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With the fishing season in full swing, you may be wanting to try out some new fishing locations. The good news is you can still visit some of the best fishing spots which are found right here in the great state, of PA. If you are looking for some new places to fish, we have a list of the top 5 locations you will want to check out over the summer months.

1. Susquehanna River

One of the best and most well-known places in Pennsylvania is the Susquehanna River. If you are a local, don’t pass up this opportunity to take advantage of some of the best fishing in PA. The specific area that you will want to focus on is from Columbia travelling north to Harrisburg. This area is known for world class smallmouth bass fishing, but you may also catch walleye, catfish, pickerel, northern pike, or some smaller panfish. The Susquehanna is full of surprises and you never know what you are going to catch.

2. Allegheny River

The last weekend before the river closure is a weekend that every river angler wants to be on the water. The fish are biting, weather is usually nice, and fish can be caught a variety of ways. This pattern held true for the last weekend of April. I iced down the Engle Cooler Friday Evening and fished 25 hours over the course of the weekend without ever having to add ice. Over the course of two days, we caught largemouth and smallmouth bass on a variety of techniques.

Once the sun came out, I went very shallow looking for largemouth because I saw a lot of bluegills and minnows in the shallows from my cabin all week long. The largemouth were caught incredibly shallow. We caught those pitching a Strike King Denny Brauer Baby Structure Jig in green pumpkin with a 

Fishing in the rain isn’t a guaranteed fishing success. Truth is, there is never a “golden hour” in any particular weather pattern that offers the best fishing. However, rain does eliminate some of the things that prevent fish from biting. Here are 5 things to keep in mind when you hear a rain storm is coming. 

A Noisy Fishing Opportunity

Trout anglers probably understand the need to be quiet better than any other angler out there. They move in total stealth mode covered in their green and brown clothing, disguised like the true fishing ninjas they are. Every movement is premeditated and done effortlessly. The quieter you are, the more at ease big fish will be, and rain is some of the best noise reduction you’ll find on the water. It’s also great at masking what’s going on above the waterline, so it’s highly unlikely

Waking up to find out that Saturday morning was just the beginning of a 4 foot rise over the next 24 hours was not the ideal start to the weekend. As I launched my boat Saturday morning, I was hoping to beat the mud from coming down river from way up north. When I realized the mud had already taken over where I was fishing, I immediately adjusted and ran into the creek in search of clean water. When I got into the creek, it just looked right with a very distinct mud line being at the mouth of the creek and the water being slow and clear in the creek. I proceeded to pull out a Strike King KVD Strobe Shad Jerkbait. I never threw it before but I figured it looked good with the overcast due to the chartreuse underside. They were all over it! As fast as I could twitch that jerk bait the fish were eating it. We also caught them on the 

Spring is quite possibly a bass fisherman’s favorite time of year. Winter has been longer and colder than we wanted and the fish are fat and aggressive. When it comes to finding those heavy giants, it can be a little difficult if you’re not looking in the right place at the right time. Here are three tips every angler should know when it comes to catching big bass in the spring.

Tip #1-Creeks are Goldmines

This is a fact that I can’t stress to you enough. Even streams that feed lakes in the spring, but dry up in the summer can be loaded with big fish! Why? Because the water is so much warmer.  There’s a lake I fish a lot that has a swamp-fed creek. In April on a sunny day, when the air temperature is 55 to 65 degrees, the water temperature can be as warm as 83-85 degrees in the afternoon, all while the main lake temperature sits at 45. Even something as simple as spring flooding that produces runoff which spills into a lake will be as much

The water was clear, the sun was high, water temperature was rising and the mudline was in the middle of the river. Little did I know this would be one of the most epic reasons to get out of Easter Dinner in my life! We started out by running into a creek and caught a few on the Jackall Squad Minnow in Ghost Minnow and Super Shad. We also caught a few on Strike King KVD Jerkbait in Green Gizzard Shad. As we fished our way out of the creek we ran to some islands in the middle of the dirty water part of the river.

This past weekend we traveled to the mighty Potomac River for a quick weekend getaway. Due to the cold weather and work schedules, we arrived there Saturday around 3:00PM. Upon launching the boat, we noticed the water was very dirty, and approximately 54 degrees with the wind blowing right into the launch and the tide going out. We immediately ran across to a calm water pocket near some hard cover and began to throw a black and blue Z-Man Chatterbait with a black and blue Reaction Innovation Skinny Dipper swimbait on the back. The reason that I ran over there, was because the wind had not been blowing the cold water from the main river into this area, and the sun had been beating on this water

Throwing big swimbaits is taking the world by storm right now. What started out as a sort of quiet movement is gaining more momentum every day. Unlike a crankbait, it’s not as simple as picking up a rod, casting out, and getting a bite. There are many things you need to know about big bait fishing. If you’re not doing it properly, you could miss out on the biggest bass of your life.

Confidence in Your Swimbait

So why is now the best time to learn swimbaits? Simple, the fish are shallow and are aggressive. The biggest hurdle you’re going to overcome with throwing a big bait is gaining confidence in it. You have to understand that it’s no different than hunting a big buck or going after any other trophy for that matter. You need to prepare yourself for long days that often result in no fish

I spent 21 hours on the water this past weekend and the bite was on. The beauty about Spring is that you can never cover enough enough water. Many fish were caught in pockets along the bank on Cabin Creek Salty Critter Tubes (green pumpkin) dyed with a chartreuse spike it tail. The presentation was key because instead of dragging the tube you had to let it sit on the bottom. We caught a crayfish on the tube and matched the hatch accordingly.

One other bite that was phenomenal this past weekend was the Jerkbait bite. Many

This past weekend in Texas, the fishing world geared up for the Super Bowl of bass fishing at the 2017 Bassmaster Classic at Lake Conroe. Congratulations to Jordan Lee on his phenomenal win! This year, the clarity of water created a big issue for some of the best bass fishermen in the world. With that in mind, here are the top five baits that dominated at this year’s tournament and capitalized on the cloudy waters!

First, we have the Megabass Vision 110. This jerkbait is a fantastic dirty water bait. Especially when tensions are high during the spawn. The Vision 110 has incredible sound and action to trigger bites, as well as a unique color system that will penetrate that murky water better than any other jerkbait. Sometimes that little extra visibility is all