Fall Fishing

[TOXIC]

Got a pretty cool shot when my fishing partner and I went out Saturday.  It’s what happens when the air temp is 37 and the water temp is 55.  As soon as the sun came up it burned off and we were able to run normally.  Turned into a Senko day which hasn’t been the norm.  

[Boomstick]

Nice!

 

I haven't had any luck as it's gotten colder, generally shore fishing. Back when the weather was in the 60s I was catching a few though.

 

Now it's getting to 30 degree temps and I'm a wuss when it comes to the cold so probably won't see a lot more fishing this year.

[Kirtley Howe]

My buddy Paul and I went bank fishing on the Susquehanna River yesterday. Air temps were between 40F at 10am and 51F at 3:30pm, then started cooling off again. At 4pm the wind really started kicking up, and by 4:30pm we could not even cast accurately because of it and called it a day. The water temp was 51F. Paul caught two dinks (8" and 10") and had a few more bites but no hookups. He was alternating between jerkbaits, and 1/4oz ballhead jig with either a grub tail or minnow shaped trailer.  I only caught 2 fish all day, but they were pretty good. A 3lb 4oz Smallmouth, and a personal best (for me the Suskey) Walleye of 6lb 2oz. Both caught on a 1/2oz generic lipless crankbait that was silver with a black back and a touch of orange on the belly. I was casting quartering upstream and letting it drift downstream with the current while doing a yoyo retrieve. The bass put up a good fight, especially when it got into the current. Several strong runs, and a few jumps. Pretty much normal fight for a river Smallmouth of that size. The Walleye felt like I had snagged up when I first set the hook.....it really felt like I had hooked a tree stump. It did not move at all.  Then it took off downstream and almost spooled me........only running  8lb test Excell mono and didn't have a lot of line on the reel.  Then it turned and blasted back upstream to right in front of me, then just stopped. I got it over to shore and Paul got it out of the water for me. I have never had a Walleye run like that before. Very odd.....but fun.