Fishing/Sport Show

The crappie fishing at Pinchot State Park has been HOT! Lots of crappie caught up to 15 inches in the last few days. Due to the chilly nights, there has been a skim of ice down at the dam in the mornings. It's been approximately 11 am before the sun melts the skim ice enough that the guys can fish. Small fat heads, small shiner and soft plastic grubs and twister tails have been catching most of the crappies. Quite a few largemouth bass under 15 inches are being caught by the guys fishing for crappie.

The Susquehanna River is high from recent rains and not many folks have been fishing it. It should be fishable in another week.

We are gearing up for the Eastern Sports & Outdoor Showing in Harrisburg. The show dates are Feb 4th to the 12th. We will have a bigger and better display than last year!

We are adding new products just about weekly so check out our website for updates on new products at www.hawgheadbaits.com. We are adding a larger selection of 2 1/2 inch Right Bite tubes as well as some new colors for this season.

Fishing Report Jan 18, 2006

The crappie at Pinchot State Park have perked up these last few days. This past Tuesday one fellow reported catching 28 keeper crappie between 11 and 13 inches. He used mostly fat head minnows along with some plastic grubs to catch those crappies. Largemouth are still hard to come by, even with the warm up we've had. Some small bluegills have been seen in shallow water near boat ramp #2 but bass are still hanging deep.

The lake level should rise considerably after last night's rain. Things will settle down for the weekend though and the crappie fishing should be excellent with the day time highs predicted in the 40's and 50's over the next 5 days.

The river is still fishing well at Brunner Island for walleye, stripers and smallmouth. One angler brought in a picture of a nice walleye caught in the river recently. It measured over 30 inches and weighed 9.2 lbs. It was caught on a hair jig along with numerous other walleyes in the 5 and 6 pound range. Those were caught in the area of the Dauphin Narrows.

Weather/Fishing

The weather today is going to be beautiful for a fishing trip. Forecast calls for highs in the mid to upper 50's. Tough to beat that in the second week of January!

Many guys stopped at our tackle shop on their way to the Susquehanna River this morning. Some coming from as far away as Virginia, trying to catch a couple warm weather smallies today on the Juniata.

Toss those small tubes and hair jigs folks and hang on! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZing goes your drag as that big smallie takes off with your jig!

Enjoy!

Fishing Report Jan 11, 2005

Crappie fishing at the lake has picked up now that the ice is mostly gone from Pinchot Lake. Small shiners, fat head minnows and soft plastics are catching most of the crappie off of the face of the dam. Largemouth bass and an occasional Hybrid Striper are also being caught at the dam on jerkbaits and some crankbaits. The hot colors of soft plastics are white, pink, and pink/white.

The Susquehanna River level is coming down from recent rises due to rain we received. Smallmouth bass are being caught in winter eddies on hair jigs and tubes. Walleye are being caught in LARGE numbers below the Brunner Island warm water area. Jerkbaits, Lucky Craft Pointers and Smithwick Rogues, are catching most of the walleyes as well as medium, large and pike shiners. Stripers are being caught here and there on jerkbaits too. Many walleye in the 25 to 28 inch range have been caught in the past 3 weeks.

A lot of anglers are taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather we are having. Monday we had a high temperature of 62 degrees! In the beginning of January! Guys are getting out now before ole' man winter returns.

Good luck everyone!

Welcome to HawgHead Baits Fishing/News Blog!!!

Welcome to our daily blog! We have started this as an easy way to pass along information to our patrons, and any other friends in the fishing world. Our goal here is to provide everyone with broad view of our speciality, ie..fishing.

This means information in regards to what fish are being caught, maybe on what lure, and what presentation. We are going to focus our reports on Lake Pinchot (which is the lake we are located on), the Susquehanna River (approx. 10 miles away) and for the Trout fisherman the Yellow Breeches Creek (approx 5 miles away). With that being said, we will also venture into Maryland, looking at the Upper Chesapeake Bay area and the Potomac River on occasion. The fisheries in New York may also be mentioned, looking at Lake Champlain, Lake Cayuga, Lake Oneida and the great lakes area. Any other information that we obtain we will surely pass along to you.

We will also mention and describe many different techniques and methods of fishing throughout our posts, which will be dependant upon what type of information we talk about.

Additionally, this forum enables us to update everyone on our Bait and Tackle store. New products, changes within the store, tournaments we hold, or "hot" items that everyone seems to want will be talked about here.

We all at HawgHead Baits hope everyone enjoys the information we provide and remember if you have any questions feel free to call us at 1-800-559-HAWG!