Warm Water Action

[dubthethorax]

Anyone else been out chasing the panfish and bass? I've been going out from 10pm-12am every night to fish for rising stockies and have been pretty successful, but the last two nights have been a blast with rock bass slurping hoppers off the surface. Nothing huge, but still fun.

I stopped at a local pond yesterday and caught about 20 bluegills in half an hour on mini-hoppers, some nice slabs too. Saw some LMB swimming around as well, but all I had on me was my terrestrial box and the werent having it.

Ahh....spring is here.

 

[The_Sasquatch]

2nd day in a row that I got the skunk on my local river. Huh. Very unusual for WW for me.

 

[jrmyln]

Picked up some small bass and 'gills on my usual local WW haunt.
Got some nice picks at Towhee the other day as well.

 

[streamerguy]

Walleye and a handful of crappie so far for me this year. The crappie should really turn on here soon. Haven't fished for bass or gills yet.

 

[angrygnome]

what did you use for crappie

 

[streamerguy]

sz10 white beadhead buggers with some flash.....they seem to do really well on crappie

 

[delta_dog]

Here are a few pics from Tuesday's outing. Second time out in the new toon and loving it. Ended up with well over 200 crappie for the day but only kept 35-40. I also picked up a few bass and perch.

 

[lv2nymph]

I smell a fish fry!!! Congrats Dan, nice day.

 

[boychick]

I went to my local pond the other day to see if the bass and panfish were getting active. I caught a huge slab of crappie. This was the largest crappie I have ever seen! I got several bass and bluegill too. A lot of fun in a half an hour.

 

[Fishidiot]

Been tough for me this spring (blasted wind!)

Did manage to get out a couple hours a couple days ago looking for toothy critters and panfish. The wind played havoc with my canoe and casting muskie flies was harrowing. Deciding that I didn't want to start any new feathers and piercing trends...decided to hit some protected bays where I usually expect to find crappies in bushes this time of year. Didn't see or catch a thing. The water was very clear and I could see down into the brush. No crappies or panfish were visible. The lake was also noticeably barren of any early weed growth.

Been a strange spring for WW species, to say the least, and definitely has me scratching my head.

Nice catch Deltadog!

(This thread will be moved to the Warm Water forum)

 

[dubthethorax]

I've been getting Pickerel at a local lake since the end of Feb. Was out for 20 minutes at a local pond in Lansdale after dropping my kids off on the way to work this morning. Landed about 20 bluegills, and lost a really fat bass, about 5 lbs who wrapped me around some submerged branches. Damn 5x. All on hoppers

 

[delta_dog]

Went back out again today ended up getting about 75--100. Picked up a few pigs and lost some bigger pigs. All in all a great day.

 

[icyguides]

Nice crappie delta dog! those are some big #'s and fat slabs. gotta love springtime panfishin.

 

[boychick]

This is the big crappie I caught the other day. This is not the best picture (from my phone), the fish's tail is lifted away from the camera making it look shorter than it was.

 

[delta_dog]

Nice

 

[The_Sasquatch]

The Conestoga is STILL under normal flow for this time of year, despite all the rain.

 

[boychick]

Thanks DD, you had a nice haul yourself!

 

[caveman]

I went out to a small local quarry lake today, that I have never fished and took the FF806. Man I had so much fun with the BIG bluegills. I have never caught big ones like that before. A Walts worm was the most successful fly. Cast out and let it sink for a few seconds and then slowly start stripping it back in. Man I wished I had a bucket and a camera. These things were easy 9 or 10 inches long. Would have made a nice fish fry. Gonna have to go back. It was difficult casting, Just a few open spots for a back cast so I was doing some pretty impressive roll casts.

 

[The_Sasquatch]

Dude you gotta get me into that action! We should team up and fish together anyway, put the glass hurtin' on them Lancaster Co fish.

 

[guppieguy]

Had my first successful WW outing yesterday.... got my first bass, carp, and catfish on the fly and a WHOLE lot of crappie all at Orangeville. No striper or walleye though.... I'll have to keep trying.