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MFF US Northeast => Pennsylvania => Topic started by: Skipper4080 on Jan 29, 2010, 12:21 PM
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Wonder how the water is coming down, John T should be along soon,he have some info hopefully
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Your Good ;D lol. I havent been up since wed
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Ice Shanty is back on
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:unsure: Just the home page keeps coming up. Ya try clicking on a thread????
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I"m getting itchy to get my new boat out, or it better make good ice again real soon. I need to fish!!..lol ;D
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Won't be long now. I can't wait to fish the roadbed!
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4 more feet then the draw down is done.
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Do the crappie bite as soon as the ice is gone? ::)
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Do the crappie bite as soon as the ice is gone? ::)
depends on the temps, I'l let you know when they start.
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Is anyone fishing from the roadbed or from shore in the beach area yet ???
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a buddy of mine was there today, he had 1 bite all day we need the air temps to be in the 40 & 50 or some rain to warm the water up.
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What's up with the new building/lodge on the hill.I could see it from the lake last fall but haven't been up since.I haven't seen anything in the news or anywhere else about it.
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It will be done early this summer
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depends on the temps, I'l let you know when they start.
Looks like this week is high 40s and low 50s and some warm rain. It might be on by the end of the week or weekend. We'll see how open it is by then. Cross your fingers it's comin soon!.. ;D
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This warmth and rain coming is gonna warm the lake up :clapping: I can't sleep now! ;D
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me and pa. bob took a ride over to lake today after fishing spring creek. wow i never seen the lake after draw down , it was tcool to see the rock piles & road bed . some guys were fishing off of road bed.
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That will be a hot spot in a week or two :clapping:
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Is Hunters Run alright to take a kayak or canoe or is the boat traffic pretty rough?
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i kayak in there myself. its a great way to catch crappies along the shore line.
the cut area is a no wake zone for boats.
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i kayak in there myself. its a great way to catch crappies along the shore line.
the cut area is a no wake zone for boats.
Thanks. I might head up there when the bite picks up. Perhaps this Sunday if the lake doesnt rise too much.
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john t, is she open to the winter launch yet. Roy (rtibbs48)
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will be by the week end ;D
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Just read on another forum that they are catching some crappies at the road bed.
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Whats going on out sayers... i imagine this rain will make things a bit murky. What are the best tactics for early spring panfish for my son and i to try out.
JOHN
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Whats going on out sayers... i imagine this rain will make things a bit murky. What are the best tactics for early spring panfish for my son and i to try out.
JOHN
all ya need to do is fish as you would any other time minnows down 2 to 3 ft we caught a ton of fish on the road bed two days ago just hammered them i got tired of cranking them in had to rest my arms hey john t where ya been
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all ya need to do is fish as you would any other time minnows down 2 to 3 ft we caught a ton of fish on the road bed two days ago just hammered them i got tired of cranking them in had to rest my arms hey john t where ya been
Working, things are picking up at the store. ;D
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Working, things are picking up at the store. ;D
well they were hitting good but with the water from the melt off an the rain i think it might put the whammy on the fishing. ill be back to work in another week so wont be able to give any reports.some nut was out on the ice on main lake all alone the next day where he was the ice was gone he really lucked out guess some guys just don't want to put the winter gear away.
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The water is up over 10 feet right now and climbing slowly from the winter drawdown. They won't make a gate change at least until next week to let any water out. Normal is 610 and right now is 620+, I'm not sure how much if any of the road bed is still visable
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Where is this "road bed" you folks are talking about? Is it the one at the mouth of Hunter Run cut?
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That's only a part of it. It runs the length of the lake basically. It was old route 220 a long time ago. You access it from the beach area also when the water is drawn down. Up above the causeway a ways there are parts of it that form an island basically.
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Where is this "road bed" you folks are talking about? Is it the one at the mouth of Hunter Run cut?
its under water now the lake is around winter level but on the rise think this will put the kibosh to the good fishing. we had a good week of the draw down fishing an had a blast i think there may a chance the water will go back down i hope
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Hi everybody; I had the best time yesterday below the dam.[after I got wrote up for parking the wrong place] HA! Ha!. I brought 41 fish home nothing under 8" I caught 2 Perch over 12" A gill that was 8and 3/4". It was just a wonderful day. Thank you digger for your help. nice talking to you and thinice that was the most awsome picture you showed me. Well Just lettin you know it was great.
