. Friday fished NY Erie tribs. Did ok, but again, not enough water. My best catch came from Seneca Niagara, Friday night at the Spanish 21 table$$$$.

 Heading out tomorrow night, moon has been looking inviting lately. Hope to fill the fish basket up with treats 
 
 Bad thing is a good bit of ghost hunters visit the haunted graveyard on the 30th & 31st up the road a little so will have to tolerate the traffic turning around   
 
photo from there

 The Perch seem to quit at dark but the Crappie can go on for hours. A good bit of the time when I am ready to leave I'll notice a glimmer of light in the distance so stick around for the moon rise. Turns them right back on most nights. Last (only) time out this yr. the moon was out before it was dark so didn't happen. Had to pretty much keep the jig twitching and moving to trigger strikes. Was nice to get out but was kind of boring at the same time. Kept 22. 10''-- 11'' and only 2 were 12" not like fishing Pymy but still decent healthy fish.
 
 A couple weeks ago (same outing as above) caught three Catfish trying to avoid them with Shiner 18" below float. All too big for good table fair. I wade most every time out so couldn't tell you when the Catfish get tough from a boat. From shore they seem to feed very heavy in Oct. then nothing after a cold spell. I'll set a line tonight with a large Shiner and see if still around. Only going down to 54* tonight so possible they are still feeding in close but not for long.

I hadn't kept any for years until about 5 years or so ago.  ZelieSam told me that I am missing out if I don't give it a try.  I had always related them to the rivers and filled with toxins...  Since then, I have kept a bunch and all were really good.  I rarely target them, but will keep about half of the accidental catches, which are a blast when panfishing.  Not so much when striper fishing, you can tell within a few pulls of what it is, or at least rule out a nicer striper pretty quickly.  I think they are great fried or blackened, good texture and just enough taste to them.  Like most fish, you have to get rid of the blood line, which isn't all too hard on cats.  I use your recommendation a few years back of holding the knife about 1/8" up on the skinning cuts and makes cleaning a breeze.  You do lose a little meat, but usually lose that meat when trimming.  I find it to be too much work for the stripers.  If I get a little dot of blood line or those blood dots on the tail loin, the whole fish taste like mud.  Even if they have blood left in the veins they often have that foul taste.  If I gut hook one, I'll keep, but those are C&R for me to hopefully catch a few times.  Even the ones that I am able to clean well, they are good, but I like the taste of cats better.  Perch are my favorite and walleye are great, but I can only luck into a couple of those per year.  Trying to get my kid and nephew into fish to fry up, I am thinking cats and panfish are the way to go.  Unless those cats go into hibernation.

 Tim, November is prime for Perch up here. Will get better as the month goes on. Hate to see the docks at Pymy starting tomorrow, Lol!!
 
 I go down and watch sometimes though. Gonna take my brother soon since he hasn't fished in 2 years. Easy to get to and close to camp and if he don't last long no big deal. I wouldn't try and launch a boat there unless you can push off the trailer though.