Fishing Report Week of August 13-19th
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:45 pm
Hello All,
Thought I would post the results of our Black Lake trip. As info, a friend, my son and I hit the lake starting last Saturday. Fishing was good. It is a lot better than I can do in Western Pennsylvania. We landed a 26 inch Walleye, a 34 inch Northern and a 20 inch Largemouth and 20 inch Smallmouth. We caught a lot of Northerns in the 18 to 26 inch range. For a while I thought we were fishing in Canada because of the numbers of Northern. We generally throw for anything that will hit but look mainly for Northerns and Bass. We caught a lot of good bass both Large and Smallies. We threw a ton of spinner baits and in-line spinners. One very interesting afternoon had us in the middle of a major school of long-nose gar. We caught five of them. They are actually a hoot to catch as all five took to the air. All five were around 36 inches long. Everything was released including the Walleye (along with a 20 inch Walleye). We saw two Bald Eagles, tons of Osprey and had a great time. We mainly fished the lower end of the lake. Black Lake is a very nice place to fish.
I will add one thing though, there was a gentleman with a kid that looked to be a teen-ager and you could see the gentleman was trying to teach the kid on where to throw and to 'read' the lake and structure. I thought that this was very nice to see. The issue I had is that we were fishing a small cove on the tip of a point and the gentleman and kid rounded the bend right in front of us. I know they could not have seen us as they were working up the shoreline. No problem, you come across a boat that is fishing a spot and you can simply go around that boat or go somewhere else. This gentleman proceeded to basically fish right next to us. I think the proper term is crowd or pinch us. We were going to mention something but we did not since there was a young person on that boat. I do wish the 'gentleman' would have used this a learning moment for the youth and taught him proper fishing manners. I know it is a small thing but I think when I can cast from my boat and put the lure in your boat, that you moved in a little to close. My two cents worth and my fishing report. I have been to Black Lake three years in a row (August, Sept and August) and I catch more fish and bigger fish than I would catch in Canada, namely the French River). You are truly blessed to have such furtile water.
wags
Thought I would post the results of our Black Lake trip. As info, a friend, my son and I hit the lake starting last Saturday. Fishing was good. It is a lot better than I can do in Western Pennsylvania. We landed a 26 inch Walleye, a 34 inch Northern and a 20 inch Largemouth and 20 inch Smallmouth. We caught a lot of Northerns in the 18 to 26 inch range. For a while I thought we were fishing in Canada because of the numbers of Northern. We generally throw for anything that will hit but look mainly for Northerns and Bass. We caught a lot of good bass both Large and Smallies. We threw a ton of spinner baits and in-line spinners. One very interesting afternoon had us in the middle of a major school of long-nose gar. We caught five of them. They are actually a hoot to catch as all five took to the air. All five were around 36 inches long. Everything was released including the Walleye (along with a 20 inch Walleye). We saw two Bald Eagles, tons of Osprey and had a great time. We mainly fished the lower end of the lake. Black Lake is a very nice place to fish.
I will add one thing though, there was a gentleman with a kid that looked to be a teen-ager and you could see the gentleman was trying to teach the kid on where to throw and to 'read' the lake and structure. I thought that this was very nice to see. The issue I had is that we were fishing a small cove on the tip of a point and the gentleman and kid rounded the bend right in front of us. I know they could not have seen us as they were working up the shoreline. No problem, you come across a boat that is fishing a spot and you can simply go around that boat or go somewhere else. This gentleman proceeded to basically fish right next to us. I think the proper term is crowd or pinch us. We were going to mention something but we did not since there was a young person on that boat. I do wish the 'gentleman' would have used this a learning moment for the youth and taught him proper fishing manners. I know it is a small thing but I think when I can cast from my boat and put the lure in your boat, that you moved in a little to close. My two cents worth and my fishing report. I have been to Black Lake three years in a row (August, Sept and August) and I catch more fish and bigger fish than I would catch in Canada, namely the French River). You are truly blessed to have such furtile water.
wags