April 7, 2010 - It's on!

With the warming trend and the falling river flows, I just HAD to leave work early and hit the river. While I was launching, I met some guys at the ramp that told me that the fishing had been pretty tough and between the 3 boats of guys, they didn't have much success...

Ugh, I started to wonder if taking off of work was a good idea.

But, I stayed optimistic and hit the water...and I'm glad that I did. It started off slow, as I found that only the small males had made it to the shallow spawning areas so far. But, once I started hitting my winter to spring migration points...I was on them pretty good.

Fished for 3 hours and caught (16) smalles. Biggest (5) were: 4-3, 4-1, 3-13, 3-11 and 3-0.
A 18 lb 12 oz bag...not bad. Not great, for spring standards, but not bad.

Here is a quick video

Susquehanna River Smallmouth Fishing - April 7, 2010 from Brett Dunn on Vimeo.

April 4, 2010 - Susquehanna River

Finally...the river is coming down. It's still high and muddy, but at least it's fishable again. The gauge at Harrisburg was about 7 ft and falling.

Debbi and I hit the water at about 10:00 am and fished until about 2:00 pm.

It was an adventure today...
We saw a Bald Eagle on a nest along the river.
We heard little frogs in a bog, singing their hearts out.
Debbi caught her first Tiger Musky!














While we were taking pics of the musky, the boat drifted under a large overhanging branch of a tree. The limbs were so long that they reached into the water. As we drifted under it, the branch acted like a giant muddy mop and got mud all over the boat...what a mess!

After we released the musky and were cleaning up the boat, I found out that apparently there was a snake in that overhanging branch...and now it was in the boat, LOL. So, I had to catch the little guy and toss him back on the bank.















Debbi ended up catching (2) smallies and the Tiger Musky. I ended up with (10) smallies. Biggest smallie of the day was just about 4 lbs. (didn't weigh it)

Raging River - April 2, 2010

The Susquehanna has been raging for a couple of weeks now. I took the day off and hit the river, to scout it out for the weekend. The river gauge at Harrisburg was at about 8.5 ft and falling.

No surprise...it was tough. It was tough just to keep the boat moving slow enough to fish.

I did manage to get two fish in the boat... (1) 18" walleye and a 4lb 3 oz Smallie.

Susquehanna River April 2 2010 - Smallmouth fishing from Brett Dunn on Vimeo.

March 28, 2010 - Susq River

Got out on the river again. It's high and muddy and this cold front stinks...but hey, it's better than watching TV!

Ended up doing pretty well...21 fish in the boat and lost a few as well. Big fish for the day was a chunky 3 lb 13 oz female.

If the river will settle down a bit, the fishing will get VERY good.

Susquehanna River Smallmouth Fishing March 28, 2010 from Brett Dunn on Vimeo.

March 27, 2010 - Susquehanna River

Got out for a few hours in the afternoon after picking up a new (used) Suburban to use as a tow vehicle.

Cold front is blowing through over the next 2 days, bring cold, wind and rain by tomorrow.

Did OK...only got (4), but (2) were over four pounds.

Water temps were 48-52 degrees...warmer on west side.

March 7, 2010 - Pocomoke Perch Jerkin

The new In-Fisherman Magazine came to the house, so I thumbed right to the "Hot Spots" section...

There was a blurb on Crappie fishing in the Pocomoke River on the Eastern Shore of MD, so I gave the contact a call.

Capt Walt is a full time guide out of Pocomoke City, MD. His website is www.ltcharters.com. I gave Walt a call and booked a trip for Crappie and Perch...something different.

Dad and I drove down Saturday night and met up with Capt Walt Sunday morning at 7 am. The river is cool! It's part of a bald cypress swamp. It's slow and windy, has lots of wildlife and boy is it full of fish!

We really enjoyed fishing with Capt Walt. He is very professional and a pleasure to fish with. Ontop of that...he really knows how to catch fish! We highly recommend booking him.

If you are interested, here is a short video:

February 2010 - Reports

Wow, what a February! Not from a fishing point of view, but from a snow point of view. We had back to back storms in the middle of the month that left us with between 3 and 4 feet of snow!

I was able to get out fishing just about every weekend. A couple of the trips forced me to launch at far away places, because the ramps that I usually use, were snowed in.

Quit your whining! Right? LOL

Anyway, I didn't take alot of pics or video during this time. Quite frankly, the fishing was just mediocre. But, here are a couple of video's, in case you're interested...