Susquehanna 10/19/13

[corey866]

My Brother and I set out early Saturday morning from Deer Creek on the Susquehanna looking for Smallmouth Bass.

I caught a 19'' to start, then a much smaller one, both on a crankbait. Later we saw some surface action, so my brother decided to throw a popper and caught a 19'' striper on the second cast. He then got an 18'', so I went to top water, but my two were only around 14''-16''. Overall a good day at the Sus.
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[jbrown]

Wow-that's one heck of a smallie. Nice striper action too. Looks like a great day! Great time of year to be out there!

[PigPen]

Did you guys float down to a another spot or put in take out the same place? How fast dfo yuou think the current is?

[rdevaughn]

We put in at Deer Creek, paddled up and floated back down. Water was low, current was a little quick, not sure what the release was like from the dam.

[HJS]

Looks like you had a good day. The smallmouth you caught are as big as the ones I'm catching upriver @ Harrisburg... except I'm not catching stripers too. Stripers make for double the fun.

[HJS]

I forgot to ask you guys... How clear was the water? Could you easily see the bottom pretty much anywhere you paddled?

[rdevaughn]

Not particularly clear. You could see a foot, maybe two.

[dtandrade]

Those are some nice looking fish. That first smallie is nice and fat. Looks like a good day of fishing to me.

[Shady]

Very nice! Susky has to be the only place around that you can get into Striper and Smallmouth of that size.

[sparky1423]

Nice job! Pound for pound, I think the smallmouth put up a better fight. I am launching out of Lapidum this afternoon around 3pm...hoping I am just as successful, thanks for the report.

[corey866]

yea the smallie fight was really fun, lmk if you have any luck out of lapidum

[gliebig]

Great smallie. I catch quite a few drinks. Have struggled lately to find quality.

[sparky1423]

Launched out of lapidum this afternoon. Caught 6 smallies, all were dinks except for one measuring 19". Only managed one rockfish at 16" and it had the most ungodly sphincter of a sore. The worst I have seen, couldn't even bare a photograph. All were caught trolling a chartreuse crankbait, though other baits were in the water at all times.

[corey866]

ah nice smallmouth