Best shot at a trophy

Think it’s all on what you want. Pretty much all species are active until water temps drop more. Not fly fishing but just got my pb catfish. Seen some big bass still hanging around shore. Muskie are hitting. Can get them trophy trout in Erie right now. Big panfish are out there.
 
laurelhighlander said:
What I want is a big musky, smallie, or brown on a streamer. Lake, river, or stream, on the water or on the bank or wade fishing
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Brown I would also suggest NY or Erie. Muskie would be rivers or a creek they swim up. Easy to get them when they get stuck by dams.

Big bass I usually get in the spring.
 
Depending on the stream and the region, of course, you may have missed the window on the mature brown trouts. They were looking real spawny a couple weeks ago when I got into a couple good ones.
 
Nymph-wristed said:
Depending on the stream and the region, of course, you may have missed the window on the mature brown trouts. They were looking real spawny a couple weeks ago when I got into a couple good ones.
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Yep. The big boys are on redds right now at least in central pa. I saw many redds pop up this week and as expected I stopped catching big fish out of the deeper stuff. I know spots where they are done spawning and others where they won’t be spawning for a few weeks still, but for the majority of places they are on redds or just about to be right now
 
Its far for you, but WI/MI lake run browns coming out of the Great Lakes are no joke. I have yet to score on my own but have seen some of the monsters those guys hook into. I will probably break down and hire a guide for a couple of trips. It helps so much with that learning curve. There are guides who know where the big fish are, and how to catch them. To me, that is knowledge and training worth paying for.

Joe
 
CinnamonJoe said:
Its far for you, but WI/MI lake run browns coming out of the Great Lakes are no joke. I have yet to score on my own but have seen some of the monsters those guys hook into. I will probably break down and hire a guide for a couple of trips. It helps so much with that learning curve. There are guides who know where the big fish are, and how to catch them. To me, that is knowledge and training worth paying for.

Joe
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I was considering making the 3 hour drive to erie, it is possible to catch a lake run brown in some of those tribs (from what I've heard not likely). Someone suggested lake America tribs, I'd love that but to make that drive I need more than 2 day to fish
 
I should have gave more details. Can go for smallies/musky on upper potomac, brown/rainbow north branch potomac, savage is 57-58 degrees(wonder if they are on reds) 2 smaller rivers with musky, musky at a certain lake, i guess Central PA is no longer a good option(thanks mikey2006 for info)
 
laurelhighlander said:
I should have gave more details. Can go for smallies/musky on upper potomac, brown/rainbow north branch potomac, savage is 57-58 degrees(wonder if they are on reds) 2 smaller rivers with musky, musky at a certain lake, i guess Central PA is no longer a good option(thanks mikey2006 for info)
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You can still fish lower down on the rivers and in large water to avoid most of the spawners and have some chances but it’s not gonna be as good as it was a few weeks ago
 
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