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Fishing the Hot Water
Hey y'all, got to fish the warmwater discharge at Brunner Island today on the Susquehanna River in PA. Good wading conditions, low water, clear, but tough fishing. Cold this early AM- 12 F with some wind.
Ran into one guy who got 6 smallmouths from 13 to 17 inches on 1/8 th oz jigs. I got my first fish of the year...a 18 inch channel cat on a Zoom Fat Albert on a 3/16 th oz jig. Also got yet another cat on the jig and a nice 16 inch smallie on the same. Missed about 6 or 8 strikes. Cold with the wind and trying to detect strikes in the river current.
Fun though! Eerie feeling in the warm water and the mist rising all around you but it was great to finally catch a couple fish after a six-week drought!
enjoy the pix!
Ran into one guy who got 6 smallmouths from 13 to 17 inches on 1/8 th oz jigs. I got my first fish of the year...a 18 inch channel cat on a Zoom Fat Albert on a 3/16 th oz jig. Also got yet another cat on the jig and a nice 16 inch smallie on the same. Missed about 6 or 8 strikes. Cold with the wind and trying to detect strikes in the river current.
Fun though! Eerie feeling in the warm water and the mist rising all around you but it was great to finally catch a couple fish after a six-week drought!
enjoy the pix!
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Comment by G-man on February 26, 2010 at 7:49pm
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can anyone please tell me where i can find some dicent bluegill or crappie fishing in O.C. California??? gman714@ymail.com
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Comment by Andre Sturkey on January 11, 2010 at 11:28am
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I Know Thats Right Buddy. It sucks being on a fish drought. Plan to catch my first fish of the year in Oceanside Ca. this week. I'll be there for 10 days and hopefully can post up some new pics.
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Comment by Jeremy R. Mayo on January 7, 2010 at 1:51pm
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Sure is a perrty picture though!
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DIDNT YOUR MOMA EVER TELL YOU NOT TO BE GETTIN IN THAT WATER WHEN ITS COLD OUTSIDE! YOUR GONNA CATCH A NAMOINASIFALITIS!
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Comment by John Sheehan on January 5, 2010 at 6:09pm
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No proplem Jim. If it helps ,click the photo icon that appears when you comment and load from there.
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Comment by Jim Gronaw on January 5, 2010 at 4:23pm
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The fish pix are on the 'PHOTOS' section...dummy me...I couldn't figure out how to post them on the blog...I'll get it some day!
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Great shot Jim and good fishing! Where are the photos of the fish?
I went ice fishing today with my brother and Nephew. Plenty of gills and PSeed/Sunfish.I crappie and two Bass .I hardly ever get anything on tipups got about 12 fish all on jigs w mealworms or Wax worms.Brother Greg caught severel Gills and Sunfish.Nephew got the best Bass about a 16" 2 lber
and a bunch of gills.Most fish were caught in 8' just below where the jig disappeared from sight.
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I am sure that many of you have hot-water discharge areas near you...get in on the fun!
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