Taylor Bridge Conditions

[trythisonemv]

Ryver hyker pm me and I'll let you know some spots to try out

[riverhyker]

Hey Ketchup. No thanks needed on trying to get others to fish, I had a great man/father figure who took the time to teach me to hunt and fish. (not to mention that I really think it gives kids especially something constructive to do besides find trouble)

Yeah, I lived about 45 mins from Pittsburgh in the Tri-state area. We, myself and 4 other fishermen and a friend that didn't like to fish, would go to the Maumee and Sandusky every spring for the walleye and white bass runs. The guy that didn't like to fish just liked to hang out and would take the fish baskets up to the van to put the fish on ice so that we wouldn't loose our fishing spots along the bank...lol. We would fish the rivers during the day, limit on the walleye, move to the high wall on the lake to catch our limit (or try to) of whites that were waiting to move up and do the same with the walleye on Erie during the white bass run. It was great. I came here looking for a place to raise my family after they built a new bridge in our home town and I had a dream one night where I saw tumbleweed rolling across Dean Martin Blvd. I just knew that it was time to leave and stay gone.

I have a canoe and a kayak (but, no cold weather gear, but may be able to swing a pair of inexpensive chest waders), the canoe is just too heavy to load on my SUV alone. But, I am looking for any info. that you are willing to offer. It would be greatly appreciated.

It is a world of difference in the fishing here, but I fished a hole on the James River when I first moved here and caught a 16 in. smallmouth that jumped up in the air with the sun behind it...I just looked at my cousin and said, "I'm Home." (I felt like I was that kid again watching either Field and Stream or Sports Afield on television...but I was in it...ha, ha, ha. Made the move easier...)

[Ketchup]

Hey River,

Let me know when your free and i will take ya out on Stockton or Pomme. Man the days of shoulder to shoulder on the Maumee. Snagging 10 other guys line across the river, and fightin it like i had a whopper. Good ol' days.

There is great fishing here. I do miss the 5lb average smallie near the bass islands on Erie, and my little honey hole, Oxbow Lake west of Wauseon, but have a lot of memories here now.

Hit me up and we will go fish soon, especially since the whites will be running on Pomme.

[riverhyker]

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you on this. Took my grandkids fishing yesterday for a few hours (so windy we spent more time at the playground, but it was great) and trying to keep up with the House Bill 955 issue....

I do definitely remember the shoulder to shoulder "Comradery" which is why we always took someone that didn't want to fish, if you moved you would loose your spot...and the current swept or fish run lines getting wrapped?....It could be hilarious and God awful at times especially when I saw two guys hit the water brawling...I just couldn't understand that...It just seemed like part of the experience... Yes...surely good times.

I was shore bound so I never got to check out the smallmouth bite...I never even knew that they got that big in Erie until after I moved here. Heck I lived in Buffalo, NY for a few years and should have known though after catching rock bass in the Niagara river there that were huge compared to the sizes I had caught outside of Erie....(some were over a lb, but 98% were bigger than what I was used to). My cousins there keep telling me they would never get to see me if I came to visit....but I am definitely ready to go.

Many Thanks for the offer. I will PM you as soon as I can get a few things cleared up.