Mixed Bag on the Youghiogheny

Type: Nontidal
Region: Western
Location: Youghiogheny River Lake

A recent outing on the Youghiogheny River Lake provided an evening of excellent fishing and entertainment with the boys. With a simple approach of using small tungsten jigs tipped with a small chunk of crawler or gulp minnow brought a mixed bag of species to hand consisting of; bluegills, pumpkinseeds, smallmouth bass, black crappie, yellow perch, bullheads, and Jase�s prized northern pike. The action was nonstop and fish were accumulating in the live well, but the excitement went through the roof as Jase hooked something big in the bushes. As he fought the fish, he repeatedly shouted �it�s big dad, it�s big!� all while Finley was preparing to do the net job. Finley did not let his little brother down and performed a flawless net job to bring Jase�s prize abord the S.S. Cattywampus�.. A quick measurement of 25� made this fish a legal to keep so it was of to Jase to determine the uncertain future for the pike�.. �No way I�m throwing that back dad!� was shouted and into the live well he went! It�s never a dull moment with this crew on board and these memories will last a lifetime!