anybody fishing the susky lately?

[Darryl330]

Thinking about going out on Sunday morning. Has anyone been hitting the flats or the river up to the dam lately?

[Darryl330]

I guess not.

[docirv]

Fished the Northeast river a couple times last week, got some bass and stripers, just a few of each

[Darryl330]

thank you Doc

[sparky1423]

A few weeks ago I fished out of Lapidum...between the sister rocks and Spencer Island. A 16" rockfish with sores and 5 smallmouth, the largest being 19". All on a chartreuse crankbait

[sparky1423]

I have been itching to fish the bush river after watching this video. It was filmed in December...the last day of striper season. I have been to the RR bridge numerous times, only to catch catfish and perch. Not much structure in the area, but the middle of the Bridge is a hole. Drops from 7-18ft. I have always wanted to troll towards the mouth of the river, but there are so many other areas that deliver guaranteed keepers...just sharing my thoughts


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0AccHV1vD8

[HJS]

Dang... that video was quite impressive, albeit for smallish stripers. If it happened once it will happen again. Maybe not every year but certainly worth checking out at least once every Nov./Dec. With the banner 2011 age group coming into the fun-size range it should be better this year than last year. There are a couple of public launches that are within easy range of the RR bridge.

Anyone know if the Carroll Island coal fired power plant is still in operation??? At one time there was a WWD associated with this power plant that attracted good numbers of both stripers and LMBass. There was public access to the WWD from shore. But unfortunately, the fishing clientele trashed up the place to the point it looked like a landfill... and it was shut down. The WWD is reachable by kayak from the State Park ramp on the Dundee but it is a moderately long paddle on a cold winter's day.

[Shady]

Dang... that video was quite impressive, albeit for smallish stripers. If it happened once it will happen again. Maybe not every year but certainly worth checking out at least once every Nov./Dec. With the banner 2011 age group coming into the fun-size range it should be better this year than last year. There are a couple of public launches that are within easy range of the RR bridge.

Anyone know if the Carroll Island coal fired power plant is still in operation??? At one time there was a WWD associated with this power plant that attracted good numbers of both stripers and LMBass. There was public access to the WWD from shore. But unfortunately, the fishing clientele trashed up the place to the point it looked like a landfill... and it was shut down. The WWD is reachable by kayak from the State Park ramp on the Dundee but it is a moderately long paddle on a cold winter's day.

Launched on private property to fish the Dundee creek area of the Carroll island power plant a couple years ago in February and caught a few nice stripers. I think its still a little early for the discharge bites to get going?

[Yak Fish]

Launched on private property to fish the Dundee creek area of the Carroll island power plant a couple years ago in February and caught a few nice stripers. I think its still a little early for the discharge bites to get going?

I don't know where the discharge is, but the whole area around the plant is roped off. You probably can't get too close unless the discharge is outside the boundaries.

[Yak Fish]

I have been itching to fish the bush river after watching this video. It was filmed in December...the last day of striper season. I have been to the RR bridge numerous times, only to catch catfish and perch. Not much structure in the area, but the middle of the Bridge is a hole. Drops from 7-18ft. I have always wanted to troll towards the mouth of the river, but there are so many other areas that deliver guaranteed keepers...just sharing my thoughts


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0AccHV1vD8

The bush is really close, but I've never fished there. If you want we can give it a shot sometime, although there are plenty of places to catch small stripers. I liked his method of fishing the rat l trap. I've never fished it that way but I can imagine it working well.

[HJS]

Shady - You are right. WWDs won't attract fish until the ambient temperature of nearby waters drops down into the low 40Fs. Mid/upper 30Fs is better yet. That's when the WWD starts pulling in bait and then the stripers will follow. I start thinking about fishing the WWDs around mid/late December depending on how winter weather is progressing.

Yak Fish - Sometimes you don't necessarily need to be right in the plume of the WWD to find fish. Many times the attracting abilities of WWDs extends for a couple 100 yards away from the source.

[Shady]

Shady - You are right. WWDs won't attract fish until the ambient temperature of nearby waters drops down into the low 40Fs. Mid/upper 30Fs is better yet. That's when the WWD starts pulling in bait and then the stripers will follow. I start thinking about fishing the WWDs around mid/late December depending on how winter weather is progressing.

Yak Fish - Sometimes you don't necessarily need to be right in the plume of the WWD to find fish. Many times the attracting abilities of WWDs extends for a couple 100 yards away from the source.

Yes, although the actual WWD is pretty far up beyond the area thats closed off, the temperature in the entire creek is quite a bit higher than anywhere nearby.