A goal reached

Started fishing these 2 local creeks a little over two weeks ago and have caught some very nice Smallies and a few rainbows also. However, one of my goals was to catch any type of panfish present and that goal was attained today thanks to the scrappy rock bass. Beginning to think that they may be the only panfish caught rarely out of these two creeks. Going to continue to investigate, but today was a very good day for me. Here's some pics from this afternoon.Attachment 430911Attachment 430912Attachment 430913Attachment 430914Attachment 430915Attachment 430916Attachment 430917Attachment 430918Attachment 430919Attachment 430920

Congrats. Very nice

Wish I could find a couple creeks close by to explore .
Nice day !

What a beautiful creek. You have a very nice place to fish.

Really, really piece of water and great fish that you caught! Thanks for the ride along!
Bob

Nice day, thanks for sharing

As nice a day as I had with the gills Sunday, I would trade a couple of them for a day with the creek fish like you had. Waaaaay cool! Beautiful stretch of water and good pics.

Peaceful looking stretch of water. Thanks for sharing the trip with us.

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Wish I could find a couple creeks close by to explore .
Nice day !

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:hesaid That is a nice piece of water and it’s producing some good fish. You take what the water gives you!
Bob

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:hesaid That is a nice piece of water and it’s producing some good fish. You take what the water gives you!
Bob

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Bob,
These Smallies are a hoot to catch & consider myself very fortunate to have these creeks so close by. No luck trying to research online in regards to panfish in them. They most likely prefer slower moving waters with more deep holes when in comes to these types of creeks? Best bet would probably be to touch base with the Fish Commission biologists. Thanks.

Peaceful looking place to enjoy. Rockbass have always been part of Pa's fishery, as they have always been in rivers and creeks. So when they made Shenango Lake, they are there too. But you don't catch them much, like you think you should. Don't know why that is.

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Peaceful looking place to enjoy. Rockbass have always been part of Pa's fishery, as they have always been in rivers and creeks. So when they made Shenango Lake, they are there too. But you don't catch them much, like you think you should. Don't know why that is.

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S-10,
No trouble finding the Smallies but those were the only rock bass I have caught so far. Using smaller baits mostly, so I was hoping to run into them more often unless there is just not a lot of them in these two creeks. I watched a guy catch two walleyes a week or so ago also and haven't connected on those either, either it's me or those are just occasional catches (right place, right time)? Thanks.

Very niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice. :ThumbsUp

I need to find me a creek 'round here.

Great report. The rod in the first picture looks like a Norseman vas. Such a pleasure to fish with for the cost.

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Nice looking creek and some beautiful fish. Looks like time well spent!

Hard to beat creek fishing. You just showed us why. Beautiful creek and beautiful fish.

brings back memories for me , hit lots of small creeks in Pa. and some other states close by when I was a kid , never managed many rock bass in any of them , but for sure some nice smallies in a few and some big whopper chubs that were rascals too .
looks nice , congrats , cant just go walk in the creek around here much , this part of the world don't have many wet ones and when they are it is most likely private land.

You take what the water gives you!

I like that Bob. Never thought about it like that but it’s very appropriate. Been doing it most of my life. I might go looking for one fish but get a bunch of another and not be disappointed. The fish are only part of it all anyway.

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You take what the water gives you!

I like that Bob. Never thought about it like that but it’s very appropriate. Been doing it most of my life. I might go looking for one fish but get a bunch of another and not be disappointed. The fish are only part of it all anyway.

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That is so true, and being out there away from the crowd is a very big part of it for me.
Bob

Looks like a great place to spend some time fishing !

Nice rock and smallmouth bass