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Longarm Dam (Hanover PA) Smallmouth?

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I’ve lived in the area for 20 years and frequent Longarm Dam / Lawrence B. Sheppard Reservoir 2-3 times per month (live 12 minutes from the ramp).  Back when my wife and I first moved to the area we use to take walks on the dam (Pre 9/11) and use to see smallmouth in the shallows near the riprap.  I use to regularly catch smallmouth along the riprap and in the area of some of the long submerged points.  In 2002 I was fishing one of the coves up from the boat ramp with a crankbait and caught my personal best smallmouth from there measuring 23 inches (5 lb+ class fish).  In the nearly 20 years since catching that fish I have caught no smallmouth.  Plenty of 3-5 pound largemouth but no smallmouth.  Walking the shoreline with my dog I seldom even see anymore smallmouth.  Has anyone caught any decent smallmouth in recent years?  The lake can be hard to fish when the water goes down.  Since Impounding Dam Reservoir can’t hold sufficient water Hanover now draws water from Longarm Dam. They posted signs in recent months alerting about reduced water levels due to water demand for the surrounding area.  

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