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Post by bowlerx on May 9, 2014 15:23:55 GMT -5
thinking of trying it tomorrow.....
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Post by Gsseagle on May 9, 2014 20:01:21 GMT -5
Have been there several times this week shore fishing and the crappies are turned on right now. And amazingly the size of the fish have been very respectable, compared the runts being caught the last coupe of years. Haven't heard any reports on the bass fishing.
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Post by bowlerx on May 10, 2014 12:34:40 GMT -5
ok -- went out a 6:30. water temp up around 64 deg and water was greenish/brown....just a few boats out -- lots of crappy fisherman wading...tough to get bites...got 2 decent LM on black senkos...nothing else was working at all.
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Post by Yakker on May 19, 2014 21:43:21 GMT -5
I went out to Struble for the first time ever last Sunday, and I really was let down. Half of the lake is very, VERY flat; you can walk several hundred yards out and still be in four feet of water. There was very little structure (eg timber, brushpiles, rocks, points) and I found it difficult to pick up fish. On the side of the lake with the dam, there is some deeper water and I marked a few fish. I ended up with two ten inch crappies, as did my dad in 3.5 hours. He hooked and lost two smaller bass. I was really surprised how infertile the lake was. We had no bluegills, perch, bass, or walleyes on crappie jigs. Maybe we had a bad day. Winds were 5-20 MPH and we were in kayaks. However, Struble did not have the signs of a great fishery. We also noticed a culture of catch-and-keep which I personally never like to see. I know it is your right, but by exercising it, you are detracting from all of our fishing experiences. Chester county has few fishing resources and those we do have are heavily pressured, so please be reasonable with your limits. I was bummed, yet unsurprising when I did not get my first walleye. That would have been cool. Well, I'm sure you already knew much of this stuff, but here is my update.
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Post by bassfever on May 20, 2014 3:51:57 GMT -5
Struble is often windy.
Struble is often fishless, or very few fish for me. I don't go there very much, due to the reasons you gve.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 8:51:42 GMT -5
In order to be successful at Struble you just need to stick with it. There can often be fishless days but then you can have some great days down there as well. There are HUGE bass in Struble. As far as cover or structure; yes; that lake is lacking but there are good numbers of stumps in the lake. I personally have had awful days down there but then again I have had great days there. If you are targeting bass you need to leave the ramp and head to the right all the way back to the tunnel. Once you hit the tunnel work your way around the lake towards the dam. That's where the stumps are and that's where you'll catch the bass. Last year I was down there around this time of the year and caught 8 bass that day; all in the area I described. All bass were caught on a super shallow diving crankbait tossed right at the shoreline. Not one bass was under 15" and the largest came in just shy of 5 lbs. You will get the most action in the 1st 100 yards or so from the tunnel. Don't give up on that lake; it can be very rewarding if you just keep at it.
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Post by minuteman on May 25, 2014 20:15:42 GMT -5
Visit Struble or Chamber at least once a month. I remember years back saying I would never return to Struble after a few bad trips... Thank God I gave it another shot. Some days it takes 3 hours to find a pattern, but we almost always have to get the camera out when we visit Struble.
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Post by jigger3150 on May 26, 2014 20:51:32 GMT -5
If you ice fish it you will know that struble has a good population of fish. The crappies are getting bigger every year. I think keeping the crappie is the best thing for them. That lake has suffered through years of crappie over population and stunted fish.
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