PA Club Early Season Pike Trip

The first few pictures were taken on a small creek just north of New Castle, PA called Neshannock Creek. It runs into the Shenango River at New Castle. Mike Fay and I fished the creek with spinning gear and even landed a fish apiece, along with getting several strikes each. Not much bug activity observed and no rising fish, but we had a fun time.

The rest of the pictures are of a fishing trip to the PA Club. At one point we had 16 guys in camp, though by the last night we were down to 5 fisherman only. The weather held up well all week except for the last two days, when wind and cold kept us off the water each morning.

Small trout caught in Neshannock Creek (90kb) Mike Fay (from New Castle, PA) (94kb) More fishing along Neshannock Creek - May 5, 2005 (89kb) No fly fishing here, just small spinners (82kb)
neshannock05.jpg (121kb) Hooking up boat trailer in a snowstorm (81kb) Offloading gear and food for 16 people (90kb) pike_trip03.jpg (94kb)
pike_trip04.jpg (109kb) Dinnertime (75kb) Pork chops tonight (83kb) Bob Bryant and bass (40kb)
Fuzzy group photo (54kb) Another try at a group picture (59kb) The club's new incinerator (44kb) Not too much rain during the week, but a nice double rainbow (34kb)
Lee Metrick unhooking a bass (55kb) And there it is (46kb) And brother John with his (60kb) Another nice smallie of Lee's (71kb)
pike_trip31.jpg (75kb) Tony with a 22 Night of fish tales (37kb) Tony with 29
Last night at camp - the kitchen crew (62kb) The last fish of the week (55kb)    

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