A little afternoon fishing

 So I took my big sis back over to Ironstone creek in Boyertown this afternoon. I caught two small browns behind the VFW then I figured I would try further down stream off of Farmington ave. I cast my lure near the bridge in a deep hole and thirty to forty creek chubs attacked. After that we went over to Swamp creek in Bechtelsville and I caught two more small browns. Not a bad afternoon.

Ironstone creek in Boyertown

 I went with my big sis over to the Ironstone creek in Boyertown this afternoon. I caught a 10” brown then I caught this 16” brown. It was a perfect afternoon. I also had a wild turkey come and visit me. How weird.

Swamp creek. Interesting as usual.

 So I took a quick trip over to Swamp creek this afternoon in Bechtelsville. I ended up fishing below the dam but I didn’t see any trout. I did catch four largemouth bass ranging from three inches up to ten. I then walked further downstream and caught a sizable rock bass which is interesting because I have never caught a rock bass in Swamp creek as far as I remember. Never a dull moment fishing Swamp creek.

Still Sunday

 On my way back from the west branch of the Perkiomen I decided to go over to Schlegel run and see what was going on there. I caught a small sunfish and then two decent sized rock bass. Not bad for a five minute trip. I still haven’t waded down stream from the bridge there but it should be interesting when I finally get around to it.

Another Sunday afternoon

 Two nice Sundays in a row weather wise. I just can’t believe it. I went back to the west branch of the Perkiomen and started upstream from the bridge on County Line Road. There were some nice looking areas but all I caught was a creek chub. I then drove up to Camp Mensch Mill road and fished just below the dam there. I had a few hits from some small browns but I only landed one. After four heat waves this summer I can’t wait until fall. We’re supposed to get a lot of rain from the remnants of hurricane Debby at the end of the week. Hopefully that will get the creeks back up to a good flow of water.

Interesting

 So we had a beautiful Sunday afternoon so I decided to head over to the west branch of the Perkiomen and look around. I started at a new location about a mile south of Bally Rocks. I headed up stream fishing the small holes and ripples and caught a few small Browns. I noticed a waterfall upstream and a nice large pool below it. There were trout surfacing everywhere. After I caught five browns ranging from five inches up to ten, I figured I might as well head back to the car and go home . I will definitely have to revisit that area with my fly rod in the fall.

Hot summer nights

 So after a week of brutal temperatures and humidity, the temperature was 80 and the humidity was low so I decided to go and do a little fishing in Schlegel run. I figured that I would do a little experimenting again with some live trout minnows. I caught mostly small sunfish and a few small rock bass. After about half an hour I ran out of minnows so I decided to take a quick trip over to Swamp creek in Bechtelsville. All I caught were some more small sunfish and a 3 inch largemouth bass.I haven't seen any trout there since the first week in May and even then they were small yearlings. I think the lack of rain and high temps have definitely affected the trout fishing around here. I know there are still plenty of trout in the West Branch of the Perkiomen but I haven't had much time to go over there lately. Also with these temperatures I really don’t want to stress the fish too much. I think I’ll start fishing some of the lakes around and leave the trout alone until fall.