Fish Pittsburgh » Leo Cancilla http://fishpittsburgh.com For Fishermen, By Fishermen Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:25:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Versatile Fishing Rods http://fishpittsburgh.com/2012/01/versatile-fishing-rods/ http://fishpittsburgh.com/2012/01/versatile-fishing-rods/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:25:22 +0000 Leo Cancilla http://fishpittsburgh.com/?p=3334 Versatile Fishing Rods is a post from: Fish Pittsburgh

]]> Abu Garcia has come out with a fishing rod that may be one of the most versatile I have ever seen. I have not used the new Verdict series rod yet, but I promise you that I will have one in my boat for the spring. Watch as Mike Iaconelli talks about this new rod and what it could mean as far as saving time on the water.

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]]> If you are not a swimbait guy that’s ok. They are expensive, hard to find locally, and take a lot of practice to get to know when and how to use these lures. I have been using soft swimbaits more than hard swimbaits, but I can honestly say that these lures can produce a good number of strikes and more times than not they are quality strikes. Check out this video about the Sebile Magic Swimmer. Remember these are preditor lures that catch pike, muskie, walleye, bass and striped bass.

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]]> http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/12/sebile-magic-swimmer/feed/ 0 Ice Fishing for Perch http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/12/ice-fishing-for-perch/ http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/12/ice-fishing-for-perch/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:00:39 +0000 Leo Cancilla http://fishpittsburgh.com/?p=3326 Ice Fishing for Perch is a post from: Fish Pittsburgh

]]> At fishpittsburgh we pride ourselves at being honest. I have never ice fished. The last couple of years friends of mine have been trying to get me out with them and things just didn’t line up. Footage like this where guys are pulling in perch and perch using Salmo Cubby Darters makes me think about getting into ice fishing. I can taste those little fillets.

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]]> http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/12/ice-fishing-for-perch/feed/ 0 Preparing for 2012 http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/12/preparing-for-2012/ http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/12/preparing-for-2012/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:00:14 +0000 Leo Cancilla http://fishpittsburgh.com/?p=3324 Preparing for 2012 is a post from: Fish Pittsburgh

]]> The last few months have been very long for me. With some of the warmest weather I can remember in Pennsylvania I have not been able to fish. If you recall I had been dealing with a shoulder injury for most of the summer. Well in Septmeber after the KBBC Classic I decided to go ahead and have the surgery knowing that it would be a 4-6 month rehab. I am happy to say that I am about 2 1/2 months into the rehab and things are coming along nicely. I still can’t fish or hunt, but everyday life is slowly getting back to normal. Which means I have started getting ready for the 2012 fishing season.

December is a great month to stock up on fishing tackle. Most stores run Christmas sales, on-line sales with free shipping, or simply end of the year sales. Some places that I recommend checking are tackle warehouse, lang big fish, and cabelas. Often these sales don’t last very long so I tend to check the websites 1 or 2 times per week.

I have found that if you contact companies they will often give you bulk pricing on weights, hooks, and even lures. It never hurts to ask and when you are like myself and going to buy 200 bullet weights to get me through the year, you may as well buy in bulk and save money if you can.

Well good luck to you still heading out on the water. I know I would be heading out this weekend to try to get some last minute fish. Remember you might not get a bunch of fish this time of year, but you will usually get good fish to bite.

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]]> http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/12/preparing-for-2012/feed/ 0 KBBC Southside Tournament http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/09/kbbc-southside-tournament/ http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/09/kbbc-southside-tournament/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:54:33 +0000 Leo Cancilla http://fishpittsburgh.com/?p=3131 KBBC Southside Tournament is a post from: Fish Pittsburgh

]]> Last Saturday was the final regular season tournament in the Keystone Bass Buddy Circuit (KBBC). Dad and I decided that because we were sitting in 11 place in the standings we were going to take an all or nothing approach to fishing the event. Which meant to us that we were going to try to lock twice. I know a handful of guys risk doing this every year and some guys make it back on time and some don’t. What we had decided is that no matter what we were going to start locking back up at 11:00, even though the tournament hours were until 3:00. We would start locking with or without a limit.

The tournament started at 6:30 and we ran to the first lock, and when we pulled up to it the doors started to open! We were very excited because this meant no wasted time. Once we got through that lock, we quickly ran to the next one. Another boat went up and pulled the chord so we stopped short to make a few casts. I think we were able to make 4 casts and they opened the gates again! Never in my wildest dream did I expect to have both locks line up and let us get to our spot by 7:40. I knew then that we had a better chance to do well.

Our first spot was a creek mouth that I had practiced the week before and caught a number of keepers and dinks. Turned out to have more dinks than keepers during the touranment, but we were able to get 2 keepers from the spot. One decent keeper and one that was around 12 3/4″.

