Spring is here, Panfish here I come! Watch out Pennsylvania!

[Rockjumper]

Anyone here goes crazy over BIG

[Rockjumper]

Anyone here goes crazy over big crappie,bluegill, and perch in the spring? I used to trout fish till I got into the crappie one spring and I usually get "Crappie Fever" about the 1st of April. I am hoping to get out here soon.:) :) :)

[cjb10876]

I went out to a small local pond on Thursday night and got a couple small bass and lost a crappie fishing wiht a little beetle spin. That pond is pretty shallow and it was real warm Thursday so the fish were pretty active. I went out Saturday to a deeper pond i never fished before and I could see fish on the surface, but nobody was bitting and not realy active. All I got was a few half interested follows.

[RIP]

I'm gettin ready for the bluegill to start beddin up, fly rod time.

[copycat]

The bluegill and sunnys near me are pretty smart. Catch a few on crickets and they wise up and stop bitting so hard. Any suggestions on "dumbing down" these fish, need bait

[RIP]

The bluegill and sunnys near me are pretty smart. Catch a few on crickets and they wise up and stop bitting so hard. Any suggestions on "dumbing down" these fish, need bait
Breamkiller on a flyrod!

[Pennsylvaniacatchaser]

Rockjumper - I used to make a trip up to Pymatuning in May for Crappies, best Crappie fishing I have ever encountered. I don't have my boat with the 9.9 anymore and my pontoon has a 40 so I havn't been up there in a couple years. Crooked Creek Lake also has a good Crappie bite in the spring. I like catching Bluegill on my flyrod and then they go Flathead fishing with me!

[jigerjim]

I did some Crappie fishin today, from time to time it snowed, it blowed, but the Crappie still ate my jig. I still had some Maggot's left over from ice fishin, with out them I would of been Skunked. I must of gotten at least 25+ but just a little on the small side for me, mostly in the 8 to 9" bracket, I'd rather see them 9 to 10". I also got some nice Gill's about the size of you hand. I releast everything, maybe the bigger one's will be in tomorrow.

[Rockjumper]

Rockjumper - I used to make a trip up to Pymatuning in May for Crappies, best Crappie fishing I have ever encountered. I don't have my boat with the 9.9 anymore and my pontoon has a 40 so I havn't been up there in a couple years. Crooked Creek Lake also has a good Crappie bite in the spring. I like catching Bluegill on my flyrod and then they go Flathead fishing with me!

I love pymatuning also. They maybe changing the horsepower there.I have a couple of nice spots at Moraine that I do pretty good at. I just wish these gas prices would come down, but I don't think they will. I will probally be staying close to home because of gas prices and doing all of my fishing at Kahle lake and the mighty allegheny this year.

[Bucktail033]

Lower allegheny river this past week if you want to talk about slabs. I caught about 10 crappie floating a minnow at lock and dam #2 in Sharpsburg. They were all between 12-16 inches, i was amazed myself but nonetheless these fish are fun to catch. Good luck and Good Fishing.

[bigpapa15206]

all i saw you catch were white bass, lol. just kidding i got a bunch of those slabs too.

[bigpapa15206]

heres one of those slabs