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Re: anyone fishing
2024/07/29 13:55:10
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Spent yesterday with my Dad. He told me in 1942 he swam across the river in Sharpsburg when raw sewage flowed in it 24-7, when he got almost to the other side there was a huge oil slick. Had to swim back. He prayed like never before in hopes to make it. He laid on the bank for over a hour and said "never going to try that again" He can remember something from 80 ++ years ago but not 8 seconds ago. Son took the pontoon up to East Brady a week ago and some of them went swimming. Think some kind of river event was going on. Just smelled a Copperhead out by the waterfalls in the yard. Must be hunting Bullfrogs.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/07/29 15:42:39
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Good takes - glad your old man made it Crappie!
CT - I currently swim around redbank. Water is very clear, and doesn't seem to be much industry around there.
thanks for the info folks.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/07/29 19:51:22
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Fished the big lake Tuesday thru Sunday. Not sure the fishing could get any better. 4-7 man boxes of eyes a day just depended on number of guys on the boat that day. 20+ Steelie hookups a day with 10+ landed each day with a brown on Friday and a Coho Sunday.
Biggest eye was about 7 lbs, Steelie was 11.15 lbs. Lots of 5-6 lb eyes. Bigger Eyes n Steelies in 100+ ft off the point.
5 color core and medium divers did most of the eye damage and a few steelies. Riggers and wire divers with spoons produced most of the steelhead.
There stretches we couldn't get more than a rod in each side or even attached to the planner board line before an eye was on.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/07/29 22:51:07
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Lived right in Freeport in '63. They had a big floating dock out in about 8' of water made of about 20 55gal drums and telephone poles with a wooden deck, with two low and one high diving boards on it. Our gang would be in the river by 10 AM and not get home 'til the streetlights came on at 9 PM. We'd go under the dock and pop up in the air pockets and play games like seein' who could make it to the top of the water from the bottom with the biggest rock in your arms. We'd swim out and catch the big waves from the J. K. Davidson and Glacial Sand and gravel barges goin' up and down, and some days we'd swim across 3 or 4 times in a day and dive off the rocks on the other side. The Graff bridge (rte 356) was brand new then, and you could stand on the bridge and literally see the Kiski River coming down the east side of Allegheny 'cause the Kiski was so polluted with the mine drainage back then. The water on that side was so dirty, when ya got home, you couldn't even get a comb through your hair! Oh, to be young again!
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/07/30 10:44:43
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/07/30 11:56:58
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DeadGator401 Good takes - glad your old man made it Crappie!
Thanks DG, me too!!
Least I found a new best friend called Arthur for the next 40 years and counting. I was so disappointed when I received my first fishing rod. A old man (Mr. Evans) was babysitting me when I was 4 and asked if I would like to have a fishing pole? I was so excited and couldn't believe it. Figured I could put my Allegator in it and so on. He reached into a closet and handed me a metal stick, WTH!! What little did I know at the time. Must be getting like my father remembering from long ago but not what I just did.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/08/10 13:57:31
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Fished Pool Seven on the Allegheny River today, never been so wasn't expecting much. Managed to catch one keeper walleye at the dam, and scouted a few islands for duck season. Water temp was 75 degrees.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/08/10 15:42:49
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I’ve been spending time at my buddy’s cabin over the last few weeks and Ive been hitting tionesta creek between Nebraska and kelletville a bunch. I’ve pulled several 3 lbers and a ton of smaller ones out of it. That has to be some of the best summertime fishing that PA has to offer, and that’s a gorgeous creek.