Then we ran to a spot that I found were there was a metal wall, but there were a series of rock humps and wooden structure that was submerged. We got to that spot and I immediately caught a small keeper. It was around 12 1/4″. About 5 minutes later I caught a really nice 15″+ smallie. That would be the last of the keepers for that spot.

We fired up the boat again and ran to another spot by a couple of barges. Quickly dad caught our lunker smallmouth for the day and another keeper spotted bass. At this point we were really excited because we had our limit and it was only 10:30. The problem was that we were out of spots that produced for me in practice. We ran around fishing quickly for about 30 minutes looking for fish but nothing happened. So we decided to lock back through to the next pool.

Like clock work we were able to lock right up through and quickly ran to a spot we had caught them in practice. Once we locked back through we were able to catch 2 more keepers. One that culled and one that didn’t. One was off of a rocky bottom and the other was off of an old metal structure. We locked back through to the southside pool around 1:00. A 2:35 dad got a good bite, but the fish jumped and trashed away from the boat and was able to get off. The fish would have culled, but I think it may have only been able to move us up 1 or 2 places in the standing.

Overall, it was worth the gamble for a couple of reasons. First, we made it back on time. Second, we got away from the crowd. Third, we had decent fish located. Forth, we really had nothing to loose. Seven of the eight keepers we caught were on weightless stick worms. The stick worms were ones that I make myself that are very soft and are a slightly different brown color than most companies make. The other keeper was on a beaver that was green pumpkin that I made myself as well. I am a believer in making baits that no one else has and it has really paid off for us this year.

Congrats to Chuck Walker Jr. and Chris Covert for winning the points title for the year. Their 6th place finish shot them up to the top.

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]]> http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/09/kbbc-southside-tournament/feed/ 3 Where Have I Been? http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/08/lake-arthur-3/ http://fishpittsburgh.com/2011/08/lake-arthur-3/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:44:26 +0000 Leo Cancilla http://fishpittsburgh.com/?p=3088 Where Have I Been? is a post from: Fish Pittsburgh

]]> For those who follow the blog, know I haven’t posted anything in a while on my personal blog. I have worked on other parts of the website, but just haven’t posted much on my blog. There is a very good reason for this….Memorial Day Weekend I tore muscles and cartlidge in my shoulder. Although, it has been painful, I have tried to fish but have had limited success. To go with the limited success working at the computer tends to bring a little extra pain to my shoulder, so when I am done with work I don’t want to see a computer until the next day. I scheduled surgery in September. Don’t worry I schedule it so that I would be able to fish in the KBBC Classic and the Wednesday Night Championship.

This weekend dad and I will be fishing the last regular season event of the KBBC circuit at the Southside. At this point most guys know that I typically struggle at the river. However, because I have started to pour my own baits fishing the river is becoming easier as I am really keying in on color and size of the lures better. Maybe I am just getting a little bit better at river fishing? Who knows, it could happen. Either way I am looking forward to the event this year. Practice has went pretty well. I do not think I am on the right fish to win, but I feel that a top 5 finish isn’t out of the question. Let’s just hope that barge traffic and the locks don’t ruin my day. I have never made a gamble like this before and I might never do it again, but we are willing to risk it all for a chance to win. Good luck to all that are fishing.

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]]> PlaceTeamIDNamesFishNet WtNet Lunker 1359Kuzemchak / Coccia 618.504.09 2122Kopelic / Towne 615.933.85 3123Knis / Eck615.734.03 4107Clapperton / Kleespies 613.87
3.17 5499Pate / Rychorcewicz613.34
2.79 6310Lyle / Mangino 613.17
2.34 7609Lyle / McLaughlin613.09
2.98 8144Stone / Izydore612.34
2.76 9129 Lyons / Lyons 612.3
2.83 10111Moran / Lambert 511.883.73 11135Getsy / Shutty 611.33
2.23 12168Kneidinger / Kneidinger / Parenti
610.77
1.96 13226Doerflinger / White / Kinard
610.32
1.84 14257Fordyce / DiVito / Kamenic
510.22
3.22 15120 Bernard / White 59.71
2.15 16213Heller / Holmes59.63
2.08 17247 DeSantis / Oliverio 59.35
2.23 18438Covert / Walker, Jr48.72.5 19212Bartley / Dugas48.66
2.67
20266Buterbaugh / Convery58.38
2.14

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]]> This is a great video on how to rig soft plastic swimbaits. The Berkley Hollow Belly Swimbaits are some of the best on the market. I have been using them for about 3 years now and I have experienced a good deal of success at multiple locations. There are always more ways to rig these baits and it never hurts to try know things.

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]]> I am a huge fan of flourocarbon fishing line. Whether I am fishing for panfish, trout, walleye or bass this is my line of choice about 90% of the time. Certain techniques make braid, monofilament, and copolymer lines better, but most applications can be executed better and with more success with flourocarbon line. Here is Peter Ponds to talk about flourocarbon fishing line.

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