Great end to a great weekend of fishing...

Strange weather. We got a string of days in the mid-80's. While many people think this is great (including Debbi), I think it stinks. This will warm the river up very fast, push the fish to the beds and bring a quick end to this fantastic spring fishing.

Oh well...quit your whining, right?

This morning, Debbi and I hit the water by about 7am. Air temps were already in the 60's and water temp started out around 59.

We headed upriver into the rocks to try to get some more big female smallies. We each managed (4) smallies. My biggest was 3-10, Debbi's was 4-0.

At about 11 am, we decided to make the long, 30 minute run to the largemouth/crappie areas. We struck out on crappie, but boy did we have fun with the Largemouths! We found a stretch of bank where the largemouth were piled up. My best guess was that the fish had a wad of baitfish pushed into this spot. We caught them, one after another...Debbi landed about 9-10 largemouths and lost at least 4 at the side of the boat. I landed 15 largemouths...including a 5-0 beauty!

Great weekend with (2) bass (1 smallie, 1 largemouth) over 5 lbs! We caught MANY over 4 lbs and didnt even bother weighing most of the 3's. For those that measure by length, we're talking about dozens of bass, 17-21 inches caught over the last fews days.

It just doesn't get any better than this on the Susquehanna River.

Wow, what a morning :)

Debbi and I got out this morning for some fishing on the river. We launched at Columbia. Air temps started in the high 50's and warmed to about 80 by the time we called it a day. Water temps ranged from 56 to 60, depending on where we were.

We flat out, hammered them today!

It wasn't a huge numbers day, I think Debbi got around 10 and I got something like 14. But, the big fish were biting...

Debbi had 3 smallies over 4 lbs. (4-6, 4-0, 4-0) and several over 3 lbs.

My (5) biggest were: 5-8, 4-6, 4-4, 4-3 and 3-15 (over 22 lbs)

You will notice that the date and time is wrong on the pictures....will get that fixed for next time. It's a new camera.

Fantastic Friday - 4-24-09

Yesterday, I was able to get out for a couple of hours after work. Glad I did, because it was fantastic!

In 2 hours, I caught eleven (11) smallies. That in itself is not that big of a deal...but of those (11) fish, (6) were 4 lbs or more! Biggest was 4 lbs 11 oz.

No pictures, since I was by myself, but I did get a few on video before my camcorder croaked. I'll be getting a new camcorder soon, so no excuses next time. Check out the video on the bar to the right.

Water temps are around 54-56 right now. It's perfect! Females are still pre-spawn and catchable. Males are not even up looking for bedding spots yet.

Get out there guys...it's great right now!

Blast from the past - May 2008

Debbi and I got married last May, in Key West. We stayed in Islamorada for a week and did some fishing while we were there.

One day, we went fishing for bonefish and permit. Well, we didn't catch any permit, but we did catch a few bonefish. I also lost (2) 100 lb + Tarpon...dang! We fished out out of Biscayne Bay.

We fished with Capt Dave Sutton

Another day, we fished out of Flamingo, for reds and snook. It was rediculously windy that day and we struggled to catch a few fish that day.

Tough morning, but can't complain

Got out this morning, since Matt has an awards event at 2pm today.

Started at about 6:30 am and fished until about 10:30 am. Water temps were 55-56. Air temp started at 48 and warmed to about 65.

Not sure why I didn't do better, other than I fished the same areas as Friday and Saturday. There doesn't seem to be alot of fish in the shallows yet. Females are still egg laden, no bucks up snooping for bedding areas yet.

Only got (4) in the boat. They went: 3-11, 3-5, 2-8 and 2-0. Oh, I caught a little 14" walleye too.

Can't wait til next weekend!

Saturday - April 18, 2009 - Susq River

Beautiful day today...got up to mid-70's. Started around 10 am and fished until about 3:30 pm. Debbi joined me.

Water was still pretty muddy, but a little clearer than yesterday. Water temps ranged from 54 to 58 degress.

We started up river and caught smallies, then made the long run down river to catch a few largemouths.

Total for Brett: 5 smallies and 2 Largemouths - biggest: 4 lbs 10 oz smallie

Total for Debbi: 3 smallies and 2 Largemouth - biggest: 3 lbs 8 oz largemouth

Friday - April 17 - Susq River

I sold my Mustang today and took a half day off. After transferring the title, I hooked the boat up and hit the river.

I launched at about 3:30 pm and fished until about 5:30 pm.

Air temp was in high 60's and water temp was 52-53 degrees and pretty stained.

No pictures today, because I was by myself, but there is a video...see link on right.

Caught (7) smallies. Top (5) were as follows: 4-9, 4-3, 4-2, 4-2 and 3-8

Fish were in slack water areas, near spawn sites. Males are not up shallow yet, almost all fish caught were egg-laden femals.

Blast from the past - April 2007

It's spring, and appropriate that I might post a picture or two of a big 'ol crappie.



This is a 16.5" Crappie that I caught in Mid-April, 2007. It was caught in the Susquehanna River. Debbi and I landed 5 crappie 14" or better that day! All the big ones were released.




Please don't ask me "where", cuz if I told you, I'd have to kill you :)

Unfortunately, the crappie population is pretty small on most of the river and these big fish would disappear very quickly, if the location was made public.

It's that time of the year...get on out there!

Lake Anna, VA - April 11, 09

Debbi and I made a trip down to Lake Anna, VA this past weekend. The plan was to hook up with a guide and catch a mess of crappie. It's that time of the year!

We drove down on Friday, which was Debbi's birthday. We took the "scenic route" and avoided Rt 95 and 81 altogether. It was a great drive. Took about 4 hours.

On the way, we stopped in Culpepper, VA. Cool little historic town. We ate at a really nice restraunt called Hazel River Inn. The food was really good. Debbi got to eat some fried oysters...she LOVES those :)

We spent the night at Lake Anna's Lighthouse Inn. Not a very fancy place, but it was clean, quiet...and right at the marina where we met our guide.

We fished with Chris McCotter of McCotter's Guide Service. Chris is a really nice guy and knows the lake very well. We will definitely fish with him again.

So, we get out on the lake, it's calm, about 55 degrees and overcast...not too bad. We got to the first spot and wouldn't you know it...Miss Debbi catches a crappie on the first cast! Oh boy, it's going to be one onf those days that she kicks my butt! We catch a few small fish and move on...

About an hour into the day, a dark cloud came into view. Clearly, there was a storm getting very close. Chirs made a quick and good decision, to high tail it back to the marina. We literally beat the storm by just minutes. So, we hung out in the marina store for 20 minutes or so and let the storm pass. I was pumped, thinking that the rest of the day would be clear...well.

The temp droppped about 10-15 degrees and it stayed windy the entire day. Poor Debbi froze her butt off and actually stopped fishing. Chris and I kept banging away at it, but this was a typical spring cold front that really makes fishing tough.

We ended the day with something like 30-4o crappie. We took 15 home to eat.

Although the fishing was pretty tough, we met a new guide, made a new friend, ate some good food and enjoyed another adventure together.

Let the blogging begin!

Well, here goes...

Anyone who knows me, knows that this isn't my "cup of tea". I've never done anything like this.

My goal...to create an easy way for Debbi and I to share our "adventures" with friends and family.

I want to try to go back to the beginning of the year and post some stuff. But, if that doesn't work well, then we'll just go from here.