Quick Update..

Ever since I caught my first bass this season, it has been on!!! Here is an update of all the places that I have fished thus far.. what worked and what didnt work...

STATE GAMELANDS 151 (Slippery Rock, PA)I have been catching fish like crazy at the ponds on SGL 151.. Them fish are hungry and are eating everything. I have pictures of some nice bass that I will post later. It is nothing to go out in an evening and catch over twenty small fish.

Foster J. Sayers Dam
I fished at Sayers back in May with Freddie Burns. It was the first time that I have had my boat out since replacing the steering cable and a bunch of other stuff. The boat ran like a champ and I ended up catching 5 bass. They were difficult to pattern but I figured out that they were in the backs of creeks to avoid the muddy water from the wind and other pleasure boaters. I found them all on man made structure and used a Watermelon Red Senko and Purple senko to land all of the fish.

Curwensville Lake
I have fished curwensville lake 3 times this year. Once was from the shore and twice were from different friends boats. My first time of the year I was fishing from the bank with my family and ended up hooking into this chunky bugger. It was next to the beach in some wood and put up a heck of a fight. EJ didn't know what to think of "his first bass" haha.

My next trip out was with my buddy Jeremy and his fiancee, Bri. We fished the lake from his Jon Boat and both Jeremy and I had about 5 to 6 fish a piece. Most fish were pretty small but I ended up catching a couple decent ones. Cabin Creek spider jigs were the ticket for that day. I even caught a small musky on a cheap Matzuo Crankbait.

The last time I was out at Curwensville Lake was on an evening that Mary Beth and I had originally planned to fish from the bank. When we pulled in, my buddy Joe Quick and his wife, Mollie, were out on the lake in his new boat. They pulled in and picked us up. On my first cast I hooked a 3lb largemouth that had a big belly on her! I ended up catching about 6 bass that evening and all of them had some nice size to them! Mollie and Joe caught a couple 3lbers as well! What an evening!

Colyer Lake
I went out to Colyer with Freddie Burns for the first time since I was in college. We had a good time fishing it. We each caught a couple Pickeral and I ended up catching a few bass as well. All my bass were caught on either craw papi's, senkos, or a popper.

Stevensons Dam (Sinnemahoning, PA)
My dad and I took my boat out on the day of Mary Beth's Bridal Shower May 29, 2011. We were out all morning til about 1 o'clock and I ended up catching around 12 bass or so. Dad ended up catching around 8. All of his fish came from Junebug Senkos and mine were a mix of Junebug and Watermelon. It took us a while to get the big ones biting but we ended up catching a few dandys!

PICTURES WILL BE ADDED LATER!

Raystown Lake Tournament 9/13/09

I had a tournament on Raystown Lake in Huntingdon,PA on Sunday for my first ever tournament on Raystown. I used my knowledge gained from my first ever trip to Raystown (see my previous post) in order to catch a few fish. The fish weren't biting like they were a couple weeks ago when i was there but that didnt stop me from pushing and fishing hard to get a fish in the livewell. I worked a no wake zone for the first part of the morning near snyders run but to no avail... so I told my buddy Tyler that we were gonna make a run for the area right before Seven Points Marina. I told him not to let me stop until we got there.

When we got there, there was a team already fishing on the shallow point in the weeds but that was ok.. all my fish before came just down from there. So we were workin that area throwing a wacky rigged GreenPumkin Senko. after a little bit i had a real nice hit and i could see the fish take off with it.. I was pitching into about 12 feet of water that was about 10 feet infront of the boat. Well i swung and rolled the first fish. probably 30 feet down from there i swung and missed another nice one... so i hurried up and put the rod down and threw in a Watermelon Red Senko texas rigged with a 1/8 oz tungsten weight on it.. that thing no sooner hit bottom and WAM! that fish took off with it.. i set the hook and my net man netted it smooth as silk.. here is a picture of it

That ended up being the only keeper i caught all the day but i learned if you miss a fish, to not give up on it because i didnt give up and ended up with a 2.22lb Largemouth and 6th place in the club tourney...
Catch ya later

Foster J. Sayers Dam- Howard, PA March 28, 2009

Woo! Today was the first day in 2009 that I was able to finally take my Procraft out on the lake! I woke up at 6am and got the boat ready and hooked up to the GMC Sierra. My buddy, Todd Dobo, arrived at my house and we were on our way.

