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I took off work today and tomorrow and decided to try my luck on the water since the forecast called for a beautiful day. I launched from the pumping station above port deposit on the susquehanna. The fishing was slow with no bites. I started off with a rattle trap with no luck and switched to a chartreuse double bladed spinner bait since the water was stained from the rain we've had. I made a cast and the top half of my rod flew off into the water. No big deal, it's a two piece rod and still on my line. So I started reeling it in to get it all fixed. I was drifting down river pretty good, and I could feel my lure and end of the rod dragging and bouncing off the rocky bottom. I only had the reel and the first eye in my hand so I had no backbone. I noticed my line and kayak seemed to be moving odd, but I figured I was hung up and my kayak was moving due to the drag against the current. I reeled and finally saw the second half of my rod, then as soon as I saw that I could see my lure. The lure was bright so I saw it first, then...SURPRISE! My spinnerbait was in the mouth of a rockfish. I had no idea I had a fish on. No strike, no fight or anything. What I thought was my lure and rod bouncing off the bottom must have been the fish! He must have plucked it off the bottom because there's no way that lure had any action as it sat there. I don't carry a ruler on board since I don't keep fish, but my guess was that it was in the 20-22in range, a pretty good size rockfish for that area of water. That was my only fish today and had no other bites. Sometimes you just get lucky! Talk about one hell of a fish story!
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