Green Lane Reservoir PA

[Adam Markley]

Hello I am going to quarantine my boat at green lane reservoir this year. Wondering if anyone has any spring time tips for fishing there. I don’t have any electronics on my John-boat yet. Any help appreciated, first year keeping my boat up there. Thanks 

[YoTone]

I want to hit GL so bad.  Hit me up if you ever need to see what its about. From the videos ive seen the bridges holds some nice fish.

[Craig P]

We’ve had success there just pounding banks from the boat with Senkos. They don’t seem as finicky with colors as other local lakes.  Make a good cast into a fishy looking spot and there’s a good chance you’ll be rewarded.  Crankbaits in craw color seem to be a favorite by a lot of anglers there as well.

 

You’ll quickly learn the place and if you have a good battery(ies) you’ll be rewarded the further you go.   Plenty of carp, not of interest to me but if you like fishing for them, just look at google maps with satellite imagery, where you see green fields, you’ll find muddy bottom with carp. Where you see trees and rock, you’ll find bass.

 

I have not fished for them in a long time there but at one time their were large schools of slab crappies. I remember 3 of us one day having a contest of who could get their jig in “without catching a crappie”.  

 

White perch there as well that like to hit brass spinners  if you like to fish for them.

 

It’s a decent fishery, just sucks that you have to quarantine and electric only but that’s also why it doesn’t get a lot of pressure and remains a decent fishery.

 

Tight Lines!

[Adam Markley]

I appreciate the responses guys. Can’t go wrong with a senko in a fishy spot lol, looking forward to fishing from a non-rented boat. I e heard it holds some pigs, a buddy at a local tackle shop was showing me a couple over 7 caught out of GL last year 

[Imbit]

One of my most vivid memories from years ago was on GLR with a 12 ft flatbottom & trolling motor.   I was forcing myself to try and learn how to use texas rigged rubber worms (long before the senko era).   I pounded that place for hours using nothing else, getting skunked, just trying to learn what rubber worms were all about and why everybody (on TV) was using them.     So I finally came to some wood about 50 ft off shore ... one of the few "visible structure" objects I saw that day ... and took my time, casted 20 ft past & worked it painfully slowly to the stump.  Then there was a little tiny tap tap tap.   From watching the bassmaster religiously on tV (Rick Clunn, Larry Nixon, Shaw Grigsby ... pre KVD era), I knew thats all it would be & that I have to set the hook ... so I laid back on it & IT WAS ON !!   That little stump produced an 18 incher ... it was the first bass I ever caught on a texas rigged worm & I think I was hooked more than the bass after that ... I still prefer worming in one form or another over all other kinds of bass fishing

[Adam Markley]

2 hours ago, Imbit said:

One of my most vivid memories from years ago was on GLR with a 12 ft flatbottom & trolling motor.   I was forcing myself to try and learn how to use texas rigged rubber worms (long before the senko era).   I pounded that place for hours using nothing else, getting skunked, just trying to learn what rubber worms were all about and why everybody (on TV) was using them.     So I finally came to some wood about 50 ft off shore ... one of the few "visible structure" objects I saw that day ... and took my time, casted 20 ft past & worked it painfully slowly to the stump.  Then there was a little tiny tap tap tap.   From watching the bassmaster religiously on tV (Rick Clunn, Larry Nixon, Shaw Grigsby ... pre KVD era), I knew thats all it would be & that I have to set the hook ... so I laid back on it & IT WAS ON !!   That little stump produced an 18 incher ... it was the first bass I ever caught on a texas rigged worm & I think I was hooked more than the bass after that ... I still prefer worming in one form or another over all other kinds of bass fishing

I can’t remember my first ever but that’s a great story. Gotta love visible cover! Tight lines man