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Comment by John Sheehan on March 30, 2022 at 9:51am

Bruce-Very pleased to hear the Juaniata /Susky Smallmouths and Rock Bass are coming back nicely! This year I'm hoping I can get a few chances to fish the Delaware River which is only an hour to an hour and a half from me. Good Smallmouths and BIG Red Breasted Sunfish. I'd like to explore the Rock Bass in the D River also.

Comment by Mikey-D on March 30, 2022 at 9:41am

Ah I see you got the the bluegill killer Jeff Abney in the group man that fella can absolutely burn the gills and crappie up. 

Comment by Mikey-D on March 30, 2022 at 9:30am

Thanks for the invite John haven't had a chance to get out lately but that is going to change here shortly. I live here in south east Virginia so I am pretty much surrounded by water salt  fresh, brackish. We have a pond on our property near Martinsville Va but do a lot of fishing in our county reservoir beaver dam and the Chickahominy river on the upper James river look forward to sharing some pics and info with you guys.   

Comment by Bruce Tomaselli on March 30, 2022 at 8:04am

At one time I used to target them on The Juniata River. My buddy and I used to make a 5-mile float and we each brought home 15 to fillet. The river flows into the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg. About 10 year ago contamination put a hurting on the smallmouths and rock bass. They are both making a nice comeback. 

Comment by John Sheehan on March 30, 2022 at 4:53am

Welcome aboard Bruce! Looking forward to seeing those Jigs! Gotta ask you ; do you encounter Rock Bass a lot ? Very seldom do I see them and would like to target them to learn about them. I have caught a few when I find and Fish the proper Rockpiles.  

Comment by Bruce Tomaselli on March 29, 2022 at 2:15pm

Thanks for the invite, John. Within minutes of my home here in PA, I can get into perch, bluegill, sunfish, rock bass, and crappie. I've been tying some jigs for them and I'll try to post some photos tomorrow. They are nothing fancy, but they are functional.

Comment by John Sheehan on March 29, 2022 at 10:23am

  Green SF have always been incidental for me and brother Greg.  Learning to target them would be a difficult, or at least time consuming, study I should think. Would like to hear more about the characteristics of the Green Sunfish. I know them to be Aggressive and willing to hit big Lures with their Big Mouths when I encounter them. I have only caught about 4 in my Life and Greg 2 that I know of.

  NJ classifies Green Sunfish as invasive, but I've never seen enough to consider them "TOO" prolific and hurting the fish balance. It's something I'd like to talk with about to a New Jersey Fish Biologist or Fish and Game representative though! 

Comment by John Sheehan on March 28, 2022 at 6:09am

One of my unusual catches a few years ago: Here's a first for me; a 13" Crappie on a Honeysuckle berry I found on the ground. In the photo you can see the little berries i used on a32nd oz. orange jig head.

Comment by John Sheehan on March 26, 2022 at 1:50pm

Glad you like McScruff!  The Hens were again more prolific and around 5-5.5" Trying to answer the question, ....at what temp does live Bait NOT become the only way to get Pannies to bite and be caught.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 26, 2022 at 11:06am

Beauty!

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