My Best Fishing Trip EVER!

[crankybait]

alright guys, just got back from camping and WOW did i have fun... smallie fishing is amazing. they fight like monsters ad jump like Olympic pole vaulters (in fact i lost 3 jumpers). Ok well here is details on the trip- took 3 hours of traveling windy country roads but we got there. We were going to go fishing on a boat at the lake but they were all taken. So, we went on a waterfal trail.






Cool eh? Ricektts Glenn State Park has 22 waterfalls! I would've much rather fishing, but that came next. Alright so we headed to the Susquehana river, my dad and I. A race against time... but we won! there we met up with LD, a guide I met on fishinfanatics.
This is him on the left:



Ok, so we rigged our hooks. I wasn't expecing fis soquick, but on the second cast i hooked one. It jumped and thres the hook. Next cast, voila:


Ok here is a large group of fish pics:




Mission accomplished: Dad is hoked on fishing! he caught 4 smallies



Rock bass- I thought it was a crappie when I caught it, but ok.




Highlights of the day: I caught a trophy fish! trophy as in 15 inches or highger. i measured legnth and girth with my screenname in the pic, but you will see the actual size when i enter it in the tourney.

bang!

again-


on LD's site:
http://www.ldguideservice.com/photo/...ar=2006&Id=233

Now that was great...
here is one of his nice fish:


dad with another:


Me with a small, but still fish:





Now that, is fishing! i caught 9 or 11, cant remember, dad caught 4, LD got 7

And also, at camp- there was a flea market. there just o happened to be a smallie mount the same size as mine! for 20 bucks! i took it, dad wouldn't let me get mine mounted for like 150 bucks. Well, we had a blast. oh and, i got bassthumb!

[Christopherkeene9]

WTG cranky!!!

Finally got your bass!

[crankybait]

That's right! watch our largemouth, your'e next

would've never done this without tips from you guys, thanks

[Bo Dale James Jr.]

Looked like a great trip!
Thanks for sharing the pics.

[Rebbasser]

Well done, Cranky!

Good looking fish and getting bass thumb is a GREAT feeling, ain't it ?

[JB]

cranky,
congrates, welcome to the club rofl

[WTL]

WTG Cranky. Thats showing them hawgs.

Go ahead and post that smallie in the competition, and claim the lead.

[officerhoyt]

THose are some nice fish cranky, and it is always nice to have a case of bassthumb.

[crankybait]

oh so there isn't a certain date in which you have to put in the pics? I have been wondering why the entry thread is empty...

And thanks a bunch guys, it really means a lot to me.

[Vabass22]

Nice fish, whats the tournament?

[ToPwAt'R GuY]

Nice fish cranky. Im glad you had a good time.

[bassguy2004]

Outstanding fish Cranky. I think I like catching smallies probably more than anything. It looks like you fellas had a great time too.

[lizardsrule]

Awesome dude, that'll keep ya coming back for more. Good ya got pops catching them too. Now he's gonna want your stuff, keep an eye on that rod LOL.

Lizards

[mack]

nice cranky..now i dont have to call you the worlds worst fisherman lol

[crankybait]

yeah, had a blast and learned a bunch. I've got fishin' fever now.... tried at lake Jean,for 1/2 an hour pitchin a spinnerbait at a sunken tree. got som nice bites but not any good hooksets. And now, my dad will take me fishing more! Going fishin on Saturday. And in the winter, a charter at Austraillia. If only there were smallies around where i live... I think ill do a search. i know where to cast, what to use and how to play em. shoudn't be too hard.

[adamgambill]

Way to go feller. Hope that case of bass thumb never heals.

[PowerBass]

Cranky,
Great Job out there, finally got your bass! That one smallie is very nice! One question did you get to try topwater?

[crankybait]

haha the bass thumb just about left... i want to get it back on saturday. thing is without a guide who knows exactly where the fish are it may be a bit ahrd finsing them fish... nope, didn't get to try topwater. all they hit were tubes. 4 inches, green pumpkin.

[Fishing4Soup]

Very nice fish! My dad took me to a river this weekend and i was catching smallies too! They sure do fight dont they?

[Wishing2BFishing]

Cranky,

Way to go!!! Gotta love those Bronzebacks.

Since you live in NJ, you might want to try a guided trip on the Delaware. I have used Blaine Mengel (backwoodsangler.com). He is a great guide and will get you on the fish.

[Wishing2BFishing]

Cranky,

Way to go!!! Gotta love those Bronzebacks.

Since you live in NJ, you might want to try a guided trip on the Delaware. I have used Blaine Mengel (backwoodsangler.com). He is a great guide and will get you on the fish.

[Wishing2BFishing]

Cranky,

Way to go!!! Gotta love those Bronzebacks.

Since you live in NJ, you might want to try a guided trip on the Delaware. I have used Blaine Mengel (backwoodsangler.com). He is a great guide and will get you on the fish.

[flbassman]

Nice job CB! Got it figured out now! As for the thing about the guide, the reason he knows where the fish are, is that he's spent a bunch of time on the water on one particular lake. The more time YOU put in at your pond, the better you'll get. Once again, congrats....

[crankybait]

hey, thanks. yeah thing is im wondering why i don't have my pond figured out. he has been guiding for 26 years bu that river is giant. i can awalk around my pond in 5 minutes and have fished every milimeter, so it seems. Wishing, ill check him out.

[mack]

cranky, you should do kind of a scouting trip...go to the pond and study the cover and observe what will work best in the situation..take a walk around the lake and look for cover...good luck...