Dear Sandra:
30 pound Tuna!! Go ahead, just rub my nose in it, ain't never fished the sea, durn it! At least I ain't going to get bit by a shark, just.......mosquitoes. There, I feel better now.
Here in this area, near Pittsburgh, lotsa opportunities. 3 rivers, of couse, a number of smaller rivers that would be about a hundred yards wide, and lots of streams. Plenty of lakes and ponds, all this within a couple of hours driving from downtown Pgh. Lake Erie provides Steelhead that run up the streams, fish big enough to even interest you, in very shallow water, like knee deep.
Many of the watercourses have names from Native American languages, Youghiogany, Allegheny, Kiskiminatas, say one of them real fast 3 times! Most of the areas are wooded, lonesome, and incredibly picturesque. In many places, warm and cold water fishes cooexist. Bass, Bluegill, Musky, pike, walleye, and trout in the same river, along with a bunch of other critters. Fly fishing people have even been known to hook an occasional Carp. Not good for a fly reel. (personal experience) They fight like tuna, I'm told.
My interest in the swimbaits is to be able to work deeper moving water, with more control, by using 2 or 3 oz weight. Fly fishing presentation with streamers, is grear, but only so far down.
I think fishin is pretty good around here. It's available in one form or another 12 mos of the year. It gets a whole lot better if the fish cooperate!
Woodbutcher
Halibut, they are soooo ugly, and boy are they good eatin!
