4th of july weekend at Kinzoo

[fish N ski]

I will have friday till teusday off 4th of July weekend. Thinking about spending 3 days at Kinzua for my 40 plus pounder. Does anyone know if it is crazy there that weekend or could I count on it being fishable? Going to concentrate my efforts everything south of Hopewell campground.

[cband]

It definitely gets busy over the 4th. Your best bets are to fish very early in the morning, really late into the evening or just do the night gig.

[Red Childress]

There are many other lakes that will be much tougher to fish than Kinzua that weekend. Just go and do it as long as you have a big enough boat to cut through the chop.

Heck, the wave action might even help your chances of sticking a fish or two.

[fish N ski]

Thats what I was thinking red. Chaut. is out for the 4th. Lake arthur will have to many sailboaters and pleasure boaters. Pymie would be the same. I will just stick it out again like last year. Troll 6 am till 8 pm for the 3 days. Hopefully something more to show than last year when my father and I spent 4 - 14 hour days there. I got a snag in sugar bay the 2nd day which was the most excitment we had. Maybe will think about doing the 7 pm till 9 am deal. Thanks.

[toothyfishman]

Sometime you need to run shallow on purpose to hear a reel sing there!!!

HA HA!!

[adudeuknow]

is casting even an option at kinzua? i have never fished there from a boat....i know everyone i talk to trolls and the water is super deep.

[toothyfishman]

I've had follows there casting and have seen fish while casting but just haven't connected. I normally end up with pike or large walleyes the few times I have casted it. Lots of hours of chuckin' to find a fish.

I normally troll it if I'm going to fish it.