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gulfgreyhound wrote:
February in Tionesta,loads of BIG eyes. GG
gulfgreyhound wrote:
February in Tionesta,loads of BIG eyes. GG
FarmerDave wrote:
gulfgreyhound wrote:
February in Tionesta,loads of BIG eyes. GG
Not just there, but yea, you spot burner!;-)
You can find Walleye in that river from Kinzua Dam, all the way to the burgh.
And apparently there are Sauger in that river too, but I think they are more common around the Burgh, and in the Ohio and Mon rivers.
Sylvaneous wrote:
Compared to it's summer levels, the Allegheny is way up its banks in late winter. In most places, just due to the lay of the land and roads, rail roads and other built up stuff, it puts the river right along the drop off with no real shallow water, at least most places. But that's OK because the fish are more tight to the banks then, hanging in the mouths of feeders and behind current breaks. Feb/March is when that fishing kicks in. But it's hard for me to motivate myself to get out on the river when it looks so ugly and the weather so often sucks. But they are there to be had. I don't know if this is true with every river, but the Allegheny really seems to give up its big fish in the coldest, worst time of the year to be on it. From mid-December to the February transition is the only 'dead' time of the winter.
I just can't seem to convince myself that a 1/4 oz pink and white marabou jig/minnow will actually catch anything then.
Syl