Thanks for doing this. I've fished there (successfully) but didn't know about the structure that had been placed in the lake. Great job. Much appreciated.
I just moved home to the area. This is a great video, especially when your 38 and haven't been home since you were 12, and need to find good lakes to fish.
Westmoreland is tough , keystone state park has tigers but they are well fed on trout, loyal Hanna is ok but has gone downhill in my opinion unless your out at the outflow, the mon is your best bet , or you could drive down to the yough and try but it ain’t easy , I drive out of Westmoreland to fish for musky usually.
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead Thank you. I'm from here originally but grew up down south and lived in Florida for a while. Just moved home. So Muskie, Pike and Walleye are things I haven't had much opportunity to fish for until recently.
Used to fish on the causeway a long time ago, some good bass in those rocks. Also my dad caught a 45 inch tiger musky back in 98 thing was a slob of a fish
Got two rainbow from the dam after a long, slow start. But, more importantly, my ten year old caught her first trout! So stoked. We're going back tomorrow.
Hey thank you for the feedback! I appreciate it! I have a whole list of breakdowns to do, I can try to do mammoth as well, I do fish that some! It takes hours of research and planning for those videos so at some point I’ll get back to them , it’s easier to do in winter lol
I think maybe I need to go out to mammoth and fish it for a day like I did with keystone , it sort of helps to analyze it better , but it’s all fun too
Hey Ryan just going through some old videos I never got to watching and came accross this one on Keystone....just one question? Did you ever go back and catch that Musky?? lol
I love these map breakdown vids! I'm from Fayette county & I'm either going to Twin Lakes or here on Saturday this weekend. I don't have a boat but this place looks very easily accessible to walk around. Thinking about going here this weekend and then Twin Lakes (to rent the pedal boat) next weekend. I've never caught a Musky. Its a bucket list fish, lol.... Would you recommend Keystone Lake Park first or would you recommend Twin Lakes first? Would love to walk around this lake throwing soft plastics on the Texas rig but also using shiners, some kind of bigger lure trying to get a Musky. Id be absolutely stoked!
Keystone state park has tigers but they are tough to catch , twin is more pan fish , cats and bass. They are both accessible from shore to a point. If you wanna catch a musky you gotta put your time in and work at it , took me 2-3 years to figure it out to a point where I wanna fish for them full time. Just make sure that you have good release gear for muskies in case you do hookup, long pliers , hook cutters and if possible a big game net. Anything to make sure you can get a good release on them so they can grow up strong. Either option for a pond hopping day isn’t bad , especially for bass. I tend to lean toward keystone myself even though twin is like 15 minutes from me.
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead you are definitely correct about the muskies. Dubbed the fish of 10 thousand casts, lol.... How's the Crappie population in Twin Lakes and in Keystone Lake?
Justice/ 2 mile lake (same lake different names is a great little lake in Venago county. Not alot of people fish it with the Allegheny Wilhelm Pymatuning Shenango and etc all close by. But it is one of my favorites. Great lake for people without a boat. Or even people with a boat
Glancy Outdoors , I have seen pictures of walleye caught out of there and they were pretty decent! I haven’t fished it, but may have too, looks like a solid musky lake to. Do you know what the primary forage is there?
For your musky and your rare 7+ pound bass I would bet the trout in there would be their primary food source. But for your average size bass I think they mainly focus in on the panfish/crawfish. I have success on jigs and senkos. Walleye I would assume eat the small minnows and perch. I do not think the shad population is strong enough in there for it to be their primary food source.
Glancy Outdoors , I read through the one biologist report from 2000, it looks like your spot on man. I appreciate the comment , thanks for mentioning that lake! I may have one more trip planned to pymatuning this year , but I’ll check it out in spring!
I’d say water temps are key right now, I’d use cold water tactics , small baits worked slow. I’ve been using rattle baits and really slowly popping them and adjusting my countdown on casts randomly to try and figure out if they want it on the bottom or somewhere in particular in the column. SB fishing does a great job with bass and Is far better than me , he seems to use soft plastics allot when it’s cold like this, I’d try them out worked stupid slow.
Thanks man. I'm subscribed to a lot of bass fishing channels, but I like getting local opinion more often than not. I'll probably drag a carolina rig on the bottom and throw a few jerkbaits. Just going to be happy to get out and fish!
