Minersville

[Big Sky]

The last two weeks your "fantastic fishing" statement is simply not true at all. I fish the lake almost weekly. I can tell you that it is not as good as it was, point blank and period!

You're looking at a two week window.  Any of us can simply chalk that up to a few bad days of fishing.  Let's wait and see what the sampling shows us this spring. 

I can promise you that the pressure Minersville has seen so far this ice season is nothing compared to what it used to receive when it was open to bait fishing and more liberal harvest regulations.

If you don't believe me then go give it (Beaver River) a try  this week, and post all the pictures of 15"-20+" trout you caught. It would have been easy to do just 10 or 11 months ago. Prove me wrong, I'll wait.

I already told you that the river is in a down cycle.  I haven't wasted my time for about 2 years.  I won't waste my time now.  I'll give it a bit longer to recover.  You should too.

Is it because something is going right or because most of the other lakes in the area are doing poorly? With that said there are at least 10 other lakes/reservoirs  in Beaver county. Which one is doing remotely close to as well for size and numbers of fish?

None are.  This is obvious because Minersville has been exceptional for a couple years now.  Again, you cannot keep good fishing a secret.  You cannot expect people not fish it when it is full of really nice fish!

Your comment is curious.  You mentioned 10 other lakes / reservoirs in Beaver County -- how many of them have a plowed road right to the lake, like Minersville does?  Again, when you have exceptional fishing and easy access, what do you expect??  Do you really think people are going to flock to Kent's Lake instead?  Puffer?  Be serious.




'course, what do I know?  Maybe I'm completely wrong about Minersville.  Maybe I'll call someone at the DWR and ask them about it...

...Or just call your relative that works for DNR...
This is not my first rodeo. I have fished Minersville for 36 years. So it's not like I haven't heard or seen all of this before. I live here and fish it pretty close to every week. I'd say I have a good handle on what is going on as opposed to someone an hour away that fishes it now and then.

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I have fished Minersville thru the good and bad, ups and downs. Back in the day when there was bait fishing Minersville had way more people fishing it in the summer time than there is right now.

Here is a pic of my Dad  who is in his 90s at Minersville. This was last summer (2020). He lives a few miles from the lake and has fished it regularly going back as far as anybody I can think of. He is casting a fly and a bubble just as the sun hits the mountain,, setting on the rocky beach 200 yard off my back porch. He is still sharp as a tac, and drives himself where he wants to go. He says as far as consistently biting big healthy fish,, Minersville has never been better than it has been this last year.



Main thing is “don’t panic “

Castnshoot, your father is a total stud and a pleasure to visit with. To do as well as him, at his age, is a life goal of mine. The first time I met him he was on the West side. I couldn't believe he was over there as it's not nearly as easy to fish as the other side. He caught as many fish as anyone on the lake that day.