Lake Wallenpaupack Fishing Report- 6/15/13

Docks and Rocks was the pattern.  Today, Saturday, was a "bluebird day"..a day where you're normally better doing anything else but fishing..at least at the Pack.  That's not to say you can't catch a fish or two..but you're not going to fill-up the livewells- so to speak. 

I started out at 0600, clear skies, slight breeze, 59F.  Water temp was 64F.  Wind was out of the South at 10mph.  I wanted to see if there was a topwater bite so I spent the first hour throwing a Spook, Chug-Bug and Pop-R.  Only a couple takers..just shorts. 

I moved from topwater lures to swimbaits..no takers there either.  Then, after two hours of no legal Smallies caught, I boated my first decent size Smallie..a nice 2 lb. chunk on a tube.  I caught another within 1/2 hour going maybe 2.5 lbs.  I caught a few shorts, panfish, etc. in between.  I noticed all the nice size Smallies were caught near docks and rocks.  I imagine the bigger Smallies were under the docks and not too far from their rocky spawning grounds.  The fish I caught were females.  One had been caught before by the looks of the "ripped" lip.

By 0900 the first of the jet skiers appeared.  Normally, that is the cue for me to get the hell off the lake.  And, that's EXACTLY what I did.  I got off the Lake by 0930. 

Fish ON! Rob

Post Spawn Blues- 6/1/13

If I had a guitar on the boat today..that's what I would have been playing..the Blues..to go along with the lousy fishing.  I can't say the fishing was terrible, because my brother-in-law and I caught 5 legal Smallies..but the fish were barely legal..definitely bucks.  If it was a tournament it would have been 5 fish for 5 lbs.
Bluebird skies, temps in the low 80s, water temps moving up into the high 60s, slight breeze

We started at 0530 from Capri Marina and targeted all the points.  I wanted to see if I could call-up a Post Spawn female with a Zara Spook or some other topwater- reaction bait.  I did see a couple boil-ups..but nothing wanted my Zara Spook regardless of how I worked it (fast, slow, erratic, etc.)  What the Smallies did like, however, was the smaller Pop-R presentation.  And, interestingly, they wanted it shallow..I'm talking 1 ft. of water shallow. 

We fished until 0930 because we couldn't buy a bite from 0900 to 0930..not even a Rocky (Rock Bass) bite.  Although the Lake level is at its highest..and there was a lot of structure (trees/rocks/etc.) on the banks..most of the fish we caught were on/near the pea gravel and or boulders.  The funny thing too is, that the Smallies didn't want any plastic spoon fed to them at all...I'm talking senkos, swim baits, tubes, jigs, bugs, etc. regardless of how they were fished or where they were fished.  They only thing they hit was a jerkbait..and they were swatting at it instead of eating it good.

I'm guessing the Blues will last another week until the Smallies are done their Post-Spawn Blues and the water temps warm up into the low 70s.  When the water reaches the low 70s, the topwater bite begins..at least traditionally for me at the Pack it starts.  If you find the right place, you catch some nice size Smallies..and a lot of em.

Until next time.  Fish ON!  Rob