Slow troll is the best ..its only trolling moter only...we limit on trout & crappie trolling ..muskie not that good there but there in there & small....54 inch pure breed was taking there in sep
Western Pa Anglers , thanks for the comment man! I have been meaning to do this video since it was requested back in summer, only took me months lol. I usually do not get to fish keystone , but I grew up in Penn Township so I used to fish there and loyal Hanna all the time when I was younger! Thanks for the tips there too, this was one of the closer option lakes that even remotely has musky and is about 25 minutes from my house!
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead nice im from Derry I fished loyalhanna lake as well, big muskie in there. They stock tigers & pure breds in there . Just hard to fish cuz of jet skis & speed boats
Western Pa Anglers , yeah man! I live down 66 youngwood new Stanton area! My family is from Harrison city area so I always went crappie fishing at loyal Hanna! Awesome area, I just ate at Clem’s a few weeks ago lol
Hey what’s up Ryan , I got a question , not sure if you will see this or not since it’s on a older video but I’m planning on going up to keystone lake this Sunday or next to try and hook into one of those muskies and I’m gonna be shore fishing .. what kind of lures would you recommend ? I’m going to throw live bait as well but i want to try and catch one on a lure also
The state park is tough, with the amount of trout stocked in there I believe the tigers are harder to get to commit to a lure. I have had minimal success in there , rapala original floater F18 is one of my economical choices. Otherwise , jerkbaits , glide baits , bucktails. Don’t be afraid to throw rattle baits too. If you can get live bait , that’s never a bad idea for this time of year.
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead me and my son went there on Sunday and within 10 mins of being there I lost 4-5 lures in the bottom part of damn .. it was so freaking snaggy
Brigdeport dam in mt pleasant area close to acme dam and greenlick greenlick has walley that i have yet to catch and bridgeport has musky that i would like to try be cool to have a break down of them 2 lakes and im local live in whitney be nice to maybe get out in the boat one day with ya lol
craig pirl , those are my home lakes , I live in south greensburg area! I fish acme allot! I can put them on my list and see what I can do! I’m going out to West Branch in Ohio Saturday but I’m going to fish local next Thursday or Friday weather pending! If I go out I’ll try and film a breakdown video...
Sweet that would be cool and same i grew up in ligonier ive fished acme a good bit its really good in the spring and early summer befor the weeds get real high theres some monster bass in that lake used to fish donegal heavy till they drained it my biggest bass came out of there and i fish layahana dam and keystone a good bit as well
craig pirl , I have caught allot of 3-4lbers , a few 5lbers, and 1 6lber in there. Two years ago my brother popped a bass just under 8lbs in there as well. To your point, there are massive bass in there! I love that lake especially early, like you said before the weeds come in that place is magical!
Rumor has it ,the only reason this place has musky is because the fish comission confused it with Keystone powerdam lake up north one time and accidentally stocked it lol. Take that with a grain of salt but im friends with a guy who spoke to one of the people who stocked it lol. I can just imagine the biologists panicking lol
Pittsburgh Angler , that’s exactly what I heard as well, they didn’t have enough oxygen to get up to power dam so they stocked in the state park. Whatever happened, I’m cool with it, gives me another musky lake within 20-25 from my house!!!
I never had any luck there as a kid through my teens with my dad. (Starting from the late 80s) Caught more at Loyalhanna in 1 day than I did in 10-12 years at Keystone.
Thanks for doing this. I've fished there (successfully) but didn't know about the structure that had been placed in the lake. Great job. Much appreciated.
Thank you! I appreciate that feedback!
I just moved home to the area. This is a great video, especially when your 38 and haven't been home since you were 12, and need to find good lakes to fish.
That’s one reason I’m doing what I’m doing with my channel! Welcome home! Reach out if you need help with anything!
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead are Muskie still in Keystone or what would be a good lake around Westmoreland that would be good for Muskie
Westmoreland is tough , keystone state park has tigers but they are well fed on trout, loyal Hanna is ok but has gone downhill in my opinion unless your out at the outflow, the mon is your best bet , or you could drive down to the yough and try but it ain’t easy , I drive out of Westmoreland to fish for musky usually.
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead Thank you. I'm from here originally but grew up down south and lived in Florida for a while. Just moved home. So Muskie, Pike and Walleye are things I haven't had much opportunity to fish for until recently.
