post 100 on the thread lol  

i use chatterbaits but that is about it  everything else is either cranking topwater or bottom bouncing nothing ripping    well sometimes a grub but thats rare

yea that is a bad time of year for a paddle tube   we will definely make it back out this year sometime right?

yea hopefully   im sure i will get down there sometime in the summer like july or august when fishing sucks everywhere else  lol   i need to get down to the river too alot this year  

yea  the basstrix should work then  i need to go to the river alot more too   i have a inflatable fishing tube i want to use alot this year at the river for floats    i just want it to be spring already!!!!

yup same here   so when do u start your tournaments?  just wondering when the local tournaments start around here since BASS started yesterday with the classic

well if i join the northeastern bass federation it will be the second weekend in april at a tournament at pretty boy but i dont have a boat so i think im just going to continue fishing the local weekend tournaments at glendale the queen and others around here    the first weekend tournament is sometime in late april    o yea there are those tuesday night big bass tournaments on glendale that i  might start going to   im not sure when they start

o thats cool  just wondering how long til they start up       aaaaa  two more months til good bass fishing

yea and these 2 months are the longest months of the year

lol yea   i know   hey what spinning rod would u use for practically any smallmouth crankbait?  i know u have a rod just for this situation

hmm probably any med action 66 or 6   i just got a new rod  that is very cheap   i used it for steelhead   its a shimino sojoun or something like that   next time your in johnstown pick one up at gandermoutain   it should be prefect for your sitiutation

yea cool  i  need to get up there to buy a bunch of baits   do u go up often?  maybe we can meet up there and u can show me the rod      

hey, Just sighned up here. I am about 20 minutes south of altoona, i fish raystown lake from shore and boat,  the raystown branch, and frankstown branch of the juniata, and juniata river.  How is the fishing selection at gander mt.? I have never been there, thanks guys!!

Jim

I am from Johnstown but now I live in Pittsburgh and fish tournaments up here, in OH, North PA, etc.  But my favorite is Yellow Creek for bass and for trout.  Hope you dont' mind me intruding in on your forum!

hey guys whats up  

PAangler aaa the selection is ok  if u are looking for a certain bait its not a great retailer but it gets the job done for tackle used in this area   PA what part of the raystown branch you fish?  

hey guys welcom to the thread

hey, Just sighned up here. I am about 20 minutes south of altoona, i fish raystown lake from shore and boat, the raystown branch, and frankstown branch of the juniata, and juniata river. How is the fishing selection at gander mt.? I have never been there, thanks guys!!

Jim

Welcome aboard!

8-)

yo fishn just bought a new rod and a bunch of 1 ounce jigs and a varity of trailers

hey pittsburgh reeler what part of the three rivers do u fish?  i fish the river system once in a while  

mostly from saxton to riddlesburg. I am going try making it out towards hopewell, and everett a little more this year!

jim

i thats where i fish in between everett and hopewell   around tatesville to be precise    but i fish up in bedford alot too

lol  yea smallie fishes everywhere on that river   i like to go around cyprus  which is below tatesville but above hopewell    

yea i fish around the junita trading post alot too   my favorite spot is definety down at tatesville though

hey addict,

do you mean cypher? i have heard it call cypher beach too. i never heard of cyprus i was just wondering!

does anyone fish below raystown dam in huntingdon? i have been hitting the spillway off and on for eyes, still too cold for smallies! (at least for me!)

jim

yea thats it my mistake  i thought it was cyprus  aaa yea my great uncle and grandfather used to have a camp lot just a few holes above cypher beach   there is a really big hole with some ledges rock and even bank grass then just above it is a long series of rapids with deep ledges creating small pools     thats were i go alot   then im not sure if u would know or not but when u cross tatesville bridge and get on bowser farm road the first parking lot  i fish there alot too  

hmmm where is that at excalty   i remember some water right above cypher but nothing like what ur describing    

ok its not right at the top end of cyphus or whatever  its a few holes up  the big hole has a broken dam on it   there is a few holes in it but it holds up alot of water   well there is a big rock on the far side (away from the camps) on the grass bank side also  i actually sit on the rock and cast the bait into teh hole  there is a channel running through it  its only about 4 or 5 feet wide but very trench like  it drops off close to 10 feet   well alot of bass sit on the edge there   well then the river bends and there is some flat water with alot of grass on the bottom  i will cast to the banks  but looking for bright spots in the grass   the bright spots are rock piles and the bass really set up on them   well then  up closer to the top end there are a few wing dams on the camp side that people made to create small swimming holes   i like fishing the under side of them   for bass which set up for ambushing   then there is a large riffle with a big rock pile and eddy in the middle with some bank grass  i will fish the pools there with a tube or worm then head up   on the camp side even though there are no camps there  there is a series of ledges that creat rapids with pools  i like senkos and tubes  then there is a deep hole at the top end with some scatter boulders   the fishing there is pretty good  not much pressure  its behind the bowser farm   i never fished any father up then that but im sure the father u get away from the road the better the fishing  

oo ok  yea i dont think i fished that far up  i had to of been close   hey i was wondering what baits u use for those weedy flats   i know of a bunch of grass flats like that on the river but i really dont do very good around them   also what bait do u use for the channel u were describing   sounds like a good DS bite  lol