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I fished the Susky near Harrisburg today, Tuesday, 9-2-14, 8:45am-1:00pm. I’ve been waiting very impatiently all winter/summer for the Susky to get back to summer low flow so I could pick up where I left off last fall. Flow finally reached 3.5’ over the Labor Day weekend… time to go fish.
I caught 16 smallmouth. All but 4 were less than 12”. Also caught a couple 14”s. And the last fish of the day was the biggest measuring in at 18”. Hottest lures were a variety of Rapalas and 4” soft plastic minnows fished weightless on the surface.
Sounds like a pretty good day doesn’t it? But last year the majority of my fish on most trips were over 12” with many in the mid-teens. I’m not going to pass judgment on just one trip, especially knowing that the area I fished was pounded hard over the 3-day Labor Day weekend. The action I had this day was a far cry from what I have come to expect based on the previous 2 years of fishing these same waters. We shall see how the next few trips compares to 2012 and 2013.
Lots of these small smallies.
Susky, 9-2-14-B.jpg
Couple of these.
Susky, 9-2-14-C.jpg
And one of these.
Susky, 9-2-14-A.jpg
I caught 16 smallmouth. All but 4 were less than 12”. Also caught a couple 14”s. And the last fish of the day was the biggest measuring in at 18”. Hottest lures were a variety of Rapalas and 4” soft plastic minnows fished weightless on the surface.
Sounds like a pretty good day doesn’t it? But last year the majority of my fish on most trips were over 12” with many in the mid-teens. I’m not going to pass judgment on just one trip, especially knowing that the area I fished was pounded hard over the 3-day Labor Day weekend. The action I had this day was a far cry from what I have come to expect based on the previous 2 years of fishing these same waters. We shall see how the next few trips compares to 2012 and 2013.
Lots of these small smallies.
Susky, 9-2-14-B.jpg
Couple of these.
Susky, 9-2-14-C.jpg
And one of these.
Susky, 9-2-14-A.jpg
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