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Title: Late winter or early spring? Susquehanna Smallmouth recent trips
Post by: Jeff Little on 03/17/13 12:09 UTC

Last Tuesday we smashed them.  I ended the day with 24, anchored by a 19.5 incher.  Most fish hit a 5 inch Wutz It rigged on a 1/4 oz Draggin Head.  Yesterday the water temps had plummeted from 46 on Tuesday to 38.  I got an 18.25 incher on a Lucky Craft Pointer 128, left alone on the inside edge of a current turn in one of the few big eddies (the river had come up a lot), and one on a Caney Creek Craw, left alone in the center of the same eddy.  Here's the second one from yesterday, a 19 incher:
(http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac13/JeffLittle/IMG_0583_zps64a7dc01.jpg)

Title: Re: Late winter or early spring? Susquehanna Smallmouth recent trips
Post by: EZPZ21 on 03/17/13 13:29 UTC

Nice SMALLIE right there Jeff , I can't take much more of this cabin fever !!! I need a fix quick ! For now ill just drool over your posts  :P

Title: Re: Late winter or early spring? Susquehanna Smallmouth recent trips
Post by: CrabbyBass on 03/17/13 14:55 UTC

Great smallie! I love the coloring on it. Nice job!

Title: Late winter or early spring? Susquehanna Smallmouth recent trips
Post by: tom1441 on 03/17/13 16:24 UTC

What part of the river do you fish? I fish the lower end in Maryland

Title: Re: Late winter or early spring? Susquehanna Smallmouth recent trips
Post by: matt on 03/17/13 16:26 UTC

very nice

Title: Re: Late winter or early spring? Susquehanna Smallmouth recent trips
Post by: Jerry V on 03/17/13 16:46 UTC

Quote from: CrabbyBass on 03/17/13 14:55 UTC

Great smallie! I love the coloring on it. Nice job!

It IS about as pretty a Smallie as there is... well done Mr. Jeff

Title: Re: Late winter or early spring? Susquehanna Smallmouth recent trips
Post by: jsnyd86 on 03/20/13 11:15 UTC

Beautiful markings on that one. What a great looking fish. A buddy and I went on a long float up the Shenandoah S. fork over the weekend. We didn't do well, but at least someone is catching them.

Title: Re: Late winter or early spring? Susquehanna Smallmouth recent trips
Post by: Jeff Little on 03/20/13 20:28 UTC

I usually hit the river anywhere between Columbia all the way up toward Selinsgrove.  Most of the trips are near Harrisburg though.  Heading out again on Saturday.  Doesn't look like its going to warm up much between now and then.  Here's the video from last Saturdays trip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzgumdI1XDQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzgumdI1XDQ)

Title: Re: Late winter or early spring? Susquehanna Smallmouth recent trips
Post by: Jerry V on 03/20/13 20:47 UTC

Jeff,

If the weather I have here hits you this weekend... there ain't a chance it's gonna warm up for you anytime soon.

Nice video, not having a lot of open water around here yet it's nice to "get out" with you via the interwebs. 

Thank you,

Jerry

Title: Late winter or early spring? Susquehanna Smallmouth recent trips
Post by: tom1441 on 03/21/13 06:23 UTC

The river looks nice up that way. I go to a small town in clarion county every year for a week of fishing and visit family. People would not believe the clarity of the lakes. We also fish the clarion and allegheny river there are nice smallies in the rivers.

Title: Re: Late winter or early spring? Susquehanna Smallmouth recent trips
Post by: MO QWACK on 03/21/13 19:49 UTC

Awesome fish!