Its Smallmouth Time

[fishingmortgageman]

The fall topwater bite for the smallies is on big time. I have been fishing the Susqy weekly for most of the spring and summer with good success. Wolpacks of smallmouth aggressively chasing bait fish have appeared. Yesterday I ran into 5 groups of large fish feeding. I only caught a couple of fish below 16" yesterday as I was hog hunting throwing only topwater. When I found the packs I was able to pick 2 or 3 out each one. I had 7 fish over 19", 8 18", and many 17s. It was not a numbers day, but the quality was there. Get out there and enjoy for the next couple of weeks.

[bunker dunker]

congrats Eric!!!!!!! sounds like you had a fantastic trip.save some of that mojo
for r.i..
congrats again and keep up the catching

[Skunk City]

A 19" Smallie is a very good fish, to have multiple must have been awesome. I'll be on the Big D tonight into tomorrow targeting Walleye as usual, but if they aren't biting I will have to switch over to Smallies.

[fishingmortgageman]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

A 19" Smallie is a very good fish, to have multiple must have been awesome. I'll be on the Big D tonight into tomorrow targeting Walleye as usual, but if they aren't biting I will have to switch over to Smallies.

I know that the Delaware is very low as is the Susqy. Many of my big fish were found in very shallow water of less than a foot. Do not be afraid to throw in very skinny water. Good luck

[Chrisper4694]

i can tell you the catfishing sucked but that's about it...good luck and post your report straight to my phone via text message!

[Chrisper4694]

we love pictures! show us!!!

[fishingmortgageman]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

we love pictures! show us!!!

Sorry but I did not take any pictures. i was wading most of the time. You can take a look at a 24 1/8 monster that was just caught at river smallies.com at the east fishing reports section. You need to sign up to view that section, however. A friend that runs a guide service, that I use, posts a lot of pictures at reel river adventures on facebook. Take a look at his pictures on April 27 and 21 for some eye candy.

[icebadger]

i absolutely love topwater river smallmouth action,even med sized poppers on the fly rod.sounds like your into some nice toads, good for you.hope to hook up with a couple toads myself.the rivers are low we need slow steady rain to bring up levels without clouding up the water.

[bigfishy]

Originally Posted by icebadger

i absolutely love topwater river smallmouth action,even med sized poppers on the fly rod.sounds like your into some nice toads, good for you.hope to hook up with a couple toads myself.the rivers are low we need slow steady rain to bring up levels without clouding up the water.

cloudy water is the best senario in my area....piggys arent spooky when they cant see you