Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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
Check out the video
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
Check out the video
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
May 27, 2101 - Permit Fishing - FL Keys
For years, I've had an itch to catch a permit. We tried two years ago, while we were in the keys, but didn't even get to cast to one.
So, we decided to dedicate the day to getting one...
The day started out with Bob poling us on a big flat, way on the outside keys out of Cudjoe. Very little activity, but we did finally spook a couple of fish. We made our way to an edge between the flat and a channel. 2 ft of water on our right, 8 ft of water on our left. There were LOTS of tarpon cruising and rolling. It was tough, but I tried to stay focused on finding a permit. Debbi tossed a crab to a small tarpon (~30 lbs) and got it to the boat.
After hours of searching, and making a VERY long run through the keys to a flat up north of Marathon...we finally found a few. This flat was COVERED with Cuda's. If I wasn't so dead-set on a permit, we could have had a blast with the Cuda's. I threw to one cuda, hooked him up and gave the rod to Debbi. While she was reeling it in, sharks swarmed in and a 6-7 ft lemon tackled the cuda in about a foot of water....woo wee, that was cool! (Not so much for the cuda).
Bob literally said..."ok guys, this is our last drift". And there they were, 2 permit coming right towards us. Bob said "make it count!". I tossed the crab, one permit moved off to the right...but, where did the other one go???? Wait, I think...yea, he ate it...FISH ON!
So, we decided to dedicate the day to getting one...
The day started out with Bob poling us on a big flat, way on the outside keys out of Cudjoe. Very little activity, but we did finally spook a couple of fish. We made our way to an edge between the flat and a channel. 2 ft of water on our right, 8 ft of water on our left. There were LOTS of tarpon cruising and rolling. It was tough, but I tried to stay focused on finding a permit. Debbi tossed a crab to a small tarpon (~30 lbs) and got it to the boat.
After hours of searching, and making a VERY long run through the keys to a flat up north of Marathon...we finally found a few. This flat was COVERED with Cuda's. If I wasn't so dead-set on a permit, we could have had a blast with the Cuda's. I threw to one cuda, hooked him up and gave the rod to Debbi. While she was reeling it in, sharks swarmed in and a 6-7 ft lemon tackled the cuda in about a foot of water....woo wee, that was cool! (Not so much for the cuda).
Bob literally said..."ok guys, this is our last drift". And there they were, 2 permit coming right towards us. Bob said "make it count!". I tossed the crab, one permit moved off to the right...but, where did the other one go???? Wait, I think...yea, he ate it...FISH ON!
Permit fishing - Florida Keys - May 27, 2010 from Brett Dunn on Vimeo.
Monday, May 31, 2010
May 25, 2010 - Tarpon Fishing at Cudjoe Key
We met up with Capt Bob from Double Haul Charters and headed out in his Maverick HPX skiff. Debbi had never caught a tarpon before, so she was first on the rod.
It didn't take long to get bit and Debbi reeled in her first Jack Crevalle. Soon after that, Debbi was in for a 1 hour battle with a tarpon in the 80-90 lb class.
Later, I hooked into a tarpon as well, but after a hectic battle around the bridge pilings, the hook eventually pulled.
Here is a short video
It didn't take long to get bit and Debbi reeled in her first Jack Crevalle. Soon after that, Debbi was in for a 1 hour battle with a tarpon in the 80-90 lb class.
Later, I hooked into a tarpon as well, but after a hectic battle around the bridge pilings, the hook eventually pulled.
Here is a short video
Tarpon Fishing - May 25, 2010 - Cudjoe Key from Brett Dunn on Vimeo.
May 24, 2010 - Key West
Our first day of fishing on this vacation, turned out to be our best.
We hooked up with Bill Wallace from Fish Key West Florida Charters on a 33 ft Sea Vee. This was a very nice, dry and comfortable center console with a head and twin 250 4 strokes. You can find their info here
The plan was to bottom fish and see what we could catch. Within minutes of dropping the first chum bag, we had fish all around the boat. It didn't take long for the Yellow tail snappers to show up and boy were they big!
