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

lower yough and Mon was dead last weekend for me small bass  that was it .

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.

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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.

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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...

Been crazy rain events muup north around Erie town. Rain Tuesday was constant and heavy at times all through the night and yesterday off & on all day then again last night and this morning it poured again. I'm hearing more on the way.

60s today, 70s Friday, back to 50s (rain forecast) Saturday and low 30s Sat. night.

However, the weather dude has been known to change his mind.... at the last minute.

Some folks getting their wish for lots of rain to raise the criks. ☔


🧟The pumpkins of Halloween....👻 are upon us.🎃

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.

We were there too today. Thats the Park tour boat. The park officers had the pontoon out also they were working on that pipe in front on the fishing platform.

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

They have their own dock right around that corner from the ramp. To the left if your looking at the lake.