now their are more around my area i was wondering where you guys catch your baitfish? i usualy head to Oak hollow park for fast blue gill , indian lake, but it does not produce much.. i have family in MT Pleasant so il hit the Bridge port new damn, but its a 30 min drive from irwin ... you guys use the Mon or Yough for your baitfish and if so what areas?
Tookany Creek for my suckers Wissahickon Creek for my green sunfish and red-breast. The Canal for LM bass and carp. The Mighty Schuylkill for the palm sized gills and runt smallmouths.
I have a few small ponds in my area I get most of my Gills from although I do travel to Crooked Ck. Lake or Glade Run Lake sometime to catch bait! My favorite pond has been overharvested! :crazy: I have been restocking it with small Gills for future reference! :wink:
Getting bait is one of the keys to productive flathead fishing. You really have to put your dues in for bait. I spend hours before going after flatheads I hit local creeks ponds and even travel almost 20 miles away for the right bait on the youghiogheny river.Some ponds can get fished out quick if a few people are slamming gills they can get wiped out. I usally fish about 6 different ones and get som crappies too. If you are close to Mt pleasant i think there are some creeks up that way that would hold suckers and chubs. I also get bait out of some real small creeks that in two steps you could walk acroos but dont be fooled they hold good bait.
I have a small pond just off campus that holds alot of bluegill. That is the main sorce of my bait...TATER POND!!!
Try turtle creek for chubs or long run creek on rt.48,we also fish the catfish pond in port vue liberty area.
Welcome to the BOC Brandon for the dough baits ya might want to check the members libary their is a Ton of info on this site :big_smile:
Their is a fishing bait review on the main page i would think that may be a good place to start.. but you may want to talk to an administrator, they may be able to help you better.
Your From PA right? Where are you catchin cats that big? I only ever caught ONE that big? They just don't get that big on the river! Let me know a couple spots! Thanks, Brandon :big_smile:
do most of my fishing on the Mon but read through the posts their is alot of good info... everything from gear to hooks and so on :smile2:
You can catch bait just about anywhere that there is a warm water discharge, backwater (such as a marina), and normally the "swirl" where two water bodies come together.
The interest in doughbaits is for a book i'm writing on doughbaits,dips,stinkbait. I agree live is better for bigger fish! But like i said its for a book.
