Still fishing new(old) spots

 So I went over to Green Lane Reservoir twice in the past week. The first time I was over off of Walt’s road. The only thing I caught was a small snapping turtle. He was not very happy. Tonight I went over to the Hill road side( where I used to work when I was sixteen) I found a school of white perch near the shore. I could tell that something was going after them by the way they were jumping. I’ll have to revisit this area with heavier gear and some lures that mimic the white perch. I also have gone back to the pond at Butter Valley with no luck and have visited Swamp Creek in Bechtelsville and caught some small browns and a few small largemouth bass. I also went back to the Smith road park and caught a few small bass. Now that it’s cooled down a bit I’m doing more fishing again.

Back to Smith Road Park

 

I’ve been going over to Swamp Creek by the Smith Road Park evenings after it cools down a little. I caught this nice smallmouth Sunday evening and caught two smaller ones tonight.

Update on Butter Valley

 So I went back over to the ponds at Butter Valley two more times. The first was around 8:30 the other night. I once again hooked into a big bass but he came off after a brief fight. For all I know it could have been the same fish.  I went back today but all I saw was a huge carp. I also went to the park at Smith road and caught a ten inch smallmouth and then I caught a two pound largemouth which really surprised me.

Something different

 I went out this afternoon looking for a new place to try my luck. I knew there was two ponds over next to the Butter Valley Golf port but I had never fished them. When I got there it looked very promising and there wasn’t any posted signs. I walked up the right side of the pond but wasn’t getting any bites. When I got to the back corner of the pond, I threw my lure towards the far bank and saw a big wake. I wasn’t sure if it was a fish or a turtle. When I cast back to the same area it happened again only this time I hooked a nice large mouth bass. He came off the hook right as I brought him up onto the shore and got away. Now that I know they are there I’ll be going back.

Friday and Saturday

 So I went out a couple of times more before I had to go back to work on Monday but didn’t have much luck. I’ll try something different next weekend.

Thursday trout fishing outing

 So Thursday I decided to head upstream on the west branch of the Perkiomen creek. I actually started off farther upstream than I had ever gone before. Above Huff’s church the creek splits into two. When I got to Huff’s church I made a left and drove to Benfield Road where I turned right. I traveled down the road to a bridge. The creek was pretty small and we had heavy rain the night before so it was running high and off color. I fished the bridge area and upstream to where the creek came out of the woods. I didn’t get any bites but it looked promising. I’ll have to go back there and try it out in the fall. From there I headed to the bridge at Huff’s Church but didn’t get any bites. I then went back downstream to Bally Rocks where I finally caught three small brown trout. I went downstream to Longacre’s farm but didn’t catch any other trout. By this point it was around noon and the temperature outside was about 85 so I decided to call it a day. Not a bad morning of fishing considering the conditions.

Bechtelsville update

 So on my way to the grocery store I decided to go over to Swamp Creek and see if there was anything going on. I started below the second dam by the Bechtelsville post office and caught three largemouth bass the largest being about nine inches. I then went above the dam and caught two brown trout the second one being a solid ten inches. Not bad for ten minutes of fishing. It seems like the largemouth are making their way upstream somehow.