Used to fish on the causeway a long time ago, some good bass in those rocks. Also my dad caught a 45 inch tiger musky back in 98 thing was a slob of a fish
Thanks bud. Great info. Taking my daughter to fish this lake for the first time tomorrow. Hoping to hit some bass and or trout.
Got two rainbow from the dam after a long, slow start. But, more importantly, my ten year old caught her first trout! So stoked. We're going back tomorrow.
That’s awesome to hear! Pumped for you guys!
Thanks man. Great to learn this skill and share it with my daughter. I'll let you know when we land our first musky lol.
love these break down vids. You have most of the lakes I fish but I didnt see one for mammoth lake.
Hey thank you for the feedback! I appreciate it! I have a whole list of breakdowns to do, I can try to do mammoth as well, I do fish that some! It takes hours of research and planning for those videos so at some point I’ll get back to them , it’s easier to do in winter lol
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead I bet it does I've seen the vids and it looks like alot go into them
I think maybe I need to go out to mammoth and fish it for a day like I did with keystone , it sort of helps to analyze it better , but it’s all fun too
Hey Ryan just going through some old videos I never got to watching and came accross this one on Keystone....just one question? Did you ever go back and catch that Musky?? lol
I’ve tried and tried and no dice to this day! I’ve had much better luck up north lol
I love these map breakdown vids! I'm from Fayette county & I'm either going to Twin Lakes or here on Saturday this weekend. I don't have a boat but this place looks very easily accessible to walk around. Thinking about going here this weekend and then Twin Lakes (to rent the pedal boat) next weekend. I've never caught a Musky. Its a bucket list fish, lol.... Would you recommend Keystone Lake Park first or would you recommend Twin Lakes first? Would love to walk around this lake throwing soft plastics on the Texas rig but also using shiners, some kind of bigger lure trying to get a Musky. Id be absolutely stoked!
Keystone state park has tigers but they are tough to catch , twin is more pan fish , cats and bass. They are both accessible from shore to a point. If you wanna catch a musky you gotta put your time in and work at it , took me 2-3 years to figure it out to a point where I wanna fish for them full time. Just make sure that you have good release gear for muskies in case you do hookup, long pliers , hook cutters and if possible a big game net. Anything to make sure you can get a good release on them so they can grow up strong. Either option for a pond hopping day isn’t bad , especially for bass. I tend to lean toward keystone myself even though twin is like 15 minutes from me.
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead you are definitely correct about the muskies. Dubbed the fish of 10 thousand casts, lol.... How's the Crappie population in Twin Lakes and in Keystone Lake?
Decent crappie population both spots, if you go to twin fish the lower lake up on that timber!
@FishingPAwithRyanRead Of course they have tiger musky. Tiger musky are made from a pike mating with a musky so they also have pike too.
Actually they don’t have pike , the fish and boat commission stocked tigers in there ….
Keystone power dam not far from it has Tigers in it too
Justice/ 2 mile lake (same lake different names is a great little lake in Venago county. Not alot of people fish it with the Allegheny Wilhelm Pymatuning Shenango and etc all close by. But it is one of my favorites. Great lake for people without a boat. Or even people with a boat
Glancy Outdoors , I have seen pictures of walleye caught out of there and they were pretty decent! I haven’t fished it, but may have too, looks like a solid musky lake to. Do you know what the primary forage is there?
For your musky and your rare 7+ pound bass I would bet the trout in there would be their primary food source. But for your average size bass I think they mainly focus in on the panfish/crawfish. I have success on jigs and senkos. Walleye I would assume eat the small minnows and perch. I do not think the shad population is strong enough in there for it to be their primary food source.
Glancy Outdoors , I read through the one biologist report from 2000, it looks like your spot on man. I appreciate the comment , thanks for mentioning that lake! I may have one more trip planned to pymatuning this year , but I’ll check it out in spring!
How about trout fishing in October do they stack up on any certain side of the lake
We’re can I fishing carpa in keystone lake please ?
Do you have to release the fish that are caught at the keystone lake, or can you take them?
The creel limit applies there …
I'm heading there next Monday. Any tips for a 55 degree day in early February? Targeting bass.
I’d say water temps are key right now, I’d use cold water tactics , small baits worked slow. I’ve been using rattle baits and really slowly popping them and adjusting my countdown on casts randomly to try and figure out if they want it on the bottom or somewhere in particular in the column. SB fishing does a great job with bass and Is far better than me , he seems to use soft plastics allot when it’s cold like this, I’d try them out worked stupid slow.
