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Vic Attardo

Lackawaxen River’s redbreast sunfish brighten September fishing in Pennsylvania

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The Lackawaxen is one of the great rivers of Pennsylvania.
In the spring and later in the fall the Lackawaxen is full of stocked trout but now at the end of summer, before the fall Fish & Boat stocking, it is the home of scattered warmwater species: smallmouth bass, rock bass, some bluegills and my favorite – redbreast sunfish.

Lackawaxen River’s redbreast sunfish brighten September fishing in Pennsylvania Read More »

Fly fishing the ant drop: Be ready for the best river smallmouth action

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When I picked up the flailing smallmouth and looked down its throat to remove my fly, the bass appeared to have swallowed a can of black pepper.
Its boney lips, mouth and gullet were encrusted with tiny black flecks – only it wasn’t pepper, it was ants: dozens and dozens of winged and wingless ants, size 16 by fly-fishing measurements, and the insects were packed together like a pearl pudding.

Fly fishing the ant drop: Be ready for the best river smallmouth action Read More »

Go crazy for this colorful sunfish — the pumpkinseed

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You know how kids go crazy – nice crazy – when they catch a fish. Well, let them catch a pumpkinseed sunfish and that crazy will rival the Fourth of July fireworks we recently enjoyed.
Pumpkinseeds are like a bottle rocket, flaming sparkle and roman candle all wrapped up in one. Brilliant colors explode across their face and flanks – in a nice way – and there is even a bolt of reddish orange at the tip of their gill flaps.

Go crazy for this colorful sunfish — the pumpkinseed Read More »

When the river gets high and muddy, go catfishing

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I watched Pennsylvania’s Schuylkill River rise from a frisky bulldog flow to something definitely flooded and unfishable.
At first the water carried a slight tinge, like a weak cup of coffee with a little cream and sugar, but gradually it churned into a deep brown, seemingly solid mass of tumbling froth. With an elevated input some 50 miles upstream it took but two hours to make this conversion.

When the river gets high and muddy, go catfishing Read More »

Genesee River rambling in Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier, where the reward is the fiery brook trout

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I had come down from southern New York into the northern border area of Pennsylvania, following the Genesee River, but going against the current.
I was now upstream in the land with the strange and little known Triple Divide, a place where the drainage of the area flows in three directions each with a far distant destination – the Gulf of Mexico via the Allegheny River; mid-Atlantic Ocean via the Susquehanna River and the Saint Lawrence River and north Atlantic via the Genesee River and Lake Ontario.

Genesee River rambling in Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier, where the reward is the fiery brook trout Read More »

Here’s how to stalk the aggressive spring pickerel in Pennsylvania

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The stalks rising from the lake’s silted bottom were thick, heavy and straight, like a wooden fence row.
Everything seemed calm until I saw a flash of green poke through the slats. Then the surface erupted in a sprinkle of silver and red as a school of shiners flared their gills making a desperate effort to escape. Luckily my streamer was suspended in that commotion and I felt the hard pull as the predator made its strike.

Here’s how to stalk the aggressive spring pickerel in Pennsylvania Read More »

Catch shad on middle stretch of the Delaware River

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In the first milliseconds it’s like a wad of cotton has stuck to your line: heavy, limp, unyielding. This sensation is why anglers often confuse a shad strike with a possible snag.
But as soon as you lift the rod – which is how you should react – the cotton gets angry and shoots downstream pealing yards of line from the reel. At that moment you know, without a doubt, you’re hooked to the pounding fury that is an American shad.

Catch shad on middle stretch of the Delaware River Read More »

Under late ice, perch action can be hot and heavy on Pennsylvania waters

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The gold and green army was on the march.
Their recognizance teams –  all male lightweights – had been spotted and intercepted two days before. Since then, the opposition’s sonar had been kept on high alert – its gain turned up for the slightest approaching signal. Then, on the third day, about 10 a.m., under bright sunny skies and 4 inches of ice, the army’s main force was revealed. My flasher unit lit up like a fireballing volcano.

Under late ice, perch action can be hot and heavy on Pennsylvania waters Read More »

Want to try Pennsylvania’s trout waters on the ice? Here’s how to do it

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The snow slanted down hard, pushed ahead by what the weatherman would later say were 48-mph gusts.
If I had been home during such conditions, I’d never open the front door, but this was a long-anticipated trip with good friends, and we weren’t going to hunker down in the cabin – no matter how comfortable it was inside. Windy and frigidly cold, that’s what it was outside, and the lake had 17 inches of clear black ice capping its 45-acre surface.

Want to try Pennsylvania’s trout waters on the ice? Here’s how to do it Read More »

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