Fishing was HORRIBLE on Saturday- at least for me it was. I woke-up to 20-30 mph winds on Sat morning. I turned on the Weather Channel and it said winds out of the SE at 7 mph for Scranton/Carbondale. Are you kidding me, 7 mph? When I got over to Capri Marina at 0800 the winds were at least 20-30 mph out of the SE. In fact, it was the windiest day I experienced so far this year on the Lake. The waves were 2-3 ft. out on the Lake. The skies were threatening..cloudy. The air temp was 57F. Water temp was 68F. After launching I headed over to Briar Hill Summit and fished the bank down into Martin's Cove. Naturally, there were 6 other boats along the shoreline staying out of the wind. I think there was a tournament out of the State Ramp. Nobody was catching a thing (and I was watching them all)..including me...NOTHING. I switched up baits too and fished deeper..and NOTHING. I caught a perch and sunfish but that was it..no bass. From there, I headed over to my cove (Goose Pond Cove) and fished from the Castle looking house on the Point down into Goose Pond creek. NOTHING. It started to spit rain a little bit..mostly a fine mist. From there, I headed across the Lake...and NOTHING. At that time, 1030, the wind started to subside and the sun started to peek out a little. But, I was also disgusted..just didn't feel like fishing anymore. I took the boat out by 1130. When I got back to the ramp, the 3 other bass boat trailers that were there were gone. So, I'm sure they were equally as disgusted and left. Later on in the day, the skies cleared, the winds subsided, and the sun came out. We didn't get rain till late afternoon. When it did rain, it came down in buckets for at least 5-10 minutes..and then it cleared up. That was it, cold front had moved through. I have NO IDEA why the fishing wasn't better prior to the front moving in. Normally, when the barometer is dropping the feeding is more frequent. Well, not for me.
Chalk this one up as the worst day fishing on the Lake all year long. Hope I don't experience another like it.
Fish ON! Rob
Monday, September 24, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Lake Wallenpaupack makes Bassmaster's Top 100 List
Just noticed that the 2012 May issue of Bassmaster's Mag listed Lake Wallenpaupack in their Top 100 Bass Lakes in the USA. That's pretty impressive if you ask me. The Pack wasn't ranked that high, but in the Top 100 list nonetheless. Other noteworthy bass fisheries, that I've fished, on the Top 100 list include: Lake Hopatcong, NJ, Susquehanna River, PA, Potomac River, MD, St. Lawrence River, NY, Lake Champlain, NY, Lake Winnipesaukee, NH, and Table Rock Lake, MO. What was on the Top 100 list that I haven't fished yet, and ranked pretty high, was #14 Oneida Lake, NY and #4 Lake Erie, PA. Sounds like a road trip to me. In fact, I'd like to fish them both on the same trip. Leave on Saturday and fish Oneida on Sun-Tues (3 days), and Erie on Wed-Sat (4 days) and return on Sunday. I'm sure my friend (and Professional Bass Fishing Guide) Bill Albright knows Oneida well enough to show me around. But, since Erie is so big and dangerous (it's like the Ocean), I'd have to hire a local Guide out there just to make sure I don't navigate into rough waters and sink the boat. Don't laugh..going out onto Lake Erie too far and fishing deep for brute Smallies is dangerous if you don't know what the hell you're doing..and you get caught in a storm. Better safe than sorry. I'd love to catch a 5 lb. Smallie. Hell, catchin' a 3 lb. Smallie is loads of fun. I can only imagine what a 5 is like.
Anyway, here is the list. How many have you fished?
http://www.bassmaster.com/slideshow/bassmasters-best-bass-lakes
Fish ON! Rob
Anyway, here is the list. How many have you fished?
http://www.bassmaster.com/slideshow/bassmasters-best-bass-lakes
Fish ON! Rob
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Lake Wallenpaupack Fishing Report- 9/3/12
Water temps still in the high 60s low 70s. Air Temps from 9/1 to 9/3 with HIGHS in the low 80s..partly cloudy, winds from 0-10 mph predominantly out of the East. Night time LOWS in the upper 60s. Numbers of Smallies have dwindled in recent weeks but the size hasn't. Caught a number of solid 2 pounders with a couple weighing 3 pounds.
