Time to ponder the last bluegill bite of winter
Did it really matter if I chose waxworms, spikes or mousies in this pursuit? For the most part, no – but on some lakes with a decided bait preference, like spikes on Hills Creek Lake or waxworms on Lackawanna Lake, the choice of larva bait did matter.
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Chain pickerel: Icing the leopard of the lakes
If you’ve had the privilege of seeing a pickerel attack via an underwater camera, you may have witnessed a ophidian-shaped fish perform like a corkscrew, turning on a dime, a gaping V-shaped mouth with needle teeth snapping down on juicy prey and swallowing it whole.
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Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier a treat for trout anglers
There are dozens of leased cabins, in various conditions of aging, throughout the state forests in Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier, and those who use them for trout fishing in the spring are just as important to the local economy as deer hunters are in the fall – they’re just not talked about as much as the “deer camp economy.”
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Advice for finding those deep-water crappies
When I’m looking for crappies at this time of year, I want to stay in the more moderate range of 15 to 20 feet of water, when possible. I’m confident that I can entice crappies at these depths with a bag of tricks.
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Tips on seeking huge perch during late ice
On late ice, the search is worth the effort when it comes to getting on a hot bite of jumbo perch.
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For big bass, pickerel in the Poconos, it’s Shohola in PA’s Pike County
At 1,137 acres, this is my trophy lake in the Poconos. It’s a long way up there, a long way to get there from most anywhere, but it’s worth the effort when the slot machine hits a big bass pay line.
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Tips for targeting crappies after dark
In the daylight, bluegills and bass are as common as flapjacks at IHOP, but if you really want to catch ice crappies,…
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Ice fishing good but different on Pennsylvania’s Nockamixon, Towhee
Nockamixon is a giant at 1,450 acres while Towhee, at just 48 acres, is like the small bird with the same name.
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