Exactly BTDT , if the Fish Commission continued to live up to their past commitments and stock local waters, my grandchildren would enjoy that river for many years like I did. Remember Pymatuning has been good for decades because of PROPER STOCKING ! No other reason...no catch and release , no lower limits , no slot limits , no natural spawning , just good old replenish fish year after year with a proper restocking program . Also known as the put and take program.   

crappiefisher
   You never were publicly intoxicated,went over the speed limit, got into a fight so on & so on??  Oh well if it makes someone this upset just got to live with it for now I guess? and go through the legal process  gotta go headin' to Pmy for 3 too 4 days  crappy 

Crappiefisher, you Sir, know me all too well. Correct you are...... No.... No...... and No. 3 million miles driving truck for a living and driving since "67", never stopped for any motor vehicle infraction. I do not consume alcohol outside my home. Never let my mouth overload what my asz can't handle so, never been in what I ever called a fight.

But thanks for asking.


Good luck at Pymie, catch a bunch.

Capt. there is in fact, a difference with the walleye fishery at Pymie but, that depends on who you ask.
 
Me, I put my money on the info provided by the locals who tell me the walleye are just beginning to make a come back. Yeah just starting to make a come back but, nowhere near what it was just 8 years ago when the biologist started screwing with, stocking fry vs fingerling etc.

Articles of that fiasco where printed in the "PA. Outdoors" along with letters to the editor from area fisherman who know, what PAST walleye fishing was, at Pymie.

Personally, I think we will see a change for the better now that our area lakes and rivers will be allowed to revert to the good ole days.

Thankfully to SOS.

One thing that hurts the walleye population in pym are the Amish that catch their limit, go to shore to pass the fish to the women who take them through the woods and clean and freeze them while the men go out for another batch. I've watched them in action. Then they put on a benefit fish dinner at kinsman fire hall. Isn't that commercial fishing for profit?  They need to follow the same rules we do.  I've reported them and they tell me they don't have enough officers but let one of us keep a walleye a half inch short and it will cost a pretty penny. 

I've also witnessed the boys in blue do their thing. Watched 4 in a boat last year
put every fish they caught in the cooler shorty eyes included. Like Walleye Bill said
let me have a sub legal in my box and the fish cops would get me good. I don't
know what effect it has on the fishery but everyone needs to play by the rules.
Also some of the boys in blue have some nice motor boats...what ever happened to
their row boats...lol
Tim

Put this number in your cell phones ant turn them in.  814-273-7001. He told me he would come and take care of the situation. He's with the PFBC.