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Hi everybody; I had the best time yesterday below the dam.[after I got wrote up for parking the wrong place] HA! Ha!. I brought 41 fish home nothing under 8" I caught 2 Perch over 12" A gill that was 8and 3/4". It was just a wonderful day. Thank you digger for your help. nice talking to you and thinice that was the most awsome picture you showed me. Well Just lettin you know it was great.
YA GREAT DAY nice to meet you to bobbly. we also had a great day we had 23 perch but all 11 to 14 we caught a pile of fish. i cant believe you didn't see the no parking sign guess you know now lol hope the penalty's not too big. WHEN YA COMING OVER AGIN? let me know i know couple more hot spots well i should been fishing it every day its nice just to walk over an fish. we caught a pile today as well we released all fish today it was a wake up letting those jumbo perch know there is hooks there now. we fished the point an yanked fish all day long
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The point :o thats my honey hole. ;D
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OK little help fellas.. going to take my son up to the lake tomorrow hopefully not only to fish but to catch. Any tips on where or how would be great. We dont keep our fish it is stricktly the fun of getting out and catching. We can do the minnow thing or throw small jigs.. just some pointers on where would help. Is the causeway at howard a good starting point.. or the beach area... dont know much about the spill way. Again thanks for your help.
John
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The causeway may be ok at this point with the water up some yet.I'm sure the fish are scattered some. You may be better of to go to the cut at the roadbed there. The beach area probably still has to much water to get to the roadbed there. Beware of the mud a this point in most areas with the water going back down. I'm not sure how old your son is, but that mud can eat a persons shoe/boot at times, may wanna bring a spare...lol :laugh:
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Its a long walk but below the dam would be great for a boy to catch a lot of fish go back on the back side of the spillway and fish the back water where its no currant
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hi thinice. I was really glad to me you also. I want to try to come over maybe Mon or Tues. I'm open for new holes. let me know when you can go again
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hi thinice. I was really glad to me you also. I want to try to come over maybe Mon or Tues. I'm open for new holes. let me know when you can go again
I can sneek out on tues. ;D
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hi thinice. I was really glad to me you also. I want to try to come over maybe Mon or Tues. I'm open for new holes. let me know when you can go again
Tuesday would be better rain in forecast for Monday. the weekend is crazy ya need reservations for the good spots i was fly fishing yesterday almost caught a straw hat guess people think there is no hooks on the end of that fly line LOL. let me know what time you want to meet just don't park at the sewage plant LOL. you going john t ?
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Tuesday would be better rain in forecast for Monday. the weekend is crazy ya need reservations for the good spots i was fly fishing yesterday almost caught a straw hat guess people think there is no hooks on the end of that fly line LOL. let me know what time you want to meet just don't park at the sewage plant LOL. you going john t ?
Tuesdays fine you guys name the time. Hope you come too John
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Tuesdays fine you guys name the time. Hope you come too John
you name the time dont want you to wake up too early LOL. It dont matter to me if you want ill go up early an get a good spot an ill try to hold them back with the fly rod LOL. YOU IN JOHN T?
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I'll try for6:30 7:00 Which side. Hay thanks for reminding where to Park ;D
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I'll try for6:30 7:00 Which side. Hay thanks for reminding where to Park ;D
we will shoot for the point first if its not hot enough for us we will go to no mans land ill meet ya at the PARKING LOT you know where it is now LOL. Just maybe we will get into some jumbo perch i know there in there just need them to bite.
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OK little help fellas.. going to take my son up to the lake tomorrow hopefully not only to fish but to catch. Any tips on where or how would be great. We dont keep our fish it is stricktly the fun of getting out and catching. We can do the minnow thing or throw small jigs.. just some pointers on where would help. Is the causeway at howard a good starting point.. or the beach area... dont know much about the spill way. Again thanks for your help.
