Del from philly

over in the philly area, it is still almost summer weather and also almost november? i think the temps are throwing the fish off....they dont know that winter is so close btw the gorging of minnows is true, even for the tiny bass just look for the bass's head to flash, thats them eating minnows....when they open their mouth the silver flashes.....simular to a distressed baitfish, but the difference is noticable

if your not worrying about the "where"..... then i would say this: SLOWER IS BETTER, especially for the big ones..... at least, thats how its been for me in PA my 3 best fish this year (nothing too specialy, but big for these waters) were caught on soft plastics that were on the bottom sitting for a little bit these fish i didnt even know where on....untill i pulled back one i was lighting a ciggerett, when i picked the rod up BAM another was when i was taking a picture of the lake....... take your mind off it, and try it slower and stiller than usual

welcome to the forum! what do you usually use to fish bass? whats your personal best fish so far?

are theyre any rocks? i dont know about thsi stuff, but maybe introduce another food source-CRAYFISH?? you could put some vegitation on a corner, and that will supply bugs and stuff maybe introduce a type of minnow.....not just baby bass and gills, but maybe a shiner..... lilly pads will bring out frogs maybe?

So after hearing what a few of you had to say, i went back to the schukill yesterday, and caught my first RIVER SMALLIE!!! it was only about a pound and a half, but the fact that i caught it literly 2 mins from my job made it worth it. i tryed the power worm that davis suggested and on 3rd cast i got a nice one in....i only stayed about 25 mins so i only caught one, but i am phsycked.....i can literly fish on my ride home from work!!! and i did pretty well with the low water, imagine when that water comes back up!! i fished it with a homemade drop shot (i used abullet weight with a knot.,...lol) anyway, what you guuys said is right, they wait their by the moving water for prey to come through THANKS guys IM ONE HAPPY GUY NOW, fishing within 5 mins, in the philly area, TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!

if i pulled one of these in I would run away...... i caught a pretty nice saltwater barracuda one time, but iv never seen a freshwater one, scary

already on my list my friend....i thought maybe i could more ideas you said smoke color right...... thanks again for the help Motor Oil Black with a chartruse tail I have heard that people have good luck with the Camo color as well. Haven't tried it yet. Try picking up some power tubes as well. Bargain bins are filled with the Berkley ones at my Dicks for 2.47 a pack. ok, the closest thing i could find were 6 ", simular color...... im gonna try em out in about an hour or so ill get them eventually thanks man

already on my list my friend....i thought maybe i could more ideas you said smoke color right...... thanks again for the help

I am leaving in a couple minutes to go buy some lures for fishing the schukill (LM and SM) any suggestions???

have you tryed the "Robo-Gill"??? its basicly a free swimming robotic bluegill, and they have a sunfish colored one too built to help pond owners with this same problem.... anyway, its motorized, has razor blades as fins, and provides a 20 watt electro shock to anything it touches..... that will teach those bass to mind their manners.....

ok, i just realized, after usually driving 30 mins to my spots, that the Schukill river is literly on my way home from work.... So i went yesterday.....heres the deal: it was about 11:30am The first spot i walked down to was shallow as hell.....under 3 ft.....the moving water in the middle looked deep, but the shallow part was still......i am on foot....so i cant cast far enough into the deep part their was also vegitation so bad i couldnt use many lures.... after fishing for a about a half an hour, i moved to my right (upstreem) and noticed a school of 2-4 lb bass,.....BIG BASS FOR MY PARTS!! about 6 of them so i now i knew they were their......so i cast into the school with a nice green bouya jig with an uncle tom pork trailor......i get one bass to bite, but not really a submitting bite because my attempt to set the hook just pulled it out of its mouth so eventually i dont see them anymore and i move down streem now i wam about 200 ft downstreem from the faster moving water and i am neer a rocky bottom.....and little smallies are EVERYWHERE they were all too small to be hooked except for like 2 of them..... then i see a huge fish.....dark in color, easily 6 lbs or more.....at first i thought it was a carp, but when it actually followed my lure, i thoguht maybe it was a giant smallie? couldbnt really tell,,,,,either way i fished and fished but never got anything in here is what i need help with WHat kind of lures to use? i fished mostly jigs, but tryed senkos, tubes, and spinners for a minute anything that is very different about fishing rivers? would a carp be near moving water? any tips for shallow water? I might go out on my lunch break, so i can tell you how i make out.... thanks...

it looks like a 1 lber.....no girth, not a big mouth.....it looks small, and thats a kid thats with it so its real small....

How could you put the METS over fishing. Even fishing without a hook would be better than the the METS...lol WATCHING THE PHILLIES TAKE THE WORLD SERIES!!!!

Timing is key, i remember someobody answered a post, "Why were you even fishing during the day?" that made me think, hes right......5-9 is the time to catch fish.....at least at my lakes, so why go during the day??? for frustration?? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Another poster gave me the 13 second rule. with senkos and plastics.....let it sit on the bottom for 13 seconds.....before that, i never let them sit like that......my bigge4st bass this year was after the bait sat on the bottom for over a minute ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everybody on here has done a great jopb teaching me jigs....finally caught a couple on them the other day....jig and pig...i did ok ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- oh darn......you said one thing, didnt you?

thanks Zel, im Del.......thanks for the help i was tlaking to a guy inviting me to one in cherry hill nj but its far as hell kind of

GO PHILLIES!!!!!!

Ok, i just bought the renegade one with the RED LED lights, and the regular, and it is ok what i was wondering, the RED doesnt work that well, but their was a full moon yesterday what is the point of the RED one??? would i be better opff using the blacklight one, does it really make your string glow any recomendations????

smartass..... lol but i meen in places like pa, where we have seasons..... it just seems on high humitdy days the fishing is almost stopped

I know their arent a lot of General Broad statements about fishing that are always true but i think this one comes pretty close Humidity= Bad fishing./....slow bite is this pretty much known???cuz im just catching on

they do look kind of nice...... i know exactly wehat you mean when you say mystery bait.....lol.....there fun when the bass aint biting.... like me, i caught a white perch on something like that, iv never seen one of them in my life

whats the deal with these little snap beans??? people pay 6 bucks for panfish lures? or are they a finesse lure for bass???

funny *** post..... i sually just saw a patch of bubbles here, or their, but 2 days ago it was like they were all over the place, at the same time weird

next eyar im gonnna start a journal....seems cool im glad to here im not that much below the average.....i assumed i caught way smaller bass on average than most, guess i was wrong

i definately think i screwed up sizing a little bit they are mini frogs, but looking at them right now, they arent that tiny 1 1/2" No 18

RW, these guys love you!!.....the minute you mention the Kreature it is all of a sudden the bait everybody wants to use! I love the kreature bait.....LOVE THE SLOW FALL, LOVE THE ACTION WHEN ITS STILL, LOVE THE SKIPPING, VERY DURABLE COmPARED TO OTHER GYCB,,,,,except the top arms get pulled off by tiny bass and panfish often.... easily my favorite creature/grub, plastic spider ect i always fish thenm weightless though, just rig em exposed like a plastic worm and lift em up and let them fall lately iv gotta say, these kreatures arent drawing the strikes they were. i gotta slow down fishing them i guess tore it up in a pond with these about a week ago