fishingkidPA

this year on my baitcaster i was throwing a senko, a 4 inch one so it was barely under the weight limit, i ended up backlashing. After i picked it up i felt dead weight on it, set the hook and caught a nice slab crappie about 12-13 inches. Surprised i hooked him right through the lip

X2 maybe cause we live in more northern states? but i doubt that. havent had luck on frogs but i get some on jitterbugs

try using some inline spinners like roostertails or Mepps

we found some in a local store that had a black fur trailer and had like a silver double blade connected ( looked like a helicopter blade) it worked great

i hope so. they ended up putting in some good structure, it may end up being a good bass lake. it looks like 20-25 feet by the dam and abouut an average of 10-12 feet every where else. have yo ever fished marshall lake? they put all the bigguns from north park in there, some over 5 lbs..

IMO easiest and by far the most effective plastic for a pressured lake may be the 4 or 5 inch black/purple fleck senko wacky rigged. I have a lake similar to what you are speaking of, pressured by week end anglers but not much other than that, yet most wont hit a big offset spinnerbait, when i downsize i will use some of my small mouth inlines, they seem to do the trick. I like Fire Fox and Mepps Black Fury with the skirt. Good Luck!

i am also looking for one...im on a trout/bass one but its a PA website so it might not be helpful to you.

i caught a nice crappie to on a black/purple fleck senko too. probably my biggest ever.

hey your in Pittsburgh, i to am looking for lakes. i live in North Hills by mcknight road. the only lakes near me is north park lake and they drained that to get the silt out. do u fish the rivers?

Sorry if this thread has been posted before. But how did you guys get hooked on small mouth fishing? i enjoy it alot more than largemouth fishing mainly cause im fishing big streams, and smallies fight like no other! my first ever experience catching one was last year on the first day of trout. I was tossing a little white roostertail and wham something bent my rod in half, i though i had a 20" + trout on my ultra light. i had never caught a smallies before so i show my dad and he told me, now i try and get out fishing for them as often as possible. whats your story? (1st pic is my first smallie ever the rest are just a few of the many ive caught out of there, i only wish this stream was as close as my bass ponds (also pics of my favorite stream, hooked some nice ones under that big boulder)

i like to give them twitches untill they are about 2 feet from the surface, im only fishing around 6 ft though. then let it sink and repeat to boat

yea, i dont mind small ultra light spinning outfits but when you get spinning outfits for bass they seem to be more uncomfortable to hold and cast compared to BC's

x2 unless i seriously need to fish texas rigged i go texposed

nothing special, got it at dicks, field and stream verado 601 combo. i think i got it around 80$ bucks or so, it was that or the abu garcia combo. asked some guys who had experience w/ baitcasters and told me to get the field and stream, i was surprised and though its not to expensive i find it quite nice, but looking to upgrade later in the year if i find the money.

haha i was suprised myself, after the first 2 thumps i pulled just a little to see if his weight was on but nothing, the next to i felt his wieght so i lowered my rod and set the hook, i was scared he was gonna be gut hooked but right in the corner of the mouth ;D

the ponds i have hit dont seem to be hitting on cranks or jerkbaits, texas rigging brush hogs has been working, also wacky rigging senkos.

I was fishing for around 3 hours today in a cold front, the water was probably around 40 degrees and i was first using a jerkbait but had no luck, i decided to slow down and fish a brush hog on a texas rig and i felt "thump..thump.......thump.thump....thump" waited a second and gave it a hard hookset and reeled this boy in, i was fishing a small lake and it feels pretty good when your 15 and out fished some old timers ;D

is just started pitching too, i seemed to pic it up quickly. i set my breaks about in the middle with my tension knob fairly loose, i think its so cool how i can make my jig/plastic hit the water with no splash at all!

white roostertails or panther martins and blue fox.

i think thats kind of odd that someone would use a spincaster...i think spinning reels are just as easy but i think more efficient.

catch my first bass on a baitcaster

used them, they are great.

i dont bring it all the way to the surface, i keep it atleast a foot below the surface but i let it go all they way to the bottom. either would work im sure, you would get a longer fall with your way which could entice more strikes!

there are striped bass in this place i am going to fish tommorow. i have never fished for them. should i use the same lures i use for LM? i usually use worms, brushhogs, senkos, tubes, etc. i am kinda clueless. the lake goes down to thirty feet and as shallow as 6, which end should i fish first? thanks

I don't think there are many gar in virginia. Could be wrong though. there might not be, i didnt think there were any up here in PA but some guys illegally put them in muliple ponds/lakes, could be the same for you.