Susquehanna River
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Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Pre-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Rip Rap
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Swim Jigs
Structure
River Channels
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
fishing eddies behind large boulders. Throwing 3.3 keitech sungill swimbait. Throwing across eddies and reeling slow. 4-5ft of water. Water temp 64 degrees. Sunny clear blue skies. Temp 79 degrees. spot locked next to the eddies and throwing across the eddies. Smallmouth were picking it up as it was reeled slow and drifting in the current
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Forage
Minnows
casting 3/8 megabass dark sleeper down rock ledges 4-7ft. deep. long casts and let dark sleeper hit the bottom. slow retrieve back. Keep it bouncing off the rocks on the retrieve. Usually after it hit rock, fish hit the sleeper. Sunny bright skies, 78 degrees, winds 5-7mph. water temp 61 degrees
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Rock Pile
Pretty slow day today on the river 5/16/22. Mostly overcast skies with some peaks of sun. Only scratched 5 fish. 4 on the hula stickz and 1 on a rage craw. All small bass. But tomorrow is another day!
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Post-Spawn)
Technique
Ned Rigs
Structure
Boulders
Great Ned head. The titanium weedguards really helped prolong the bait from getting snagged, and did not impede hooksets. The thicker gauge hook helped me muscle smallmouth out from laydown and various cover. Pricey, but worth it.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Summer
Technique
Frogs/Toads
Structure
Laydowns
Forage
Insects
Water Temperature
68°
Bass season in PA opened over the weekend. Fished the first summer tourney of the year out of Sunbury. Had a fun day blasting post spawn smallies up shallow winding a toad. Had some wild blow ups and put enough in the box for some gas money ending up 3rd. Lunker was 4.20 which is pretty impressive for a non goby eating River rat.
Species
Smallmouth BassSeason
Spring (Spawn)
Technique
Soft Swimbaits (Sm/Md)
Structure
Boulders
Was using a 1/2 ounce dark sleeper in wagasaki color. Was throwing it through back eddies on 12lb seagar line. Daiwa elite tws reel 6:2 on a megabass swingfire rod. Would cast as far as I could and slow roll it back through the backend of the eddie. Fish were sitting there waiting for a meal.
