FISHING the Susquehanna RIVER (Tourney Recap) 

Glad so many enjoy that

Love that folks appreciate that! Thank you!

Thanks so much for always supporting me! You’ve been around for years here and it doesn’t go unnoticed !

@@kristinefischer2289 Well thank you for saying that I really appreciate it. I think your an amazing angler and we need more people like you not only in the sport of fishing but in this world as well. I do hope one day are path's cross so I can at least say hello in person. But you just keep doing you and I will keep watching and supporting you. Be safe out there and I hope you crush it on your next tournament as well!

Thank you!!

Man I hope so! Fun either way though

Haha TRUTH

Thank you! This river is truly a remarkable place !

@@kristinefischer2289 pretty sure I saw you getting off the water after day one just above the Rockville bridge

Thank you Joe! I was so bummed not to get the eats on film but you know what? It’s ok… I’ll forever have those blowups burned into my mind

Haha thanks Brian!!!

Heck yeah that’s what I like to hear!

That boat was CLUTCH on the river! Thankful to have it!

Haha thank you!

Thank you!!!

That’s right!!!

Thanks man!

Thank you!!!

Thanks CJ! Appreciate ya!

It was an awesome day’ that cloud cover really extended the wake bait bite

:) it was awesome thank you!!!

Thank you!

Appreciate that man!

Thanks Ethan! The river fished great Sunday

Love this river!!

It’s on it haha

You’re probably right haha

Ah thank you!

🙌 thanks Thomas! You’re lucky to have grown up here !

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They got me good this time haha

There’s always something haha! Thanks girl!

You aren't trying hard enough. If you haven't driven two hours. To a river. That is in 'perfect condition' for fishing. For your annual fishing excursion. With your fishing rods. To discover. You have no reels. Or you have fishing reels. But no rods. That was my special talent. When I was Kristine's age. So when it starts getting into. Lithium Ion battery packs. To keep a camera running. I'd say. You kids these days. Are well ahead. Keep on paddling those boats. What I've started to forget. More recently. Is my 'box' of flies. That was a whole new and original thing for me. Rods, check. Reels, check. Box of flies. Expletive. That's when I tell myself. Look at the water more. And cast less (mainly because I've got no other option).

It’s the best fishery ! Love it here

Losing that 20” plus about killed me day two haha

Thank you!!!

Ahhh that’s so great ! Hope you gave those guys a hug from me

@@kristinefischer2289 Nick says "Hi". He set me up too

PA side ! Amazing fishery

Hey congrats to you!!

@@kristinefischer2289 Thank you and you truly inspire my understanding as a river smallmouth bass Angler in Spirit and in Truth, sincerely "The Dayton Metro Smallmouth Slayer" and your fellow Angler and brother in the Lord Jesus Christ🙏💪💙💯🤺👋🙌.

They eat top water ALL day

@@kristinefischer2289 I didn't finish watching your video but I bet. From fishing it last year, I was actually considering bringing 1 rod, a box of topwaters, and my measuring board and floating the river in a plastic lifetime kayak for the tourney 🤣

It absolutely did- made it a little easier to approach those big fish

I saw one or two. Casts using that jerk bait (where it broke off the line). Where the kayak had just paddled into the bottom of a new river pool. From a small current glide. And Kristine fished 'upstream'. To cover the tail end. Of that river pool above. From down river. And I'm just wondering. Why a lot of the casts. Were upstream (as the kayak itself was paddling upstream). Like, if you really want to get a predatory fish. Such as a bass. To nail a retrieved bait. And when one has a kayak boat. To fish from. The cast across the moving current. Perpendicular to the current flow (and try it with a bait lure, of a number of densities). Don't even leave out. A small 'metal' bait lure (and 'metal' bait lures of the same size can vary very widely in weight, from not so heavy to substantially more heavy). The only difference it makes. Is speed of your retrieve.

If you can get a medium weight small sized metal bait lure. To go across one of the faster parts of moving water. Perpendicular to the current flow. You can catch virtually anything. Of any size. It's a good cast to make. For example. For the last 'half dozen' casts to make. If you need 'one' more fish. To fill out the whole catch. And improve the overall 'length' of fish caught. You could easily. Easily. Add several inches. Right there. So I wouldn't ignore metal. Medium weight (less heavy metal can move slower). And various composites. Of plastic and metal. The main thing though. When you have a river. And you have current flow. Don't neglect or shy away. From using 'speed' as a strategy (it doesn't have to be all about, working inside underneath the bushes).

There was a nice 'gravel' type river bed. Underneath some of that faster moving glides and currents. At the tops or bottoms. Of the larger 'flat' river pools (and having fished either up or down, through a long flat pool). When you get to those tails and throat areas. Of the river pools. Think of them. As less as an obstacle. To get the kayak over. And more as legitimate opportunities. To fish. If one thinks about it. A foot or two of water. With a medium weight metal lure. Something slim and fast. Racing across those river gravel shallow areas. Is not going to look. Out of context at all. To a river bass especially. And it will trigger them. Many more people though. Should perhaps. Take a leaf. From the book. Of the saltwater anglers. And just go with 'single'. Instead of trebles. For those faster moving, slightly heavier. Jerk baits and metal bait lures.

One could flip back. To doing the other stuff. That Kristine 'took apart'. In this tournament log video. In the slack water. The 'interstitial' water. To give it. Some kind of scientific sounding terminology. The back eddies and around the gravel bars and denser vegetation. It's a place. For a strategy. That does not involve. Anything like metal bait lures. But for that five to ten minutes. Where one happens to be. Padding across that 'zone'. Where one river flat area. Transitions. Into the next. That's a fishing opportunity. Right there (and the way to work it). Is less about the 'long' upstream cast. A lot more like. The shorter cast. Perpendicular to the current flow. And change from 'hard plastic'. To some kind of small metal thing. That creates a slight vibration. And the bass will sense that. Even in the fast moving currents. Don't worry. They'll 'know'. How to find it. This tournament. Was a great chance. To cast a little bit of 'metal'. Here and there. In between the rest. Because that's how. One would land 'the monster'.

Of all the fish takes. That I saw in the footage. That I found. The most interesting. In a lot of ways. Was the smallest fish caught. In the two days. The one that made the hole in the clothing garment. Look at where he nailed that jerk bait. Aggressive. There must be larger fish. Like that. In those same stretches. I'd lay money on it. The other way to fish those places. Is down stream. From above (however, the fast metal bait retrieve isn't as effective that way, as it is at close quarters directly perpendicular to current). Fishing from directly above. Downstream. Is a different proposition entirely. And I'm thinking. Something with a kind of neutral buoyancy. But something like a wooden bait. With a percentage of weight. In the wooden bait lure. The wood will guarantee it's movement. And the weight will enable one. To fish it downstream. That's a place. Where something as basic. As a small, plain homemade balsa wood and varnish job. Might even do the trick. It's a situation. In which I'd go. Very 'old school'.

ABSOLUTELY

Thank you! Such a great weekend !

I was up below the shmokin dam

Haha me too that was so dang frustrating

Could we fishing together?

Hey hey thanks rik!

Any top water - preferably a walking bait

Love this river and yes I learned ! Haha