Archive for April, 2008

Apr25th

Creek smallies in high water conditions

Friday, April 25th, 2008
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Spring Fishing for Creek Smallmouth Bass

In the first article in this series on fishing for small creek smallmouth bass, I covered some really basic strategies for dealing with cold water conditions. The second water condition that you will commonly experience in the spring is high water. High water can be tough to hone in on the location of the fish and to get our bait in the strike zone long enough to induce a strike. In high water conditions, fish scatter and water clarity drops. In this article I’ll divulge some of my time tested strategies and baits for yanking them out under these conditions.

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Apr22nd

Cold water tactics

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Spring Fishing for Creek Smallmouth Bass

dcp_0426-1.jpgThis past weekend I spent four days in a row fishing for smallmouth bass in a local creek. This year is really no different than any other year that I’ve fished the creek. It did get me thinking, however, how difficult it can be to locate and catch small stream or creek smallmouth bass in the early spring before the spawn. Yes, the waters are smaller but the conditions are tougher. The smallmouth in them are extremely sensitive to changes water levels and temperatures. As we all know, there is no other time in the year that these variables can swing from one extreme to another like in March and April in the northeastern United States.

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Apr22nd

New Central Pennsylvania fishing pictures added

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

I just revamped my blogs photo galleries. I added some new pictures from this season. I’ve organized the photo albums by the body of water where they were caught. No big fish yet this season but the year is young!!

Pennsylvania Fishing Photographs

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