It's a 3" hellgrammite, I believe bass pro brand. Every bass I caught was on that plastic Texas rigged weightless. It even got a few nibbles from trout, but that hook is just way too big for them.Nice. What's the plastic?
There are 2 types of paddlers; those who have swam and those who will in the future. Category 1 also belongs to category 2
I brought the fly rod, but only had poppers and dry flies. Just started to make the switch over from trout to smallies. There were some rises around dark but I couldn't get any action. Water is fairly deep right off the shoreline in that spot.
Nicely written.No pics from Friday’s Schuylkill River outing but we managed a handful of smallies that day. I blame the late start as we did not get on the water until 11am, life had other plans but not going fishing is just ridiculous!
I did witness a neat behavior pattern I have never seen there, 2 different decent sized schools of smallies chasing bait. Reminiscent of what I see when chasing stripers in salt water or schools of smallies I see in the fall on Blue Marsh. Pretty neat.
I managed to backlash one of my casting reels to “get the scissors out” mode. It’s been a while since I’ve done that. I like casting light line and light Neds on a baitcaster as opposed to a spinning setup and it presses the limits of my reel so I have to be on my game…..and I was not! I suppose the heat got to me.
Looking forward to some lake fishing this week. Maybe Nox or Beltzville for a first time this year.
Nice Pickerel, been running 4, 6, or 8 lb siege. the last 1-2' I attach 17 lb Trilene XL with a triple surgeons not. 12 or 14 would probably do it but I own 17. Haven't been cut since.
What are you using for tippet for musky? I'm using 17 mono for pickerel though 12-14 would work too. I heard 30-35 mono is good for Pike and Im sure 50 would be good for anything else. The advantage is its clean transition to the hook and the diminished visibility vs wire or strand.