As the snapper fishing heated up, we started dropping heavy rods down for mutton snappers and grouper. We got one big mutton to the boat, but lost a few larger fish...presumably grouper.
Then the sharks got thick and we lost 6-10 fish to them. So, we used a snapper head that a shark left us and dropped it down. Debbi has always wanted to catch a shark, so there was no question as to who got to reel it in :)
Check out this short video...
We hooked up with Bill Wallace from Fish Key West Florida Charters on a 33 ft Sea Vee. This was a very nice, dry and comfortable center console with a head and twin 250 4 strokes. You can find their info here
The plan was to bottom fish and see what we could catch. Within minutes of dropping the first chum bag, we had fish all around the boat. It didn't take long for the Yellow tail snappers to show up and boy were they big!
As the snapper fishing heated up, we started dropping heavy rods down for mutton snappers and grouper. We got one big mutton to the boat, but lost a few larger fish...presumably grouper.
Then the sharks got thick and we lost 6-10 fish to them. So, we used a snapper head that a shark left us and dropped it down. Debbi has always wanted to catch a shark, so there was no question as to who got to reel it in :)
Check out this short video...
Key West Fishing - May 25, 2010 Outcast from Brett Dunn on Vimeo.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
May 7 & 8, 2010 Susquehanna River
Friday morning was supposed to be cloudy and the river level was looking good. So, I took off of work in the morning and hit the river. The plan was to fish until about 11:00 am, but the fishing was cut short because I broke my trolling motor prop on a rock...ugh! I know, I know...you should always have a spare, but I didn't.
Anyway, the fishing was pretty darned good for the 2 hours or so that I fished. I ended up with something like 10 smallies. Caught several in the 3-4 lb range.
The pattern was post-spawn, moving water, super shallow, in all of the normal feeding positions.
Caught fish on spinnerbaits and swimbaits, as usual. No reason to throw tubes and senko's when they are this aggressive.
Saturday, Debbi and went out. We did well with spinnerbaits from 8 am until about 10 am...then it got REALLY windy! It was so windy that we had no time to take pic's or video's, or risk banging into rocks. We finally gave in to the wind and went home. Again...something like 10 fish, only got a couple of video. Debbi got the biggest fish at 4 lbs 1 oz.
Anyway, the fishing was pretty darned good for the 2 hours or so that I fished. I ended up with something like 10 smallies. Caught several in the 3-4 lb range.
The pattern was post-spawn, moving water, super shallow, in all of the normal feeding positions.
Caught fish on spinnerbaits and swimbaits, as usual. No reason to throw tubes and senko's when they are this aggressive.
Saturday, Debbi and went out. We did well with spinnerbaits from 8 am until about 10 am...then it got REALLY windy! It was so windy that we had no time to take pic's or video's, or risk banging into rocks. We finally gave in to the wind and went home. Again...something like 10 fish, only got a couple of video. Debbi got the biggest fish at 4 lbs 1 oz.
Smallmouth bass fishing on Susquehanna River 5-7-10 from Brett Dunn on Vimeo.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010 - Susquehanna River
It's been so darned hot for 3 days that I decided to get out there at sunrise today. I got up at 5:00 and was in the water by 6:00 am.
Only fished until about 10:00 am, because it had already gotten up to over 80 degrees and boy was it humid.
It was a pretty morning and started off really well with a fish on my first cast! Ended up with 10 smallies. Nothing real big. Also caught 2 walleyes.
I sure hate when the spring time fishing comes to an end. I'm afraid we're only about a week or two away from summer patterns.
Only fished until about 10:00 am, because it had already gotten up to over 80 degrees and boy was it humid.
It was a pretty morning and started off really well with a fish on my first cast! Ended up with 10 smallies. Nothing real big. Also caught 2 walleyes.
I sure hate when the spring time fishing comes to an end. I'm afraid we're only about a week or two away from summer patterns.
Susquehanna River Smallmouth fishing May 2, 2010 from Brett Dunn on Vimeo.
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