Opening Day Plans

[Troy]

My bad. To my defense if my name was wild trout Troy I wouldn't blame someone that would assume I like to fish for wild trout.

Anyway, just because some people like wild trout trout over stocked trout doesn't make them elitist.

To each is own. I am glad people like stockies. More room on the creeks I fish.

 

[Swattie87]

I got ya all beat….. I think I might go to a UFO/Bigfoot conference, sit in the back and people watch 🫣🤐😬….. then go home and do my taxes after some steak and barley pops…..

Hope you’re pulling nothing but Super Colds.

 

[Mike]

I’ll be the elitist snob. My opening days plans consist of praying for enough rain that all rubber fish stocked on top of natural repro of any kind get washed down into the bigger rivers where they’ll become Musky food.

It’s conceivable that you may have to pray harder in the future depending upon where that agenda item is headed on Monday.

 

[goose54cdd]

I would most likely say yes, yes he is.

How big is your garden? How many stocked trout does it take to fertilize it?

This unrelated, but I was talking to this guy the other day, and he was like "I'm a spoiled fisherman. I paid for my trout, and I want them to be there." Man, people love stockies. Not only do them love them, they are expecting them.

I don't understand your comments. I don't keep many trout, but I think they taste fine and so do my buddies. My friend is a biologist for the PA Fish Commission. He says take the stocked fish home and eat them. That's why they're stocked. To each his own.

 

[wildtrout2]

My bad. To my defense if my name was wild trout Troy I wouldn't blame someone that would assume I like to fish for wild trout.

That's exactly what I want folks to assume wildtrout2 represents. 😉

 

[Bamboozle]

Dear Tabasco-Joe,

I remember guys fishing at Halfway Dam using the orange wooden casting floats. They were basically an orange oval shaped wooden block with screw eyes on either end. One went to your main line and the other had a section of mono leader and your fly...

Many moons ago, I bought three wooden floats from the tackle shop at Octorora Reservoir for crappie fishing. They are a round wooden ball; orange, red & yellow in color with screw eyes to attach your line and a short round dowel inserted that makes the bobber function like a tip-up.

I swear you can cast these things into the next county...

 

[dudemanspecial]

I don't care if I catch natives or stockies, I practice catch and release of all species. I flyfish for the enjoyment it gives me.

Why do you expect everyone else to get enjoyment the same exact way you do? Your attitude is no more or less elitist than anyone else's. It's just different.

 

[HopBack]

Pat yourself on the back!!!!! Don't forget, keep your TU membership up, they think just like you!

TU loves stocking streams. For all the wild trout restoration they do they are very quick to stock or supplement a wild trout stream.

 

[dudemanspecial]

TU loves stocking streams. For all the wild trout restoration they do they are very quick to stock or supplement a wild trout stream.

My local TU chapter focuses almost all of their resources on stocked streams. That is mostly due to where I am though, not many wild trout opportunities here.

 

[lycoflyfisher]

There is a huge difference between National TU and what their staff in Pa do and contribute to wild trout and watershed conservation and then what local TU chapters do. Some TU chapters do a lot of conservation activities, others are more or less angler clubs that sponsor trout rodeos for kids.

 

[dudemanspecial]

We ended up not going. It rained hard all night and morning on our end of the state. I cant imagine everything not being chocolate milk.

 

[jifigz]

I don't understand your comments.

It was directed towards the user who implied that stockies were only good for fertilizing a garden. I disagree, but to each their own.

I don't keep many trout, but I think they taste fine and so do my buddies.

They are edible, sure. I'd rather c&r them.

The part about people "expecting them" is poking fun at the whole stocked trout experience, true. People want the fish in predictable places and they stand around a hole all harassing the same fish. I find that humorous. This morning, on a tiny stream, I was laughing inside my head as I looked up and saw a line of people swarming a stream that is 8 feet wide. It's so unnatural that it cracks me up. Also, those experiences don't leave my soul feeling satisfied. That feeling of satisfaction is why I fish. There are evenings driving home from certain streams that mean the world to me where everything has gone perfectly and I didn't see a person, and that point in time, I feel 100% pure bliss, like nothing is wrong with the world, the universe, my life, etc. I'm totally elated.

I didn't feel that this morning. But I did try to help people find the love of fishing. I hope....

 

[dudemanspecial]

It was directed towards the user who implied that stockies were only good for fertilizing a garden. I disagree, but to each their own.

Just to be clear, I am the one who brought it up in this thread, but it was in jest to someone else saying it in a different thread.

I don't give a darn what people like to do as long as they are doing it responsibly and legally. Personally I prefer wild fish but don’t turn my nose up at stockers.

I do draw the line at stocked private club waters though. Won't do it.

 

[jifigz]

Just to be clear, I am the one who brought it up in this thread, but it was in jest to someone else saying it in a different thread.

I don't give a darn what people like to do as long as they are doing it responsibly and legally. Personally I prefer wild fish but don’t turn my nose up at stockers.

I do draw the line at stocked private club waters though. Won't do it.

I know you brought it up, and I knew who you were referencing. I'm sure the person being referenced saw it, too.

 

[tomgamber]

taxes done. all three. sun is coming out. We'll see.

 

[TimMurphy]

Many moons ago, I bought three wooden floats from the tackle shop at Octorora Reservoir for crappie fishing. They are a round wooden ball; orange, red & yellow in color with screw eyes to attach your line and a short round dowel inserted that makes the bobber function like a tip-up.

I swear you can cast these things into the next county...

Dear Bamboozle.

When my brother and I saw the rigs the guys were using at Halfway Dam to fish flies on spinning gear he rummaged in the tackle box and found the perfect Rube Goldberg solution.

We had a 2 oz Dipsey swivel sinker that had been used as a makeshift downrigger rig for getting shallow running stick baits into deeper water on Canada trips. He tied it to his line and tied a section of leader to the eye and added a fly from one of those $ .79 for a dozen circular box fly selections found everywhere in the early 1970's.

It might have been a Parmachene Belle or maybe a McGinty, but the fly selection was unimportant. He stood on the bank by the parking lot and reared back with all his might and launched his rig towards the lake with his Zebco 202 rigged rod. The sinker was still on its upward trajectory when the line broke with a sound like a crack of thunder. I swear it took a good 5 seconds or so for the free sailing sinker to return to the lake not far from the swimming beach. It went a good 150 to 200 yards and landed with the force equivalent to a dud artillery round during a WWII beach assault. It scared the bejeezes out of the people on the other side of the lake too! 😉

Regards,

Tim Murphy 🙂

 

[nOObmaster]

Went out with my neighbor. It was raining the whole time, wasn't too bad. I thought parking lot would be full, it wasn't the case, guess most folks stayed home cause of rain.

Caught a bunch (All rainbows). biggest one was 17"

it was fun.

 

[jifigz]

Went out with my neighbor. It was raining the whole time, wasn't too bad. I thought parking lot would be full, it wasn't the case, guess most folks stayed home cause of rain.

Caught a bunch (All rainbows). biggest one was 17"

it was fun.

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What fly is in its mouth? A bright red/pink copper John thing with white rubber legs?

 

[Terry Murphy]

Fishing for pike in western North Dakota.
I always enjoyed fishing the opener in PA and kinda wish I was on Muncy Creek today .

 

[nOObmaster]

What fly is in its mouth? A bright red/pink copper John thing with white rubber legs?

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