Oct 23, 2010 - Susquehanna River

Finally got out on the river today (Susquehanna). It's been 5 months since I was out in my jetboat, ugh!

Anyway...did ok. Caught 7 smallies and lost a few. Biggest was 4 lbs 8 oz. Caught most of the fish on a swimbait and a couple on a jerkbait (LC Pointer).

Pattern took me most of the day to figure out. Active fish were right at the front of major neck downs, in the strongest current. Not in the seams, not in the eddies...at the head of major rapids...very strange for this time of year. Once I figured it out, I got on them pretty good.

Water temps ranged from 54 on the east side to 61 on the west side. Temps need to come down 5-10 degrees before the fish will really get serious about the fall feed.

Stay tuned, will post video soon.

Fish on!

Brett

New River, VA - Sep 17-19, 2010

Our new friends, Todd and Alicia from Ohio, set us up for a great trip down to south western VA to fish the New River. This is one their favorite places to fish...and now one of ours as well.

Each day, we averaged 30-40 smallmouths each. While most of them were in the 8-12" range, there were enough larger fish (up to 21"+) to keep it exciting.

This is one of the prettiest places that we've been fishing. We fished out of rafts...like the kind for white water rafting. These rafts were set up for fishing though, with seats and even motors!

Along the way, we saw beautiful landscapes and wildlife. We even saw a bobcat pounce on a mink and kill it! VERY COOL! Debbi liked seeing the deer swimming across the river too.

We highly recommend this trip to anyone who loves fishing, wildlife and water sports.

You can book a trip through New River Outdoor Company. Tell Britt and Leigh that we sent you: Guided Fishing Trips

You can also rent beautiful, yet affordable, cabins, see here: Cabin rentals

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