Swamp Creek update

 

  So I decided to go back over to the Smith road park on Swamp Creek and caught this nice smallmouth bass this afternoon. He couldn’t resist my crayfish lure.The creek was pretty clear, cold and moving so I figured I should go back up to Bechtelsville and see if anything was going on. I fished the concrete wall above the post office and caught four brown trout. The biggest one was about ten inches. They all looked like first or second year fish. This was a good sign considering the last time I went there all I caught was a creek chub. I guess all of the rain we’ve been having is helping with the fish populations in our area.

Interesting few days

 So we had some heavy rains this past week. Schlegel run really became a mess and washed a lot of debris downstream including whole trees and silt. It took out the small bridge where I normally fish. I’m happy to report that the bridge was already repaired. Changing the subject, I went down to the Smith road park and managed to catch a good sized rock bass out of Swamp Creek. This was my fourth trip to the park but my first actual catch. I had a nice Smallmouth bass a few weeks ago there but he came off . It’s so close to my house that I’m sure I’ll keep checking it out.

Nancy Run

 

When I left work yesterday I had to detour through Bethlehem so I decided to make a quick five minute stop at Nancy Run . On my first cast I caught this ten inch wild brown. My next cast produced another one about the same size. There were more to be caught but I decided to get on my way. Not bad for a five minute stop.

Interesting morning on the West Branch of the Perkiomen

 So I went to my usual area on the West Branch this morning. I started walking north from the route 100 bridge onto Longacre’s farm and didn’t see any fish at all so then I turned around and headed south on the other side of the bridge and still nothing, not even a creek chub. At this point I was really starting to wonder what’s going on around here so I got back in the car and drove up to the dam on Mensch Mill Road . I fished at the dam and caught five browns ranging from a four inch fish up to a nice twelve inch one . I then decided to cross the dam and go to the falls above the mill pond where I caught six more decent sized browns . I’m happy that I found trout upstream from where I started out. I think the problem downstream might be over fishing. There was a car parked next to me and I have noticed that the local Walmart is sold out of the spinner that I always use. I’ll see what happens tomorrow morning when I try again.

Where are the Browns?

   So I started my vacation this week and decided to go to a couple of the usual places and do some afternoon fishing. First I headed over to Swamp Creek behind the Bechtelsville Post Office. On my first cast I hooked into what I thought was a decent brown trout but when I got a good look at it I realized it was a big creek chub. I then walked down to below the second dam and caught a five inch brown. At that point I figured I would go over to Ironstone Creek behind the Boyertown VFW and try my luck. Once again I hooked into a large fish thinking it was a brown trout but it was a huge creek chub. I tried a few more locations on Ironstone Creek and all I caught was a small sunfish. Interesting day to say the least. Tomorrow I’ll head over to the West Branch of the Perkiomen in the morning and see what I can find.

First day fun.

 

So I went up to my cousins in the Poconos for the first day of trout fishing. First we fished the main lake which was stocked. We both caught some nice fish. The first picture is one of the stocked brook trout. They also stocked rainbows and tiger trout. After about 20 minutes I was starting to get bored so I headed down to the second and then the third lakes looking for pickerel but didn’t have any luck. At that point I decided to do what I do best and fished Hayes creek which runs behind all three of the lakes and has wild browns and wild brookies in it (not to mention pickerel which can be a pain in the butt when you’re fishing for trout). I started at the bridge on Rte 940 and caught the other brook trout pictured plus three smaller browns. I then worked my way up the creek past the first lake which is where I took the picture of the beaver dam. It had been raining on and off all day and when I got to the beaver dam it started to pour so I figured I might as well call it a day. It was loads of fun hanging out with my cousin. I’ll have to go back when things warm up and do some serious bass and pickerel fishing.

 

Snowy morning trout fishing

 So I decided to stop over at the bridge at the north end of Water street in Boyertown and try a couple casts. It’s 34 degrees outside and snowing. I had a brown trout go after the lure but he missed it. Then I stopped over in Bechtelsville and caught this guy. Not bad for 10 minutes of fishing.