John
the cuuseway is a good place to start but the bank is pretty steep and a lot of loose rocks.
the spillway is easy to find is instead of turning into the park main entrance keep going about a mile take the first right on to marsh creek rd. go to the stop sign and take a right go 3/4 mile to the hair pin turn park in the parking lot where the cars are.
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OK little help fellas.. going to take my son up to the lake tomorrow hopefully not only to fish but to catch. Any tips on where or how would be great. We dont keep our fish it is stricktly the fun of getting out and catching. We can do the minnow thing or throw small jigs.. just some pointers on where would help. Is the causeway at howard a good starting point.. or the beach area... dont know much about the spill way. Again thanks for your help.
John
hi john we fished the pier at lower greens run the kids done pretty good my son broke his ankle but was detrimed to fish guess its in his blood its easy to get to an nice for the kids. Jake
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Thanks everyone for the suggestions and help. We will be giving it a try as soon as my work gives me the window to try and have fun with the kid not only fishing but hopefuly doing some catching. Good luck everyone.
J
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Digger Don for john t. Just to let everyone know we are down to the lake level of 620.25 and that is far down as we will be going. Also it is uncertain at this time how long we will let it that way! I would like to request a favor for everyone who ventures below the lake to fish the outlet & the gut First off when you park please park at the top of the road in the designated area and not down the road towards the Sewage Treatment plant. Also folks I have noticed and picked up several bags of TRASH & GARBAGE already! The parking lot and outlet and gut are not LANDFILLS we do not have time to follow behind everyone! Everyone is welcome to enjoy the fishing but please keep those areas cleaned up! THE FISHING HAS BEEN EXCELENT - Good place to bring the kids. THANKS GUY & LADIES and I'll be seeing and talking to everyone! Yours in fishing DON!
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Digger Don for john t. Just to let everyone know we are down to the lake level of 620.25 and that is far down as we will be going. Also it is uncertain at this time how long we will let it that way! I would like to request a favor for everyone who ventures below the lake to fish the outlet & the gut First off when you park please park at the top of the road in the designated area and not down the road towards the Sewage Treatment plant. Also folks I have noticed and picked up several bags of TRASH & GARBAGE already! The parking lot and outlet and gut are not LANDFILLS we do not have time to follow behind everyone! Everyone is welcome to enjoy the fishing but please keep those areas cleaned up! THE FISHING HAS BEEN EXCELENT - Good place to bring the kids. THANKS GUY & LADIES and I'll be seeing and talking to everyone! Yours in fishing DON!
got to agree with ya digger this is jake im always picking up trash. the fishing line was allover to it makes a snare for the birds im shore no one wants to be caught in a snare so pick up the line to people im sick of seeing it an picking it up thanks for your help in trying to keep this great fishery clean an good fishing to all
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Any one fishing the road bed/ beach area? Is the road bed exposed yet? If not, how is the fishing below the dam. Supposed to be really nice next week. Might take a trip down?
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Fished on wed. Mar. 31st and did awesome below the dam...just ripped into crappies....just me and my buddy probly caught over 120 or so in less than 2 hours
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Went out on Sayers yesterday and it was the usual, bites about every cast. Most fish were 8-9" but caught quite a few over 9" as well, but nothing over 10.
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Yeah same here, mostly under 9 inches managed a few keepers also!
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In the lake or the spillway.
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I was on the lake.
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Are you guys catching the crappies mainly in the morning or at night? i am thinking of heading out there to catch a few one of these days
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Early morning mostly
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Digger Don or anyone else with some information....I see the lake level has been slowly going up for the last three days. Has the summer fill started or will the lake be lowered again ? There was a rumor of another draw down for more habitat improvement.
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I think they said they are starting the summer fill this week..slowly
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Fished on wed. Mar. 31st and did awesome below the dam...just ripped into crappies....just me and my buddy probly caught over 120 or so in less than 2 hours
What is the best way to access the dam area?
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How is the fishing. Coming down Fri. night the 23 and fishing till dark and staying over and fishing all day Sat. weather permitting. Are all launches open /useable?
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crappie_rod, the fishing has been pretty good for the most part. No big crappie lately but lots of them. If your coming down in 2 weeks the water level should be almost to summer pool level and be able to access most ramps...hopefully anyway. Water should be about 60 degrees by then also if the weather holds out
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PM sent Crappie Rod.
