This Saturday, my neighbor and I took his dad's boat out on the Susquehanna.  We were fishing the Conowingo pool in the PA section.  We launched out of Dorsey Park right next to Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Station.  The weather was perfect for a day out on the water.  There was some cloud cover that gradually gave way to sun during the day.  The air temp was around 75 degrees and the water temperature hung right around 69 degrees.  We were on the water by 6:30 AM and I landed the first fish at around 6:45 AM.  We started off by fishing rip rap banks around the power station.  The fish were holding pretty shallow still.  Our entire day consisted of fishing right near the banks of islands and the power station where a ledge formed.  We caught almost entirely on a square-billed, shallow crankbait.  I was fishing summer sexy shad and my neighbor was fishing sexy shad.  I had 11 bass for the day plus 3 rock bass and my neighbor had 8 bass for the day.  Right after lunch time, the wind really picked up and started hammering the areas we were fishing and the bite turned off.  It was great to find that cranking was the hot technique right now.  It was also very encouraging to see some healthy bass being pulled from a struggling river system.  I hope to see the same thing in the next couple of weeks when the River opens back up to bass above the Holtwood dam.

 Next time head up river (Lancaster Co. side) towards the Norman Wood bridge. Some great smallies action can be had if the timing is right.

We headed up as far as we could comfortably take the boat.  No luck at the time we were there though.  It looked like prime area though for sure.