Lake Wallenpaupack Fishing Report- 8/27/12

Fished both Saturday and Sunday.  Both days, air temps in the low 80s, skies partly cloudy, water temp 75F.  Fished from 5am to 10am each day.  Fished with my bro-in-law which is why I was able to post this pic.  Between the two of us, I'd say we caught a dozen legal size Smallies (>12") each day.  A couple 2+ pounders that we didn't get a photo of.  The Lake is "pea green" with a viz about 2 ft. at best. The shoreline has a distinctive white residue from the drying green algae.  I'm wondering why it turns bright chalk white after being green.  Is it from all the minerals/phosphates/etc. in the algae?  I don't know..that's what I'm guessing.

Our fish were caught on an assortment of lures: Pop-R's, jigs, senkos, tubes, Spooks in the early a.m.  I missed a HUGE Smallie or LM on a Jitterbug.  I had him on, but lost him.  Probably because he rolled on the lure and pulled it out of his mouth.  I hate the hooks on the Jitterbug and the fact they aren't connected via split rings which allows them to roll and get off.  Normally, I replace them but I didn't have the chance before we went out.  Oh well.

The majority of our fish were caught in 6 ft. of water with rocks and weedbeds nearby...even though I was marking a lot more fish in 15-20 ft. of water.   It also helped that we were fishing at the dropoffs from 6 ft. to 20 ft.  We didn't catch any fish deeper than 6 ft.  The bite on Saturday was more aggressive than on Sunday.  On Sunday the bigger fish were picking the bait off on the bottom.  They almost wanted it "dead still".  You couldn't hardly detect the pickup..just had to watch your line move or feel slight tension on the line..and you knew it was on.  If I were fishing solo, I would have moved out a little deeper and fished the better structure where I was seeing more fish.  I probably would have drop-shotted for those deeper fish.

The Lake wasn't too crowded this weekend.  I expected more boats but then again, the kids went back to College this past weekend so maybe a lot of family's didn't come up.  I hope it's less crowded this coming Labor Day Weekend but I have a feeling it's going to be crowded because for some..it's the last hoorah for the Summer.  Thank God.  I'll be glad to see them go.  The best time for fishing is in the Spring and/or Fall when there are fewer boats and BIGGER fish are caught.

Fish ON!  Rob