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Both these Pocono twin creeks shine in the fall for Pennsylvania trout fishing

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You gotta love two trout streams that are so similar in character and so close in proximity there’s no problem fishing both during the same day.
These twins are in Monroe and Pike counties, Pa., and both receive fall stockings, making them prime targets for autumn trout. As the leaves color up, the cooler conditions won’t cause you to work up a sweat. Best of all, the trout are aggressive with lower water temperatures. This a good time to visit, especially a few days after a good soaking rain.

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Fishing for crappies in unsettled weather requires finesse

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The daytime thermometer readings had dropped some 15 degrees, not all in one day thankfully but over the course of two weeks that feature two thunderstorm-sparking fronts.
At the same time, the water temperature had only come down two or three degrees from those massive highs when the sizzling days were in the mid-90s. It was a time of transition for everything.

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Southeast Pennsylvania streams deserve praise for September panfishing

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A now obscure and defunct singing group called, “The Happenings” had a huge hit in 1966 with the song, “See You in September.”
First hearing it as teenager, I thought it was the Beach Boys singing. That’s how close their sound was to the iconic group. When I went to one of my favorite warmwater streams to catch some bass and panfish on an astoundingly hot mid-July day, I made a couple of tosses with a 3-weight fly- rod then found myself inadvertently crooning these lyrics:

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Delaware River’s Pocono section great for bass in Pennsylvania

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Just the day before I had picked up a flint arrowhead as I walked the edge of a cornfield along the Delaware River in the rain.
This day I latched onto an 18-inch smallmouth – considerably larger than the Woodland-period point – and just as exciting. The wet, plowed land had made the black arrowhead stand out from the surrounding earth; the crystal clear Delaware made the olive hued smallmouth just as conspicuous as it rolled under the surface.
Here in the Pocono section of the Delaware, you can get excited by either take.

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In the bluegill world, it’s the dad who guards the spawning nest

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With few exceptions, fish aren’t known for their parenting skill, particularly the male side of the species: the fathers.
No need to describe the “I can’t be bothered” nurturing habits of most fish. After a week or less the parents are gone from the “nest.” Social Services would be apoplectic! But on this Father’s Day we can actually single out one species where the male of the breed takes an interest in his progeny: the bluegill. Here’s some tips on how to catch them this Father’s Day.

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Try these three trout gems of Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier during the late spring

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Early June is a joyous time on Pennsylvania’s north-central trout waters. Mayflies and caddis galore pretty much guarantee hot trout action from bottom hugging, emerging and floating insects alike.
While the region close to the New York border sees the birth of many a headwaters, drop down 30 or so miles – still in the north-central counties – and flows get wide and sometimes wooly. Many of these are broad, open waters where you can swing a wet fly after a long distance cast, work a nymph upstream along rocky shorelines and float a dry over long-pools and runs.

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Tips to finding and catching early season pike in New York

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Not too long ago anglers believed that northern pike lost their teeth after spawning – as if the excitement and physical stress caused all the pike’s teeth to fall out.
The loss of teeth was actually the rationale to explain why pike aren’t easy to catch after they mate, and why they seemingly disappear for a few weeks, especially from April into June, depending on the latitude. But, of course, tooth failure was one of those “old fisherman’s tales” that was less than worthless.

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Four trout waters to try in northeast Pennsylvania this year

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Now that it’s getting more springlike, waters in the northeast corner of Pennsylvania – including those in the Poconos – put their best foot forward.
Here are some bigs and smalls that might interest you this year.

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Vic Attardo: Use this clever technique to hook the powerful Delaware River shad

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You’ll never see a shad cut into a school of minnows and grab one – their mouths are too small for that.
And you won’t see a shad bust against shoreline to grab a frog or bluegill. Again, their mouths are too small, and that’s just not the way they operate. Also, I’ve never see a shad surface-splash into rising mayflies. I doubt they know how.
But hook into a significant size shad and you’re quickly introduced to its power and glory.

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Vic Attardo

Both these Pocono twin creeks shine in the fall for Pennsylvania trout fishing

Fishing for crappies in unsettled weather requires finesse

Southeast Pennsylvania streams deserve praise for September panfishing

Delaware River’s Pocono section great for bass in Pennsylvania

In the bluegill world, it’s the dad who guards the spawning nest

Try these three trout gems of Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier during the late spring

Tips to finding and catching early season pike in New York

Four trout waters to try in northeast Pennsylvania this year

Vic Attardo: Use this clever technique to hook the powerful Delaware River shad

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