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Digger Don or anyone else with some information....I see the lake level has been slowly going up for the last three days. Has the summer fill started or will the lake be lowered again ? There was a rumor of another draw down for more habitat improvement.
Digger Don for John t. - We started to fill the lake back to the summer level last week and at this time we are at 622.60 as summer lever is 630.00. Once again please keep all fishing areas clean and free from trash. Also we fixed up the walkway down to the outlet below the dam. Filled in the ditch by the Sewage Treatment plant to help handicaped people make it down to fish. Good fishing - Don!
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Still have to launch from the winter launch or are the others OK?
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I was there Fri. night and yesterday and we launched from the winter launch. There were a bunch of cars and trucks at the lower greens lot. Couldn't tell if there were any trailers on them. Didn't look at the Howard launch. We hammerde the crappies Fri. night and fished till almost dark. Got out Sat. about 9 and fished till 5 pm. Only fished 3 spots. They didn't bite too good on first spot. Went to next spot and hammered them for 2 or 3 hours. The wind picked up pretty good so we moved up to the causeway to get out of the wind cause our anchors wouldn't hold. That move didn't work. Fished there for an hour or so. Wind died down some so we moved to the second spot and they were hiting like crazy again. Fished that spot till 5. Great day no rain to speak of. Rained on the way home on 80.
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Any size to any of them? Was hoping the average size is over 9" this year.
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The group which post on here, they know who they are, we caught several crappies this winter well over 9" some days we came close to catching a limit, but you went through a lot a fish to get there.
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Only had 7 keepers in 9 1/2 hours of fishing. They were 9 1/2 to 11 in. The average is the usual 8 1/2 to 8 3/4 with some just a hair over 9. It was just great to caught a bunch of fish no matter the size with my dad and brother.
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Is there the same 9 inch regulation for crappies down in the spillway? or is that only for the lake
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I am pretty sure it is just in the lake.
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It's in the lake only for the 9 inch limit.
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Any recent crappie reports available??
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A buddy and I went up Friday night to the spillway around dark and fished til 1:30a.m. We each caught a limit of crappie 8-10 inchers. We caught close to 200 though and half were under 8inches as usual. But hey, the one we kept taste as good as the bigger 11-12 inch ones, just takes more fillets to fill me up. Caught a couple catfish also, but no bonus walleye.
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I spent several hours yesterday on the lake trying to get my girls to catch some fish and we didn't get a thing. I don't have much experience on this lake and was hoping that someone would be able to help us out. Are there any certain spots we should try? What time of day is best for crappie and what bait? The good spots that I have been told about are the bridge pillars and the old rt 220 road bed.
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You can find Crappie almost anywhere in the lake. I haven't been there on the lake in a few weeks now, but I would assume the water temp is around 58-62 anyway or close. So, I would say as long as the weather is stable I'd fish toward shore. If you have a boat and fish finder they are easy to find. Fathead minnows and jigs are the main bait for crappie. Keep in mind that crappies feed up..so keep the bait just above them. When the bite is on somedays it doesn't hardly matter what color of jig you use..other days they can be snoopy..just like almost all fish...good luck
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Thank you. Is there a certain time of day that is better than others? We were there during the afternoon and the most we got was a good tan.
Is it generally better to anchor somewhere or just troll the shore line and jig for them? I know during the day it is pretty windy on the lake and is really hard to stay anchored anywhere.
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Generally morning and evening are good bets for a decent bite, but it can turn on at any time of day, and shut off too ::) you can even get a good night bite this time of year also and throughout summer. I usually don't anchor I use the wind and drift with it from school to school until I find some keepers anyway. Fish minnows and worms during the day on or near the bottom for perch also and maybe get the kids catching them also, they don't move around at night much they have poor night vision so they lay on bottom with their fins touching, but crappies have very good night vision. Good Luck!
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Has anybody been having any recent luck at Sayers for anything? I haven't had a chance to go back yet but would like to try drifting for some catfish to and see if I can find anything there.
