My buddy Mike came over from NJ and we floated in my ODC 1624 Sunday and Monday. Sunday was the best day of the two.
We floated from Duncannon to Dauphin on Sunday and landed 24 smallies, biggest was 17 inches. Average size was between 16 and 17 inches. Small soft jerkbaits, such as a Zoom Super Fluke Jr, were the best bait. I also got a couple on a spinnerbait.
Mike got a couple on a crankbait, NOTHING on tubes. We would cast out the soft jerkbait, give it a couple twitches and if we didn't get a strike we would reel in for another cast. The fish hit on the end of very long casts due to the low, clear water. Water was clearest in the middle and on the West shore.
We saw so many smallies cruising it was silly including many, many 3 to 6 inch smallies. Most fish were caught from ledges in 2 to 5 foot of water with moderate current. A conservative guess would be that we saw well over 100 smallies crusing along current seams below ledges. With the low water, it was easy to see the fish once we floated near them. Baitfish were everywhere along grass beds but we didn't see many crawfish. We saw tons of carp and suckers and at least a half dozen channel cats over 25 inches, some over 30 inches.
Monday we floated from Marysville to Enola. At the current river levels, I picked a bad float but we needed a shorter float as Mike had a 2 hour drive home. Not enough water on this float to make it worthwhile. We only got 9 or 10 smallies, all decent size between 15 and 16 inches. Small soft jerkbaits were the ticket again today. Saw some smallies cruising but not as many as on Sunday. Just not enough water to hold them this time of year. Mike lost two pigs today, one on a crankbait and one on a Rat-L-Trap.
Tim
We floated from Duncannon to Dauphin on Sunday and landed 24 smallies, biggest was 17 inches. Average size was between 16 and 17 inches. Small soft jerkbaits, such as a Zoom Super Fluke Jr, were the best bait. I also got a couple on a spinnerbait.
Mike got a couple on a crankbait, NOTHING on tubes. We would cast out the soft jerkbait, give it a couple twitches and if we didn't get a strike we would reel in for another cast. The fish hit on the end of very long casts due to the low, clear water. Water was clearest in the middle and on the West shore.
We saw so many smallies cruising it was silly including many, many 3 to 6 inch smallies. Most fish were caught from ledges in 2 to 5 foot of water with moderate current. A conservative guess would be that we saw well over 100 smallies crusing along current seams below ledges. With the low water, it was easy to see the fish once we floated near them. Baitfish were everywhere along grass beds but we didn't see many crawfish. We saw tons of carp and suckers and at least a half dozen channel cats over 25 inches, some over 30 inches.
Monday we floated from Marysville to Enola. At the current river levels, I picked a bad float but we needed a shorter float as Mike had a 2 hour drive home. Not enough water on this float to make it worthwhile. We only got 9 or 10 smallies, all decent size between 15 and 16 inches. Small soft jerkbaits were the ticket again today. Saw some smallies cruising but not as many as on Sunday. Just not enough water to hold them this time of year. Mike lost two pigs today, one on a crankbait and one on a Rat-L-Trap.
Tim
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