@fishinguy
 
Great pictures and certainly looks like a wonderful day for making memories! 

Crappy, the crappy crappy we’re not hitting my plastics either!

Hey... all y'all know, 10 to 14000 years ago, (give or take annnd pending who yinz talk to) there use to be a glacier where Lake Erie is now? Considering Sandy, Conneaut, and Sugar Lakes are glacial it's fascinating sitting here near PI, imagining the entire area covered by ice.

🤔 I wonder too, what the ice fishing might a been like, back then.🤭

pensfan1
This cold front is gonna get that water temp dahn where we need it... jus say'IN.

I agree, perfect weather to go climb a tree and scout for hunting season. Pack up the kayak for the mountain bike. Go get those pumpkins carved and get ready for thanksgiving. Fishing is over for the year!!!

Speaking cooling water temps. The fall crappie bite from shore has begun to pick up in my neck of the woods. No big numbers yet, but getting a few nice size fish each outing the past 10 days. Most fish have been caught 4 - 8ft below a slip float while fishing deeper weed edges. Various colors of marabou jigs, Bobby Garlands and Gulp minnows have all caught fish, but there is no real pattern, changing baits or depth when the bite slows seems to help. Fished this evening until dark with similar results, the wind was brisk and chilly.
 
PT2   

This cold front that pushed through did not look like a fun time to fish.  That is definitely earning your catch for sure!  Hopefully some good days ahead.  To go hunting and biking, I mean...  Fishing is over until opening day of trout!

I always plan trips around the wind.  Windfinder app is rather reliable, at least 2-3 days out.  I reference it any time I am planning a trip.  Beyond 2-3 days it is mostly a guess, so hard to really plan too far ahead.  I mostly fish Arthur, so I use it to figure out what part of the lake that should have more favorable wind.  If it is saying gusts of over 15-20mph, I don't even mess with fishing, or will wade an area that I know is going to be shielded. 
 
It is great for fishing the beach where wind seems to really play into water clarity, waves and pushing baitfish.  Determine whether I should fish the front side, back side or inlet.

Any y'all with a sailboat and love for the 'big lake' be missing opportunity for 'free sailboat fuel' I'f yinz ain't on Erie today ....... ”yo ho blow the man down”.

Might be a bit tough controlling yer trolling speed though.⛵

My source says 22knts SSW with 2 footers and a water temp of 59'F. High of 62 today.

Good times and tight lines.

Did 6 1/2 hours on the river yesterday on pool 4. Another busted day. Bait shop says nobody's catchin' on the river, but doin' ok in the lakes? Go figure.
 
On another note, we arrived at the launch in Freeport to find the entire lot completely repaved, brand spankin' new blacktop with the equipment still sittin' there, and although the sign said closed until Monday, the 19th, (today), there was 3 or 4 other trucks with trailers parked in there.
But somebody is probably pizzed at me 'cause I didn't park the rig straight after launch. Who would have thought that while we were fishin', on a Sunday afternoon, mind you, that they would come in and paint all the lines for trailer parking and even painted out a couple of the spaces with the handicap emblem. Where I backed in, they ran a line right up to and nearly under the center of the Jeeps' front bumper, and the second line right up to the left trailer tire.
I don't think it would have been the Borough payin' employees overtime to paint out a PFBC parkin' lot, so it could've been the company under the employ of the paver.
At any rate, I'm just wonderin' how much license money went to repave about 3/4s of an acre. Really nice job, though.

EMitch
Did 6 1/2 hours on the river yesterday on pool 4. Another busted day. Bait shop says nobody's catchin' on the river, but doin' ok in the lakes? Go figure.

I fished pool 4 Saturday morning, I got skunked also. 

Reports from friends indicate that the bass are on their annual fall spree. My buds have been doing well using large minnows at the local lakes. Nothing big  ,but a lot of fun with the 12-16" fish. I would love to try Yellow Creek Lake for Bass & Pike.  btw they were having probs with the leaves.  sam

IBSP (NJ), 2 x 18” schoolie stripers on the back side, one on a surf candy teaser, the other on a Deizel Minnow. Nothing going on out front. Tried tossing tins, sand eel imitation, and sand fleas. Still nice to fish the surf. Most likely 2 weeks early. I hear the hogs are in NY and starting to show up in northern NJ.

Not sure if this heat wave will mess up fishing locally?  I always seem to have issues when there is a sudden drop off of temps, but not sure if 3 days of unseasonably warm, then drop will make a difference?  For those that can get out and enjoy, the next two days look great to just get outside, a few fish would be a bonus.
 
Halloween night, probably 35, rain and 20mph winds...

Hit Arthur today for the first time since, I dunno, sometime in May or June? Didn’t get anything since I have no idea what kind of pattern anything is on at this time of year, but damm was it super nice on the water for late October.

They were were also launching some ginormous houseboat thing at Mcdanels. Looked way too big for that lake (I’m sure it’s over the 20hp limit). Really weird scene.

Oh, it was one of those Nautical Nature boats. That makes sense. Must have been a huge pain in the @ss launching it there.