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Made it to the lake today for about 2 hours to take the kids tubing for a little. We didn't get any fishing in today. We did count at least 20 dead smaller crappie's floating in the lake. I'm not too sure what is killing them but it was a bit disturbing. I would assume it is probably people hooking them and cutting the hook as opposed to something environmental, but I really don't know.
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My wife and I went up Sunday evening the 30th. and fished til about 11pm. We caught a million 8 1/2 inchers and only a few keepers but threw them back. She caught a real nice smallmouth close to 4 lbs anyway.
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I hit the water about 5am saturday, it was nice and calm, no one out yet. Only caught about 10 or so bass, mix of small and large mouth. I did manage to get 3 keepers between 16 and 20 though. I had to call it a day around 9 am but all in all not too bad for a season opener.
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Was out today from 5:15 am. to 12:30pm, between 2 of us we only managed to get 5 bass; 3 large, 1 small, 1 rock all between 6 and 12 ''. Horribly slow day, we didn't see anyone catch a thing, the guy i was with was out yesterday for a few hours and only got a blue gill. So for 10 hours of fishing for him he managed to get 1 blue gill.Even the carp weren't jumping around like they always do. I think we might be heading to lake hammond or rose valley if anyone has any reports for those.
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how has the crappie bite been lately. haven't been out since the last ice trip in march when the roadbed started up through the ice. would like to get out next sat or sun
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Hi Builder, how are you? I haven't been out in the boat yet this year there. It's been absolutely terrible for fishing weather this month! We've had well over 8 inches of rain so far and it's coming down again right now! We've been to the spillway a couple times and at the cut, but the bite was slow. Water is at summer pool level now and probably gonna go up after this storm. The way it seems they may as well just let it there now since May is almost here. I'm taking the boat to Raystown for Striper this weekend nut it's suppose to be nice finally so hopefully someone can report on the crappie bite here.
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i'm heading out saturday for the day. i'm gonna get some fatheads and anchor at the beach where i fished all winter and jig with my ice rods and vex and see what happens. i'll post results builder
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I think I know that spot! ;D The water is up 6 more feet and still climbing the way it looks.
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maybe i won't make it out afterall.
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Over 8 ft up above summer pool level and gonna hit 9 the way it looks, or close to it. I'm goin for stripers ;D
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gonna make it out this week for sure. any reports on the crappie fishing?
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yea. there catching lots,,,,,, come on up.
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Talk to one of Rich's girls on the phone and she said that they are biting good. I am coming down tomm. no boat. Weather doesn't look too good for boating. Probably be around the causeway?
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Fished the causeway today from 9 till 2. Not much going on on the west side. It is like walking on a brush pile from all the junk pushed there from the heavy rain. Went to the east side and hammered the crappies. Rained on and off whole time was there. Not one legal fish as usual. Fun any way.
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Crappies are on full swing right now
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Headin out today....
Any bass action yet??
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Water is up about 7 feet above normal right now. Good luck
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You weren't lyin bout that!!! trolled with minnows while throwing a senko worm into the newly submerged cover, caught a bunch of non legal crappie and bluegill.. No bass, but I almost flipped when, after attempting to entice a bass the entire afternoon, a boat pulled about 50 feet away, and after just a few casts, they were hootin and hollerin when a kid pulled up a nice two pounder.
Going to try it again today..
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Crappies still biting and how's the water level?
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last time i was there was last weekend and water was really high and fishing stinked only caught 7 or so crappies as compared to close to a hundred the week before.. drove by tuesday water still looked about the same its probably down alittle but im sure not to summer level just yet
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was there today and to my amazement sayers is at summer pool and fishing was ok caught bunch of crappie only 1 keeper though
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I'd suggest you try the main lake rather than hunter's run, if possible. I've been fishing near the bridge and bald eagle boat launch, and had alot of luck, my best catches so far have included an 11 inch crappie and 17 inch bass.. Tried hunter's run the other day, only caught one smallmouth and one rock bass in 3 hours.
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any body know what the water temp is?
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Caught this gill alittle upstream from Sayers on bald eagle creek my biggest gill from sayers/bald eagle creek like 9 1/8 (http://i837.photobucket.com/albums/zz297/Markkovalev16/IMG_5810.jpg)
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Crappies still biting?
