Hey salmon rebel getting your boat ready for the big "o" yet?
If you've haven't done the early season browns you are in for a treat, used to troll Catfish Creek in April and once you found the pattern the clips on the tow lines popped constantly used to fill the box with browns avg. about 5 lbs. Know what you mean about spoon inventory, painted my own spoons for years and boy did they catch fish,actually produced better than store bought spoons.
there are big trout in PA also....... they are just not as frequent. Look at all the big waters that PA has that has trout in them. aql of them produce big trout just not as many. the PAC and raystown both have the same food forage as the Big O but do not have tha size of water. both of these lakes produce big trout each year, and the average trou that is caught is about the same in size as the big pond. WHEN you get a trophy IN PA water it really could be a fish of a life time considering the chances are slimmer.if you fish the streams then your out of lusk here in Pa for a trophy trout unless you want a fish that has no fins rubbed nose and ulcers on it. DAve
the lackawanna river,believe it or not has some sizeable trout too if you know where to find them,the early carp run is a blast also.
i can't wait for the fall backs this year last year was excellant