I’ll be in the Carlisle, PA area starting 4 June. I’ll be there for a couple of weeks attending a baseball umpire academy. Wondering if I should pack a pole?

You will not be far from the Susquehanna and the Juniata. Both great SM waters. And there is the Yellow Breeches, a great trout stream.

Yeah, bring a rod. There are plenty of susky tribs to hit for bass or others. A few lakes and ponds in the area. And message susky angler here for more in depth. I used to trout fish that area a lot and my buddy is right up the road fishing the river.

I’m not sure what time I’ll have available (I’m an instructor, not student, so…), and I won’t have transport, but I’ll plan on bringing my BFS setup cause I can get that in my luggage as my rod is a 2 piece (only 2 piece I own). I’m sure I can find something to put a line in!

Not sure where you’ll be staying, but the Le Tort runs basically right through Carlisle. A quick google search will tell you a lot about it. Uber should be fine there and a 10 minute ride will get you onto the Connedoguinet creek which has good smallie numbers and would be fun wet wading with a BFS rod throwing little plugs and spinners.

You’d be doing yourself a displeasure by not hitting the susky. The susky is going to start getting into a wade able level. The top water bite hasn’t developed yet due to the big cool down at Memorial Day but, a shallow diving crank, spinner or bottom Bouncing is never a bad option.