PAGreg

I got two to try this spring. I bought some caffeine shad to use on them.

I believe its predominantly a trout lake. I've honestly never fished there, though.

Coldsvt and I got out on the Susquehanna river in central PA this afternoon. No bites. The water was pretty high and flowing strong with water temps 38º-39º. Was a good shakedown run for my jetboat. Feeling a bit sore now in those fishing muscles that haven't been exercised all winter. Man it felt good to wet a line!

I disagree with that logic. One of the advantages of an aluminum boat like the OPs is light weight. He could get satisfactory power from a 12 volt motor and you're suggesting he add two more batteries. That's like having another person onboard all the time not to mention the additional expense of the 36v motor, two more batteries, and bigger charger.

I use the Columbia gloves and buff paired with the columbia omni freeze sleeves and short sleeve columbia pfg shirts. The little rubber dots on the gloves provide excellent grip. Also I like using the sleeves with the short sleeve shirt instead of a long sleeve shirt for better ventilation. The combo keeps me nice and cool. I've been amazed at how cool you stay just by covering up.

Took the family to Baltimore this weekend. Skirted the Susquehanna from the confluence of west & north branches in Sunbury to Harrisburg and its now ice free. Still some ice chunks flowing out of the north branch right at Sunbury, but nothing downstream. Saw a lot of empty trailers at the launches.

That's a lot of power for an aluminum boat that size! I have 17' starcraft that is similar in design and my 55# motorguide x3 is more than enough motor, even in strong current on the river. Anyway, I have a 36" shaft on mine.

I learned that some of these hooks are just way too strong for diagonal cutters when cutting swim jig hooks for the a-rig. I picked up some 8" bolt cutters at Lowes. Kobalt brand was around $10.

Pulled the boat out of storage yesterday. Going to fire it up tonight and clean the fogger out and clean the carbs. I'm hitting the river on Saturday!

The snell may not be as strong as the palomar, but it's got a few advantages over the palomar. Especially on weedless rigs.

I began using the snell on all of my texas rigs last year and I'm really happy with it. I use it with fluorocarbon and one piece of advice I'll give is use some glue on the knot when finished. I keep Mend-IT in my box for fixing my plastics and I use that on all of my snell knots. The combination of the knot with the mend-it is unbeatable IMHO.

My Bb1 pro has been my favorite reel in my stable of Lew's reels. I'm excited that I now have a second one for deep cranking. It's going to throw a crankbait a mile!

Seguar Smackdown. I have it on 80% of my reels. One reel has Power Pro super slick just because it was available locally and I needed line. I definitely like the smackdown better.

Drove over to the Susquehanna about 5 miles from my house and it's 75% open. Where I launch is open for a good half mile in either direction, but there's an ice jam right in front of the launch, with no path to clear water. The best part is the water is moving pretty good, but it's not very high and is pretty clear. I'm planning my first outing for next weekend unless we get a lot of rain before then and it comes up fast.

Johnson silver minnow. Simple to cast and simple retrieve.

Another 7'6" H Vendetta here. Paid $65 for it and lean on it hard without having to feel bad if it were to break.

I use the alberto knot and coat it with mend-it.

The best part is that its a slow enough melt off that the rivers aren't flooding. Might be able to fish for smallies before the lakes open!

Gander Mt Guide Series. $10 for lifetime replacement plan. Anything happens and Gander replaces them.

Lucky Craft rod -$99 @ TW Lews LFS 6.8:1 - $99

I got a *** green spinning rod and a Humminbird 798ci si for $499!

I'm still waiting for all of the backordered stuff I ordered from tw to come. Just got an email this morning that stuff I ordered in December shipped. At this point I don't even remember everything I ordered!

Absolutely. In this case a little hope is worse than no hope.

Extended forecast is showing 50s and above freezing lows for 5 straight days beginning the 11th! Just what we need. Once we get rid of the snow pack on the ground, things will start to happen quickly.

I was on the susquehanna on March 13 of last year. It wasn't until the second week of April until the lakes opened. I'm thinking it's going to be later for the river this year but about the same for the lakes. I hope so, we have a tournament scheduled for April 11!