Schuylkill Smallies

[Romo]

I moved in January and am now 5 minutes from the river I grew up fishing, the Schuylkill. I tried it a couple times in the early spring and saw zero signs of life and pretty much gave up. Had a couple hours to kill after work 2 nights this week so I dropped my kayak in with a couple jig n pigs, some senkos and some pop-rs and had some surprising success. I wouldn't normally post pics of 12" smallies but the skuke has been so devoid of life I'm embarrassed to say these are my first skuke bass in 2-3 years. I also hooked a realllllly big something on a jig n pig (I'm thinking it HAD to be a catfish) which peeled line and broke me off on a bridge piling so I'm gonna start hitting this spot a little more often looking for some mythical 3 lb skuke smallies.

[hookmeup]

Nice! Beautiful scenery as well>

[imagine29028]

River has kinda come back in recent years....the city/state have worked hard to clean it up. There's 40 inch Tiger Musky in there too.

[FishHead]

Nice. The section you are in still has a decent smallie population. Typical size is what you posted here, although if you're persistent, you'll find some bigger ones. I had a 16.5" out of Douglasville area last year. They're starting to put on the feedbag now so chances are better. Good luck.

[Mattawoman Mike]

Congrats. Good to see that old river producing.

[Romo]

Took a tough skunking yesterday but I'm gonna attribute that to the high pressure/cold rain we had move in. A 16.5 incher from the skuke would be amazing. Wouldn't mind running into a musky either. Any tips on targeting those?

[FishHead]

Have never connected with a musky in the Skuke, so I can't help you there. Sorry.