The water clarity has cleared up some. Last week the lake visibility was about 1 foot. It looked like pea soup. This week, viz was about 3 ft. and just a little green color. No topwater action at 0630. The week before, I missed a nice fish (probably a Smallie but could have been a LM) on a Zara Spook next to a dock at 0530. There's no doubt you'll get a better topwater bite in total dark- in the early a.m. hours. Catching most, if not all, Smallies on soft plastics (tubes, jigs, worms, etc.) Threw a crankbait for a while but nothing doing. Tried drop-shotting for a bit and couldn't pull anything up but Rockies- aka Rock Bass, Red-eyes, etc. I have yet to find a spot where the Smallies are stacked up in the depths- which I'm sure they are somewhere. Just haven't found em yet.
Majority of Smallies caught in 6-10 ft. of water near rocks/weeds. Bites are near non-detectable. i.e. you better not be chatting with your fishing partner and not paying attention to your rod/line. I see/hear it all the time when tournament guys pull-in near me. I feel like saying, "You'd catch more fish if you just shut the hell up and pay attention". Sheesh..just a bunch of "Chatty Kathy's". I'm glad I don't tournament fish in local club tournaments anymore. If you want to get better at fishing, fish the bigger money tournaments with a serious fishing partner.
This summer the mid-section of the Lake as well as the upper end section (near Ledgedale) have been better Smallie fishing in the Summer. This is NOT the norm of past years. Normally, the upper end of the lake is only good in the early Spring. That's because it warms up faster because it's shallower. Then, the lower end of the lake (near the dam) gets good in the Summer. I don't know why this year is different. My friend, and professional guide Bill Albright, said he's been experiencing the same. What I have noticed, however, is that the weeds have not been growing as well as previous years. And, you would think it would even be more heavily populated since we had a mild Winter. In fact, this is the first year in a long time that the Lake did NOT freeze in the middle. So much for making sense of the fishing..huh?
Fish ON! Rob
The water clarity has cleared up some. Last week the lake visibility was about 1 foot. It looked like pea soup. This week, viz was about 3 ft. and just a little green color. No topwater action at 0630. The week before, I missed a nice fish (probably a Smallie but could have been a LM) on a Zara Spook next to a dock at 0530. There's no doubt you'll get a better topwater bite in total dark- in the early a.m. hours. Catching most, if not all, Smallies on soft plastics (tubes, jigs, worms, etc.) Threw a crankbait for a while but nothing doing. Tried drop-shotting for a bit and couldn't pull anything up but Rockies- aka Rock Bass, Red-eyes, etc. I have yet to find a spot where the Smallies are stacked up in the depths- which I'm sure they are somewhere. Just haven't found em yet.
Majority of Smallies caught in 6-10 ft. of water near rocks/weeds. Bites are near non-detectable. i.e. you better not be chatting with your fishing partner and not paying attention to your rod/line. I see/hear it all the time when tournament guys pull-in near me. I feel like saying, "You'd catch more fish if you just shut the hell up and pay attention". Sheesh..just a bunch of "Chatty Kathy's". I'm glad I don't tournament fish in local club tournaments anymore. If you want to get better at fishing, fish the bigger money tournaments with a serious fishing partner.
This summer the mid-section of the Lake as well as the upper end section (near Ledgedale) have been better Smallie fishing in the Summer. This is NOT the norm of past years. Normally, the upper end of the lake is only good in the early Spring. That's because it warms up faster because it's shallower. Then, the lower end of the lake (near the dam) gets good in the Summer. I don't know why this year is different. My friend, and professional guide Bill Albright, said he's been experiencing the same. What I have noticed, however, is that the weeds have not been growing as well as previous years. And, you would think it would even be more heavily populated since we had a mild Winter. In fact, this is the first year in a long time that the Lake did NOT freeze in the middle. So much for making sense of the fishing..huh?
Fish ON! Rob
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