By design, most of the man-made Lakes and Reservoirs in Pennsylvania were constructed with little, if any, regard to fish or fish requirements or habitats. Prior to flooding, the beds were cleared of trees and brush. This created a barren and featureless environment for fish and anglers alike. Although the hope was that abundant and… Read More »All About Porcupine Cribs
With everything going on at the moment related to COVID-19, the PA Fish and Boat Commission have announced some changes to the 2020 trout stocking program. This year, the PFBC will operate under a consolidated statewide schedule for all counties. Under this revised plan, statewide opening day of Trout season is April 7th. One key… Read More »Trout Stocking and COVID-19
5 SIMPLE WAYS YOU CAN MAXIMIZE THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL As we head into prime time Striper fishing at Lake Wallenpaupack, we wanted to share some ways our local anglers can help reduce the chance of Striper mortality by covering some best practices for proper catch and release. While the concept of “catch and release”… Read More »Striped Bass: Minimizing Mortality
Ever wonder why your fishing buddy swears by the soft baits and you only ever seem to have luck on the hard baits? Reverse your thinking now, he’s/she’s sitting there thinking the same thing about you. Honestly, there is no right or wrong answers only varying degrees of opinions. Soft baits are exactly how they… Read More »Fishing Lake Wallenpaupack – Hard Baits & Soft Baits
I’m going to attempt to be less factual and little more fun with this article, we all need to have a little fun every now and again, right? Let’s start out with the fun and then I’ll attempt to get into the basics of ice fishing. PHASE 1 Things Too Consider for A Successful Ice… Read More »ICE Fishing – Need to Know Survival Tips !
Should You Be Afraid to Try? No! Seriously, how elusive is this fish? I think the reputation certainly holds true but I do believe as we learn more about this fish and it’s habits the easier they’ve become to catch. As a general rule, it doesn’t take 10,000 casts to catch one if you follow certain… Read More »The Fish of 10,000 Casts
Differences between Striped Bass and Hybrid Striped Bass Can you tell the difference between a striped bass and a hybrid striped bass? What is a Hybrid? Hybrid striped bass (also known as a wiper or whiterock bass) is a hatchery-created hybrid between the pure striped bass and the white bass. As seen in the image… Read More »Can You Spot the Difference?
Another Fun Adventure Out on Lake Wallenpaupack with my Fishing Buddy! A few weeks back we played hooky from work & family. It was a quick trip filled with high expectations as we realized this was most likely going to be our last 2019 fishing trip on the big Ole Pontoon – The Blue LaGoose.… Read More »Screaming Drag, Oh Boy!
When wanting to lean more towards life doesn’t always win out…… If you follow us through our site, you’ve probably noticed that we haven’t been crazy active. Please know, appearances and perception aren’t always reality. Since April 2019 we’ve named our site, created a logo, built the website, launched a social media campaign, ordered merchandise,… Read More »Work/Life Balance:
Lake Wallenpaupack Fishing Legend in the Making! There are plenty of consistent fishermen around the lake, most of them will charge you to have a great trip. There is nothing wrong with that either; it takes decades if not years to learn how to consistently catch big fish on this lake. We’ve all seen the… Read More »Will Hazimof & Lake Monsters