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!

That wind was intense. I did probably my last float of the year on the Yough yesterday and between the wind and the floating leaves it was tough. I should have hit it Wednesday instead.

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.

I think I might have had that app on my old phone, but never got into the habit of using it.

I haven’t had to deal with the wind much this summer since I’ve mainly stuck to smaller rivers and creeks that are more shielded from the wind. yesterday was probably the first day I’ve experienced super windy conditions on the Yough.

I might try to hit arthur next week so I’ll have to get on that app, and make sure I use it more next summer.

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.

Trout stockings are scheduled in area lakes for the upcoming week. Water temps were good this week from what I heard. Busy time of year for outdoorsmen. Gotta love May & Oct. Good luck to all. Be SAFE.   sam

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.

That's a sign of a good economy. People that are working on Sundays. It's not so much an overtime issue with the borough, but an already busy contractor just wanting to get the work done.
 
When I was still working. I would always pay attention to how many vehicles were on the freeway very early Saturday mornings, when I was on my way to work. The more cars that you would see, the more people that were going to work overtime.

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. 

Testing.