Going back for more...

[Jeff Little]

I'm on the Susky again tomorrow. I spoke with a buddy who was up there yesterday and he landed one that was 20.5 and cleared 5 lbs. I'm still kicking myself for not weighing that faaaaat 18.5 incher from the river raid.

[w2n]

if i had the $ flow i would load the car right now and drive through the night, take a nap in my car at shermans creek, and fish with you... that place is SO SO SO COOL.

i cant wait to go back!

good luck!

[SIC yakker]

Good luck Jeff. Keep us posted. I am about half way through your book. It's a great read with info I will put to use. Thanks again for organizing the River Raid. Tom.

[vakayakangler]

Tina is down with a cold, and I have committments.... I wish we could have been there. That trip looked like so much fun. Too broken to paddle too much against the current.. and Tina certainly can't with her shoulders. We'll certainly get with you and do some Md / PA fishing though.. it's overdue.

[oubassman]

Good luck!

[Knot Right]

You mean this one.......

[HookUp]

Jeff, talked to another bud and he got 2 c-class's this week.

Asked me to join him, but I have the problem called work.

[Jeff Little]

I ended up catching 6. Two were nice (18 to 19 inch range), but I didn't get to measure them because I was back in my Commander, and I don't have a ruler on it. Jerkbaits again. The most effective presentation was a long burn (1/4 to 1/3 of the way back to the kayak) followed by a pause of at least 10 seconds. I also caught one by deadsticking a nose hooked beaver, but it was a smaller smallie. I worked an area that I wasn't sure would be "winter water". Some time invested outside of the pools I know well may have paid off. We'll see come the end of next month! I've been GPS waypoint marking fish caught over 18 inches this month in an effort to nail down other "winter pools". I write about this method of finding winter pools in the smallmouth chapter of Chad's book. The difference between what I used to do (make mental notes and record on a map when I get home), and what I've been doing with the GPS is that this task is now easier and more accurate thanks to the technology.

[w2n]

you know i keep hearing about these "river gods" and how everyone hopes they look down on them for the weekend and such... i think that your father must be one of them and is favoring you.

great job!

[PA-Smallies]

I'm heading back this weekend to fish saturday and sunday. I'll be fishing the same area a little but I've also scoped out a couple other likely looking areas on google earth.