By MARCUS SCHNECK, The Patriot-News
November 06, 2009, 12:43AM
From The Patriot-News, which regularly offers a look at fishing on waters throughout central Pennsylvania in the Sports section.
Performance Marine, Etters: Before the heavy rains last week, anglers were hammering walleye and smallmouth bass of considerable size on the Susquehanna River, but then “the river just jumped up and the fishing fell off,” said Greg Bachman. Shiners were the big producer among baits and lures. Some anglers have continued to connect with walleye downriver of the Dock Street Dam at Harrisburg, despite river conditions. River levels have been falling in the past few days, and action can be expected to pick up once again.
Ron’s Wholesale Bait, Harrisburg: The downriver areas at dams all along the Susquehanna had been producing well before the river level rose, with Twister tails and shiners generating most of the action. Anglers also have been traveling to area streams and lakes that were stocked recently with trout.
Black’s Bait and Tackle, Selinsgrove: Donna Brown said local anglers are “waiting for the big walleye surge that always happens at this time of year” on the Susquehanna River, but appears to have been temporarily delayed by high river levels. As those levels have been falling, anglers have been connected with walleye and smallies on Rapala Husky Jerk lures and six-inch plastic minnows in smoke and motor oil colors.
Koinonia Guide Service, Carlisle: Recent trips on the Susquehanna have produced eight walleye, the largest 17 inches, on stickbaits; three flathead catfish on live bait, the largest weighing six pounds, and a smallmouth bass on a stickbait: more than 25 smallmouth bass, the largest 20 inches long, on stickbaits and soft plastics; and 17 flatheads, the largest weighing 23 pounds, on live bait.
From PA Sportsman - PennLive.com:
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