Susquehanna River Daulpin/Lancaster County 9/9/15

[salvelinusfontinalis]

Spent sometime fishing around canal lock and above from 2-6pm today. I tried my own version on the "Stonecat". Mine is articulated in this configuration 3/4" shank - 1" shank - size 2/0 wide gape hook. I used black marabou/ olive barred rabbit strip tail with olive rabbit strip palmered with black marabou body, big tuffs of black marabou behind an olive sculpin helmet. I also put in long stands of gold flash and rubber. It is about 3" long, slender, heavy and has lots of action.

I had a good afternoon bouncing it off rocks on the bottom and was able to bring in a dozen bass or so in the 12-14 inch range. I did see a few bigger bass leap but wasn't able to seal the deal this time. A storm front looked like it was moving in and the bass just seemed to shut off.
I'll post up pics tomorrow. Thanks for the pattern idea Dave, it was hard not to catch bass with the thing.

 

[Fishidiot]

salvelinusfontinalis wrote:
I had a good afternoon bouncing it off rocks on the bottom and was able to bring in a dozen bass or so in the 12-14 inch range. I did see a few bigger bass leap but wasn't able to seal the deal this time. A storm front looked like it was moving in and the bass just seemed to shut off.
I'll post up pics tomorrow. Thanks for the pattern idea Dave, it was hard not to catch bass with the thing.

Thanks - great to hear. It sounds like the bass dig that pattern. A dozen nice size fish in an afternoon certainly is testimony hard to argue with. That long slender profile with lots of wiggle, bounced along the bottom, really seems to turn 'em on.

Interesting how an approaching storm front appeared to have shut the fish down. I've usually experienced the opposite and expect good fishing as a storm approaches. Yuh never know. Bass rivers, just like trout streams, can turn off and on with no predictable patterns.

 

[Fredrick]

salvelinusfontinalis wrote:
Spent sometime fishing around canal lock and above from 2-6pm today. I tried my own version on the "Stonecat". Mine is articulated in this configuration 3/4" shank - 1" shank - size 2/0 wide gape hook. I used black marabou/ olive barred rabbit strip tail with olive rabbit strip palmered with black marabou body, big tuffs of black marabou behind an olive sculpin helmet. I also put in long stands of gold flash and rubber. It is about 3" long, slender, heavy and has lots of action.

I had a good afternoon bouncing it off rocks on the bottom and was able to bring in a dozen bass or so in the 12-14 inch range. I did see a few bigger bass leap but wasn't able to seal the deal this time. A storm front looked like it was moving in and the bass just seemed to shut off.
I'll post up pics tomorrow. Thanks for the pattern idea Dave, it was hard not to catch bass with the thing.

Got pics ?

 

[salvelinusfontinalis]

yes sorry forgot.