Me and the girlfriend kayaked the Allegheny from west hickory to tionesta on Thursday. She caught a huge bass but inexplicably threw it back before I was able to paddle over and put it on the board. She said it was “the biggest fish I ever caught” (and she caught a legit 20” once). I also caught an 18 1/2” like 10 minutes later and she said her fish was bigger. I was close enough to see some big splashes when she was reeling it in, but I didn’t get a good look. Maybe she boated a 5lber? I guess we’ll never know…
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/08/10 22:03:21
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I hit Artie today. First time hitting the lake in forever, since summer usually blows. I wasn’t expecting much, why I haven’t been out in a while. Last time out was at Hatteras a month ago. Put my time in there and wasn’t great. Sort of took it on the chin probably 4 out of 6 days, so I have been sort of hesitant to take another. Started slow, got a cat and had a run that felt like a striper. So, of course stuck me in that spot for too long. Moved on and nothing at next spot. Moved again and nothing, but marked a butt ton at the end of my drift. So, I had to make another run. LOADED with stripers. Had some fun.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/08/25 14:23:52
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Took my dad up to Dunkirk for the weekend, lots of activity in 110 FOW. The majority of the fish were between 70 and 100 foot down, and water temp was 76 degrees. We caught 4 walleye smallest was 19" largest was 26" trolling with purple spoons on the downriggers. Lost a pretty big laker at the boat, it was fun watching that thing doing back flips 100 feet behind the boat.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/08/31 14:04:35
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Fished Kittanning this morning, the ramp and dock are pretty janky. Caught 2 walleye, several smallmouth, and a ton white perch. I got off the water before the rain came down but the boat got soaked during the drive home.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/09/02 12:49:26
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Fished the Templeton area this morning, that stretch of the river is beautiful. Nothing was biting at the dam, tried trolling the deeper areas but no action. Managed to catch one walleye jigging near the bridge near the mouth of Mahoning Creek.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/09/08 11:33:22
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Fished Kittanning yesterday morning, I did pretty well for early September. 7 Walleye(four were legal length), and three smallmouth all before 9:30.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/09/08 13:15:41
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Nice. I’d be happy with a day like that in prime fall/spring season!
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/09/12 00:59:19
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CTKsnowman Fished the Templeton area this morning, that stretch of the river is beautiful. Nothing was biting at the dam, tried trolling the deeper areas but no action. Managed to catch one walleye jigging near the bridge near the mouth of Mahoning Creek.
Honestly never see much action near there. Always end up with carp/cat/buffalo type deals. It is beautiful though
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/09/22 16:41:32
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Fished Tarentum this morning, caught 5 smallmouth, 2 walleyes, and a catfish. Water temp was 70 degrees.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/10/07 09:42:22
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Got caught in that crazy storm yesterday while fishing on tionesta creek along jug handle road. I had walked the creek from Ross run, so I was probably about a mile upstream from where I parked, and I had to haul @ss back to the car. Then the drive along Nebraska road from German hill to rt 36 was even scarier than the walk to the car.
I had probably the hottest bite I’ve had all year for about a 1/2 hr before that storm blew in. Getting bit every cast, back to back to back fish, get bit and miss one then immediately get bit again… And most were pretty good size fish for the creek too. I don’t know if they were just stacked up in the pool I found or if it was the change in weather, or maybe both? It was pretty hard pulling myself off the water.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/10/07 09:59:02
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I have had that happen before a few times. See the storm getting closer and the fish go nuts. Makes it impossible for us addicts to do the right thing and go to safety. Come to think of it, I usually overextend for storms, even if they aren’t biting. Just assuming that bite will happen and don’t want to miss it…
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/10/07 13:49:15
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Yea I’ve experienced that hot bite on stormy days before as well. I’m pretty glad I bailed yesterday when I did tho.
On the drive up jug handle road out of the creek valley, it was dead calm and the sky was just flickering constantly like a dying fluorescent light bulb. I don’t think I’ve ever seen lightning like that before.
When I got to the top of the hill and picked up a data signal my phone immediately blew up with a tornado warning, then the wind picks up all of a sudden and trees are bent over and I’m driving through debris flying everywhere.
By the time I got to rt 36 I was out of the storm but I could see a huge dark black wall of a cloud behind me.
It was wild. I’ve been caught outside in thunderstorms before, but nothing like this.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/10/20 22:39:48
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Launched the boat at Brady’s Bend. First time on this stretch of river. I know lock 9 is a couple miles downriver so I wanted to see how far I could motor upstream with a prop.
I went out yesterday and struck out. Got one dink. Decided to go for round 2 today.
First 4 hours on the water I got one 18” bass. Decent fish. Nothing to brag about tho. I was definitely struggling. I spend a lot of time on the river on a kayak but fishing it by boat is different, and the floating eel grass is really really bad right now.
Around 4pm I guess I found a school because for the next 2 1/2 hrs it was non stop action. Boated around 15 or so, all between 16” - 18.5”.
I went through a whole pack of flukes so I switched to senkos and they just kept hitting them too. I think they would have hit anything I threw in the water they were so aggressive.
I actually lost count of how many 18s I landed, at one point I think I caught 6 in a row. They were still splashing and chasing bait on the surface when I had to head back to the launch because it was getting dark.
I’ve never had a group of big fish keep coming and coming like that. I stayed anchored up in like 2 ft of water a couple feet from shore the whole time and barely moved the boat.