Thanks man. I'm subscribed to a lot of bass fishing channels, but I like getting local opinion more often than not. I'll probably drag a carolina rig on the bottom and throw a few jerkbaits. Just going to be happy to get out and fish!
It's vicki, that looks really cold.
Slow troll is the best ..its only trolling moter only...we limit on trout & crappie trolling ..muskie not that good there but there in there & small....54 inch pure breed was taking there in sep
Western Pa Anglers , thanks for the comment man! I have been meaning to do this video since it was requested back in summer, only took me months lol. I usually do not get to fish keystone , but I grew up in Penn Township so I used to fish there and loyal Hanna all the time when I was younger! Thanks for the tips there too, this was one of the closer option lakes that even remotely has musky and is about 25 minutes from my house!
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead nice im from Derry I fished loyalhanna lake as well, big muskie in there. They stock tigers & pure breds in there . Just hard to fish cuz of jet skis & speed boats
Western Pa Anglers , yeah man! I live down 66 youngwood new Stanton area! My family is from Harrison city area so I always went crappie fishing at loyal Hanna! Awesome area, I just ate at Clem’s a few weeks ago lol
Hey what’s up Ryan , I got a question , not sure if you will see this or not since it’s on a older video but I’m planning on going up to keystone lake this Sunday or next to try and hook into one of those muskies and I’m gonna be shore fishing .. what kind of lures would you recommend ? I’m going to throw live bait as well but i want to try and catch one on a lure also
The state park is tough, with the amount of trout stocked in there I believe the tigers are harder to get to commit to a lure. I have had minimal success in there , rapala original floater F18 is one of my economical choices. Otherwise , jerkbaits , glide baits , bucktails. Don’t be afraid to throw rattle baits too. If you can get live bait , that’s never a bad idea for this time of year.
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead hey appreciate it brother
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead have you ever fished conemaugh damn and have you had any luck if so
@@smokez4123 , I’ve only fished it a few times, I’ve caught pike there. Never really have seen a definite musky.
@@FishingPAwithRyanRead me and my son went there on Sunday and within 10 mins of being there I lost 4-5 lures in the bottom part of damn .. it was so freaking snaggy
Brigdeport dam in mt pleasant area close to acme dam and greenlick greenlick has walley that i have yet to catch and bridgeport has musky that i would like to try be cool to have a break down of them 2 lakes and im local live in whitney be nice to maybe get out in the boat one day with ya lol
craig pirl , those are my home lakes , I live in south greensburg area! I fish acme allot! I can put them on my list and see what I can do! I’m going out to West Branch in Ohio Saturday but I’m going to fish local next Thursday or Friday weather pending! If I go out I’ll try and film a breakdown video...
Sweet that would be cool and same i grew up in ligonier ive fished acme a good bit its really good in the spring and early summer befor the weeds get real high theres some monster bass in that lake used to fish donegal heavy till they drained it my biggest bass came out of there and i fish layahana dam and keystone a good bit as well
craig pirl , I have caught allot of 3-4lbers , a few 5lbers, and 1 6lber in there. Two years ago my brother popped a bass just under 8lbs in there as well. To your point, there are massive bass in there! I love that lake especially early, like you said before the weeds come in that place is magical!
Question: Are sturgeon common around here.
No
wheres the best largemouth spot there
Rumor has it ,the only reason this place has musky is because the fish comission confused it with Keystone powerdam lake up north one time and accidentally stocked it lol. Take that with a grain of salt but im friends with a guy who spoke to one of the people who stocked it lol. I can just imagine the biologists panicking lol
Pittsburgh Angler , that’s exactly what I heard as well, they didn’t have enough oxygen to get up to power dam so they stocked in the state park. Whatever happened, I’m cool with it, gives me another musky lake within 20-25 from my house!!!
Same as coyotes
The Game Commission stocked them😉✌️
Muskies are definetly not the same as coyotes lol and fish and boat is not the same as the game commission
7 min from where I live keystone state park
Don’t waste your time fishing here unless you have boat or kayak
It can be good before the weeds come up …
I never had any luck there as a kid through my teens with my dad. (Starting from the late 80s)
Caught more at Loyalhanna in 1 day than I did in 10-12 years at Keystone.
Every lake is different , every year is different ….