we have been catching a few pike this last week all from shore and at different spots around the lake. picking up quite a few walleye too. both seem to be in the same spawning spots

Maybe we can take some of the pike out of Conneaut Lake and put them in Wilhelm.  Conneaut is loaded with pike.

Wade, yes we did catch lots of pike then. I was probably fishing with your Uncle some of those times. If you are talking about Uncle Jim.

haha yup

Blue army lol lol jus sayin

ORIGINAL: wade alexander

bob u talking bout stoneboro lake? i dont think theres any big fish in that lake ;)  haha ...ive not dun well there myself but i know there big ones in there

 
Big fish in there, haha !

ORIGINAL: ICE NUT

It is true about Lake Wilhelm in the early 70's im showing my age!!!! 72 and 73 they stocked it with tons on hammerhandle northerns. My wife and i used to shore fish at the causeway(Bridge) and also at launch 2 in the weed beds.We wouls use shiners by the dozens and catch dozens of 20 to 23 inch pikle and an occasional 24 i/2. It was a blast. It was perhaps the best fishing around for sheer numbers of fish and believe me even a 23 incher when it busts out of the water on a bobber is just plain FUN!!! But as everything else it died down not sure from what perhaps those hammer handles were caught so many times??? or thet just stopped stocking.

Bill (ICENUT)

It was still like that till late 70-early 80's. We used to ice fish it a lot back then and it was like we were yelling "Flag" all the time.....

u dont think there are big musky,pike in stoneboro?

I am sure there are still some in there but I have been camping at Wilhelm since I was <1 yr old and fishing it with my pap, dad and uncle since I was 4 yrs old (now 36) and none in our family ever landed a pike (but never fished for them, either). I always heard the stories of what a great pike lake it used to be. You would think all those years pansfishing and trolling/tossing jigs for walleye I'd have caught one incidentally but I never did. My brother did land a nice 38" ski a few years back on a worm harness targeting walleye.

But you only go fishing two or three times a year! LOL