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Wednesday Night, my friend Mike and I headed to Lake Arthur hoping to catch a couple bass, but we really wanted to get into the stripers. With a string of warm air temperatures I expected the stripers to be very active. I didn’t realize how warm the water had become though. On the main lake I was in the low 60’s! Up in the bays I was sitting in water that was in the mid 60 degree range!

Once I realized how warm the water had become I had to try one of my favorite spots for prespawn largemouth. The spot is very shallow (less than 2 feet deep), and it is either hit or miss. We pushed up into the area and on my first cast I caught a 14″ largemouth. Because it was windy out I decide to go around the outside of the spot and drift through it. I was casting with the trolling motor on high speed and wack. My line zip to the side and I caught a 28″ Northern Pike. What happened next really surprised me because I had just caught the Pike. On consectutive casts I caught a 4 and 3 3/4 lb largemouth! We stayed in that area for a while catching bass and getting our lures chased by Muskie! I have never seen such a mix of fish in a small area.

If this wasn’t enough at 7:30 I decided to see if we could catch a striper to finish off our night. We pull up to a roadbed that over the year has yeilded a great deal of stripers for me. About 15 casts into it I hooked up. Not with a striper, but with a 20″ walleye! Because it was out of season I released the fish and went back to fishing. Mike ended up catching 1 small striper in the spot. Before we quit for the night we trolled a short stretch of the roadbed. Mike then caught a 22″ walleye. Once again our mouths were watering, but we released the fish. We couldn’t have asked for a better finish to a great evening on the water.

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My name is Leo Cancilla, and I was born April 23, 1984. I live in Butler Pennsylvania with my fantastic wife Jessica. I have been fishing local fishing tournaments for about 12 years now. My fishing strengths are power fishing and flipping. My favorite lake in Pennsylvania is Pymatuning Lake.

This year I will be competeing the Bassmaster Weekend Series - New York West Division, Keystone Bass Buddies Circuit, Club Tournaments, and the Lake Arthur Wednesday Night Tournaments.

My sponsors for this year are:

Pure Fishing

Dig-In Shallow Water Anchors

Contact me at leo@fishpittsburgh.com

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