We are having a meet up on Sunday at Tridelphia Reservior

[lookin4bubba]

How did everyone do today? I myself got skunked going for striper

[lookin4bubba]

I'll be out there from sunrise until 230ish trolling for some striper.

[Jaspratt]

I was out there, first thing in the morn i caught a 15" bass off topwater working a deep point, fished there for about 2hrs with nothing else. And thats pretty much how the rest of my day went.

[perchy]

Yeah I feel ya on the short strikes. I'm tempted to try stinger hooks on the spinnerbaits for days like that, but I've always been reluctant with all the underwater trees in the reservoirs.

[BassMoore]

Temp was 81
Water was crystal clear as well for tridelphia

I was hitting fish with my spinner bait and deep diving cranks.. but the bite was so soft, short strikes.. typical rough day

[perchy]

The DNR says they don't stock Northerns there anymore since they're naturally established now. I wonder why they never tried to do the same with pure-bred muskies in the WSSC reservoirs. It would be a good alternative to flying to Canada locally.

[Cowpokey]

I don't know for sure, but I think the stocking between Rocky Gorge and Tridelphia is very close to the same. Certainly both bodies of water get the same species, just different numbers of each based on the size of the impoundment.

Northerns go deeper for cooler water during the summer....but they will come up from that deep cold water to feed in the shallows too, usually very early morning.

[perchy]

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Wonder if these guys got stocked in Rocky Gorge?

[perchy]

That's a Northern Pike. Tiger Musky have vertical(ish) stripes on their sides. Haven't seen any big northerns around here, I got a 29"er last June at Tridelphia.

Those are some nice pike. WSSC stocked tiger muskies last year. I've seen people posting pics of small Tiger Muskies on the Fishbrain app from Triadelphia.

The pike larger than 30 inches are supposed to act more like cold water fish and go deep this time of year

[Cowpokey]

Yeah, they are fun, strong fish.

[BeyondTheBounds]

Sweet thanks for the clarification. Was my first pike.....like pickerel they are fun to catch.


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[Cowpokey]

Good times!

Marked majority of fish in 10-15ft.....needed a better tactic for getting the ones on bottom at 15ft plus.

No bass...

Personal best pike?....I thought it was a tiger Muskie, need to look those up.



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That's a Northern Pike. Tiger Musky have vertical(ish) stripes on their sides. Haven't seen any big northerns around here, I got a 29"er last June at Tridelphia.

[BeyondTheBounds]

Didn't even check the temp! Lol


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[perchy]

Nice... was the water temp in the 80s yet? I guess they must be down near the thermocline at 15 ft. Water looks muddy from all the rain...

I haven't been fishing in a while because I've been busy with work. I'm going to try crimping split shots to spinnerbaits to add weight and get them to go super deep.

[BeyondTheBounds]

Couple of bass caught on chatterbait from what I heard. I caught crappie and perch on deep diving jerk bait.


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