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yeaa, bass and cats are starting to appear too..
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i was at the lake yesterday whats up with all the dead crappies everywhere?
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We also fished Sayers for 5 hours yesterday evening. The die off happens every year about this time. Some say it's due to the rising water temp. I suppose some are due to being hooked deep and released. We caught tons of Crappies but not any that were legal...8 1/2....8 3/4....8 7/8. It's a good time to get the kids fishing !!! During one stretch I caught Crappies on 5 consecutive casts. The water was clear and 82 degrees on the mountain side...85-86 and stained on the marina side. The males were "blacker than black"...I don't think I've ever seen them this dark.
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It could be from all the high water from flooding this year...maybe they drowned ::) ::) ;D
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HA!Yep,good one Wild.The PFBC site says some tagged fish were caught at the lake.Have you heard anything on that?
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fished the east roadbed yesterday, after a brief rain delay.. fishing was decent, caught two nice size bullhead cats right off the bat, then one smallmouth. For the next few hours, caught a bunch of dink crappie, and later on, hooked into a HUGE largemouth which jumped out of the water several times, and threw the hook on the last time. I thought I was gonna have a heart attack lol.. but still a decent day..
btw, I remember seeing a map last year, that showed the lake, and all the various artificial fish structures around, it was free, and I can't seem to find it now. Anyone have it, or know where I can find one??
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Icemanclem and I went this morning for crappie and we did OK, with lots of shorts as usual.. we brought 10 keepers home.. still quite a few die offs floating around though.
Fishingood, you can go to the PFBC website and print a map there..that's the only free one I know of.
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Fished here 2 saturdays ago. caught a bunch of crappie on plastics under a float. most of them in the 7-8 inch range.
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Iceman clem and i fished here today bite is very slow the road bed at the hunter run is all fishable and the road bed at the beach area will be early next week, the draw down only last a few weeks do the the lack of snow. once the fishing structure is done then they will fill it back up. water level is at 618.00
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if the bite was any slower we would have got skunked lol ;D ;D ;D
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when the lake is drawn down can you still use the winter lauch to get a boat in or is it too low.i never seen that launch during the draw down.
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Builder,
This is the only launch you can use when the lake is drawn down. It is not too bad of a launch, the only bad part is how muddy the boat gets from people's feet d/t no dock, but gives you access to the lake.
Nez
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leave your boat at home you can walk all the way out the road bed at the beach area and still catch lots of fish ;D
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i like to anchor and use my jigging rods and vex.i usually do pretty good. i wasn't out since late fall in the boat and i never got on any ice in pa this winter. i went up new york for a long weekend in january. i've been down by atlantic city remodeling a beach home for weeks now and i don't get home for 2 day weekends so its really getting old.
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leave your boat at home you can walk all the way out the road bed at the beach area and still catch lots of fish ;D
[Fished off the end of the road bed this morning, water still very dirty. Started using two rods, went through three dozen fatheads, on the bottom and under a float in a couple of hours. No legal crappies, although I lost a good one at the bank, still had Wilds ice jig from last years ice still in his lip. The best catch was finding two anchors that were broke off at the road bed./quote]
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Hey they're good Jigs littleperch..you might wanna hold onto that incase we get ice this coming winter! ;)
And welcome to MFF you'll have fun here too! ;D
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I take it you know him ??
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We met at the tourney on Walker last winter, I was partnered with ISH. We'll meet again on the roadbed, I'll be the one with my right arm that is 6 inches longer than my left from carrying the two anchors back to my car.
May be there on Monday in my boat.
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Hahaha, we'll meet up soon probably..
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DUH,,,,,,,,,,,,, i remember my bad
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launch all mud need rain or lots of boats to clean 4wd needed
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launch all mud need rain or lots of boats to clean 4wd needed
Have the 4wd, think I'll put off the boat trip till mud is off the ramp, thanks for info.
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Public meeting by fish comm. on Sayershttp://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/575214/Outdoor-Briefs.html?nav=5013 (http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/575214/Outdoor-Briefs.html?nav=5013)