We got to the lake, Foster J. Sayers Dam in Howard, PA, and quickly unloaded my boat into the water. I must say that both Todd and I did some serious tackle upgrading over the winter season while ice occupied most of the lakes in the area. I was pumped to use my new Abu Garcia Revo STX on my Berkley pro series rod.

After talking to the lady at Jim's Bait Shop and getting the scoop on how the fish were biting, we were suprised that not many people have been bass fishing on Sayers yet this year... Her fish report was that the perch and crappies were biting pretty good. We laughed and joked that it was a good thing we brought our crappie rigs just in case.

It turned out that we wouldn't need them as the bass were hiting just fine. After motoring across the lake we set up on a rocky point where we figured the fish would be pretty shallow this time of year and the big females would be pretty agressive.

NOTE: Earlier in the week I consulted Scott Laukhuff, if you don't know him, you should! He is a Berkley Pro Staffer and is an advisor for us on the Penn State Bass FIshing team. Did I mention he has his own television show? Check him out at centresportsman.com ! Scott gave me some useful information as he is a resident of Howard and does some frequent fishing on the lake. He told me that he has been out on the lake a few times this year and has had some luck. He recommended using a wiggle wart crank bait in the shallow stuff while cranking as slow as possible.

After only about 10 casts I hooked into my first fish of the day. I was using a bright colored crank bait that dives to a maximum depth of about 1 foot. It was a decent first largemouth bass of the year at about 14 inches long. It was my first catch on my new REVO STX and surely not the last! about ten minutes later I hooked into my second bass of the day. It was a 13 inch largemouth and the second bass a pulled off of that point.

After fishing the heck out of that point we trolled up the the lake throwin our crank baits. Todd ended up switching his color as he was throwing a brown colored crayfish crank. He ended up switching to a bright green rebel crankbait. Boy was that a good decision because after a few casts he hooked into freakin toad! after fighting the fish for a little bit he finally landed his personal best fish, a 18 inch 3.5lb smallie. After pumpin some water into the live well and stickin that big ol pig in there he hooked another big bass on his next cast! It ended up being about a 15 inch largemouth. Pretty nice for the first coupe fish of the year Todd!

We trolled up a little bit further and i ended up hooking a pig. It was a big female smallmouth that was 18 inches and 3lbs. By now it was around 9 oclock and it started getting really windy and overcast. we didnt catch another fish the rest of the time and by noon we were off the water.

In all it was a really good first day of the year. I got to use my new REVO STX and got to blow some dust off of the Procraft. Dobo is definatly hooked too and im sure we will be spending alot time this summer out on the lake.



TIGHT LINES!

Useful Information
Location: Foster J. Sayers Dam Howard, PA
Date: March 28th 2009
Air/ Water Temp: 51`air/49` water
Weather: early morning was calm and partly sunny, 9:30 am-noon was windy and overcast. Fish were hooked between 8 and 9:15am.
Total number of Bass caught: 5 ( 3 Largemouth, 2 big Smallies)
Successful arsenal used: Storm Wiggle Wart and Rebel cranks. Both cranks were predominantly chartuese and dive from 0-2ft.
Weapons Used: I used a REVO STX on a Berkley Pro Series rod and a Abu Garcia Cardinal on an Ugly Stick. Todd used a Stratus reel on a Shakespeare spinning rod
all rods and reels were equipped with Suffix monofilament.
Depth of water fished: anywere between 1 and 4 feet of water. Most bass were caught along the banks, 2 of mine were caught halfway to the boat.