George B. Stevensons Dam- May 24,2008

So my Dad and I have been planning on taking my boat out for the last week or so and we decided to load it up and take it out to Sinnamahonig to Stevensons Dam.. We had a very exciting day out on the lake. Dad and I caught more quality bass today than ever before!

We got out there around 8:30Am and loaded the boat into the water. Stevensons Dam is trolling motor only so we made sure both batteries were completely charged because we were planning on being there for a while.

The first place we tried was directly across from the Launch area right where it gets really shallow where the buoys are because of the Eagles nest. Right off the bat we caught a double. Dad and I both hooked up with little runts. We figured since our first cast both resulted in fish that it was going to be a good day.

I caught one more small one in that area and we decided to work the left side the whole way down to the dam. Dad caught 2 nice fish along the bank but the bite shut down for a few hours. around noonish the big bite finally picked up! I ended up catching around ten fish that were easily keepers and ended up catching 2 bass that were pushing the 4 lb mark (~20-21 inches.)
From about noon until we got off the water we caught alot of QUALITY fish! the bite didnt slow during that time. Dad was using an ugly stick and had some trouble feeling the bites in the wind but i was using my Berkely Pro Series and my Amp rods and had no trouble feeling the bites in the wind.

The fish were very shallow and we saw over a hundred big fish while trolling towards the dam. The bite turned on and they were smackin! I'm definately going back out sometime this week to hopefully catch some more pigs. All the bass we caught were largemouths except for 1 which was a decent smallie that I hooked. I didnt get a picture of it because it was bleeding and had to immediately throw it back in....

Catch ya later! Enjoy the Pictures!






Jimmy Mo

Curwensville Lake, May 3rd, 2009

Alright so after a long morning of trout fishing, Jeremy and I decided to take his boat out to Curwensville Lake for a spin to get the cobwebs out and to catch some pre spawning bass!
We arrived at the lake around 3pm or so. First thing we did was go directly across to the breast of the dam and fished some of the riprap. I was throwin a jerk bait while Jeremy was throwin a crank bait. He ended up hookin a 14inch Largemouth after only a couple casts. We then trolled the whole way around the right side of the lake and back to the docking area.
In the meantime though, we did some serious lip ripping! We found the bite like we usually do at Curwensville Lake and we stuck to it the whole time. We were throwin 4in Flashes and boy were we catching them. I was fishing from the back of his boat and I hooked up with 3 nice largemouth. The biggest catch of the day was this beast. ~18in and ~2.5-3lbs.













We hit all of the structure and steep dropoffs that we could. Jeremy ended up catching 7 or 8 nice ones from the front of the boat with this being his biggest one. (15 inch, 2lb largemouth.)













In all we had a pretty productive day on the lake.. We caught roughly a dozen fish in about 5 hours. the bite was good from abour 4 until 630 then it really slowed down. The fish weren't hitting topwaters yet, but they couldnt resist the purple flash! It was windy at times but for the most part all of the fish we caught were when it was fairly calm. There weren't many boats on the lake either.... The girl at PJ Bresslers Bait Shop said that the bite was pretty good for perch and panfish... we asked her about the bass bite and she said that she hasn't heard of many people bass fishing there yet this year....

Hope that report helps.. If anyone has any questions after reading this email me at jtm5058@psu.edu

Catch ya later!