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.

Susquehanna River Smallmouth fishing May 2, 2010 from Brett Dunn on Vimeo.

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Debbi wanted to go fishing, but refuses to get up early on the weekends...I'm working on that with her, LOL

So, we didn't get to the river until almost 9:00 am. It was ridiculously hot for May 1st...about 88 degrees.

Water temps were in the 61-63 range. Water is still dirty on the eastern half.

Debbi ended up with 4 smallies and I ended with about a dozen. We worked hard for those 16 fish! Covered ALOT of water and made ALOT of casts.

Only took a couple of pic's today.

April 30, 2010

Decided to leave work early today and take Dad fishing. We got to the river at about 2:45 pm or so and fished until about 6:30 pm.

Got on some fish. I ended up with 15 and Dad had 8. No monsters....biggest fish were in the 18-19 inch (3.5 lb) range.

Water temps were around 60.
Air temps were in the 70's

All fish were post spawn and in moving water. Most were on spinnerbaits with a few on swimbaits.

Hard to get excited with no big fish, but it's better than working...that's for sure. Didn't even bother taking pic's today.

Til next time...fish on!

April 24, 2010 - Susquehanna River

The post-spawn smallie fishing is on! Today, I should have boated about 40 fish, but only ended up with 28. My shoulder has been hurting and I just wasn't setting the hook well or keeping them buttoned up.

Anyway, the conditions were as follows...

Air temps: 50-60 degrees
Water temp: 58-61 degrees
Hbg Gauge: 4.3 ft and steady
Lures: Spinnerbaits and swimbaits

Susquehanna River Smallmouth Fishing April 24, 2010 from Brett Dunn on Vimeo.

Trip Trade #1 - Todd and Alicia Theodore

Well, my first trip trade turned out to be a great one. Todd and Alicia came all the way to PA from Cincinnati, OH.


























They started their trip on Saturday morning and drove over 8 hours straight to get to York around 5pm. We met up and had dinner at Fiesta Mexico in York. The food was really good and the Captain and Diet was cold and tall :)

Sunday morning, we met at 9 am and were on the water by about 9:30 am. Mother Nature wasn't very kind to us today. The high was in the low to mid 50's, but we had had winds in the 15-25 mph range all day long. The wind chill was in the low to mid 40's. Pretty uncomfortable and definitely challenging from a casting and boat control point of view.

























Enough of the whining...so how did we do? Pretty well, considering the weather and post-spawn conditions. We boated about 35 smallies today. Approx 6-8 of those fish were 18" or greater....not too terrible. Top 3 that we weighed were: 4-3, 4-1 and 3-15.

Here are a few pictures:






























































So...Debbi and I made a couple of new friends. We ate some good food and caught some nice fish. It doesn't get any better than that! Debbi and I are looking forward to fishing with Todd and Alicia on the New River in VA, sometime later this year.

Thanks!

April 10, 2010

This spring, fishing has been very hit or miss. The the high flows through March and into April, I don't think the fish were able to get to their normal places. I've found fish in all my normal spots...but not in the numbers that I usually do.

Some females (larger ones) have dropped their eggs, but no signs of any beds yet. I think the main group of spawners is yet to come and should be soon.

Water temps have been in the high 50's to just over 60 on the warmest days. Air temps have fluctuated from high's in the 70's to high's in the 50's...again, very unpredictable.

But, I am catching some fish and having a good time.

Here is a little video of some of the fish for the day...

Susquehanna River Smallmouth Bass Fishing 4/10/10 from Brett Dunn on Vimeo.

April 11, 2010 - Fishing with Debbi

Well, I thought that we would have an awesome day, but it turned out rather slow. The day started out with Debbi breaking her baitcasting rod and that kind of bummed her out.

The fish have proven to be difficult to find and catch with the water levels receding so fast.

Surprisingly, some of the bigger fish have dropped their eggs, but most of the fish have still not spawned.

Water temps are hovering right around 60 degrees, with air temps mainly in the 60's during the day and 40's at night.

Did manage to get a few nice fish. Best for the day was this post-spawn female that weighed 4 pounds on the button.