I’ve always struggled to catch fish in October when they transition out of those summer patterns. Now I understand what people mean when talk about that “fall bite”.
This was probably my last trip out until the spring. Helluva way to end the season.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/11/19 23:25:31
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Fished Arthur for 2.5 hours during the on and off showers today. The Perch bite was still okay and kept 27 with less than 10 throwbacks. Only a handful of Gills, one Bass and a Crappie in the mix. Last week kept a bucket of Perch, a few Crappie and Gills. Most all fish came from casting a weighted float, jig & Shiner casted as far as I could while wading. Every single Perch (50) kept from today and the outing last week were full of eggs, not one male in the bunch. Would be nice to get out a few more times before Christmas. crappy
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2024/11/19 23:56:27
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They put up a nice fight using a featherweight spinning rod. That lake puts out very healthy fish year after year. Probably more so with less and less good ice each year?
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/11/20 06:19:43
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Good work Chris. I was out over the weekend. Fishing the main lake basin. Three wipers, two at 26” and one at 23”. A buddy of mine got an 18” eye. Still trying to figure the eyes out. I think I am getting close, but who knows. Slab crappies were out. A few up to 14”, none smaller than 11”. Wish that was typical. Most times weeding through 8” to eventually get an 11”. A mess of perch would be nice, but trying to work on my deeper structure game.
The local fake news is predicting a warmer than average winter, so assuming the ice season will be pretty crappy again. The amount of gizzard shad near the dam is unreal. Need a good hard freeze to thin out that herd.
Same fake news is saying 40mph winds. Sounds like a good boating day…
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2024/11/20 10:37:53
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Tim, Glad you had a good day fishing with your buddy. In the 80's -- 90's fished the lake mainly from boat. About 3/4 across the lake from the marina was about my 3rd or 4th best spot for Eyes and Byrds. You ever try worm harnesses with very tiny blades and beads? Found a couple shoe boxes full of both yesterday looking for wool socks. Did well on certain cranks as well. Creek Chubs were hard to beat at times. Jim's had a photo (mid 80's) in his bait shop he took of me (limit of Eyes 27.5 -- 31") when I stopped in to get some in-line buzz baits for super thick Lilly Pads, couldn't find anywhere else. Great for those extremely hot days after LM. Lots of work though. Was thinking it would be nice if Timmy would take me out on one of his boats. He knows the lake 10 times better than I. Like wading better and need the exercise even more these days. He is so busy with his tackle business, already over a 1/2 million in sales working it alone for the year. He did buy a boat rental storage place this summer so just maybe he will remove some boats and box trailers from my yards. Saw some pure black catapultiers this week so who knows?
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2024/11/20 11:04:04
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If you had a boat yesterday it would have been easy Pickens for Byrds. The Birds were hovering over them the whole time I was there. Seem to be in that area every fall.
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/11/20 13:19:08
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I have been mostly jigging for the eyes now. Doing some internet article and video techniques. I did get some pulling harnesses in the spring. Right now, I’m focusing more on some deeper water. Setting trolling stuff that deep always ends up hanging up when I hit a hump, stump or whatever. I might give it a try next time out. I’ve got to get a bit more used to some of the spots that I have been fishing now. My GPS graph is somewhat accurate. I think that I am staying on a certain depth, then something comes out of nowhere and all of a sudden 10’ difference and GPS is saying it should still be deeper. Once I fish it a few times I can adjust. Fishing a lot of new spots that I have driven over many times but never really thought to fish. Who knows though. Seems like many of these videos and articles are slamming for lakes in MN and WI, but useless here. But I am marking fish, getting bites and landed one doing it. While we spent a good bit of time wiper and crappie fishing other spots. Just need more time fishing and less time working!!
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Re: anyone fishing
2024/11/25 09:46:17
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Last minute trip to the lake yesterday. Thought that I had a good plan in place. Some spots marked out that seemed to match “late fall walleye”. They didn’t. Spent 2-3 hours in what was supposed to be 7mph winds with gusts to 15…. I moved around a bit. Tried switching to crappie. ONE crappie, so small that I couldn’t tell it was on. One catfish too. Skim ice on my local pond. Not sure how much longer until skim ice on bigger water. This weekend highs in upper 20s. I hope not my last trip of the year.
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2024/11/26 00:57:04
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Monday was good. Nice night for catching crawlers, 51* and rain at 12:57 am Tuesday up here in Brady Twp. now. Just don't feel like getting wet at the moment. Yeah, nice cold stretch on the way.
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