Lake Wallenpaupack Fishing Report- 11/2/13

Early morning fishing in November at the Pack doesn't get much better.  Although the temps are a little bit nippier in the a.m., all the annoying jet skiers, pleasure boaters, etc. have long packed their bags and gone home for the Winter.  Thank God.

I started out at the State Ramp at 0800.  The weather was cool (45F) but the sun was out and the lake was dead calm.  The water temp was 54F with a slick of pea green soup on top in places.  Before I started fishing, I wanted to run my boat to see how my newly installed jack plate worked.  In short, it was awesome..another 4-5 mph out of the boat with great bow lift.  I was a happy camper.

I was even a happier camper when I caught this Smallie on my 2nd or 3rd cast into the weeds/rocks.  The Smallies have been shallow lately eating up on all the crawfish before Winter.  Kinda like the Squirrels gathering nuts.  Ironically, this was the only fish I caught all morning.  I didn't fish late because I wanted to watch Penn State Football on TV at noon.  I was off the water by 1030-1100.  I didn't care, I was happy.  The boat ran great and I caught a nice chunk.  Fish ON!  Rob