Schuylkill River Fishing (6-8-16)

          On June 8th, 2016, I went down to Flat Rock Dam in search of a channel catfish. I specifically bought chicken liver for the purpose of catching channel catfish. However, little did I know, I would catch everything but a channel catfish.

          I biked down to the dam and waded out to my spot. I then set up my gear and started fishing. My first catch happened to be a nice american eel. Most of the time people do not like to catch eel, but it was a new species, so I was happy. After I took photos and released my first culprit, the sky started to darken and it started to pour. There was a cold rain early in the session, but it quickly cleared up. After the storm, I got back out and started to fish again. That was when I caught a nice hybrid striped bass, which also happened to be a new species. I then took pictures and released him. After releasing the bass, my friend Miles came down. The fishing slowed down a lot for me for awhile. Then, right before we were about to leave, there was a nice hit on Miles' rod, and he let me set the hook and fight the fish, mainly because there were many species of fish that I had not caught yet. I was hoping for it to be my first channel catfish, but it ended up being another hybrid striper, which was still totally awesome. So, yeah, two new species in one session is pretty good in my opinion.
          After that great session, Miles and I walked back to our bikes and ended up noticing that mine was stolen, which really brought my mood down. So, the session was overall successful, except for the fact that my bike got stolen. Well, you live, you learn!



My first ever American Eel!


My first ever Hybrid Striped Bass!


My second ever Hybrid Striped Bass!

Manayunk Canal Fishing (6-6-16)

On Monday, June 6th, 2016, I had my last final exam and then headed to the canal. I had a pretty slow, but very successful day. The original plan was to catch a carp, so I set up one rod for carp. I then to out my 5'6" light action rod and put on a little jighead with an earthworm. Immediately, on my first cast with the worm, I caught a huge largemouth bass. I did not weigh the fish, but I think he was at least 3 pounds. I had no action with the carp rod, except for one point, there were a few carp eating my chum and I came kind of close to catching one. After not much action, I packed my bag and started heading to the Flat Rock Dam, but when I crossed over the bridge to the bike path, I saw some other guys fishing. I asked them what they were going for and they said crappie. I had not caught a crappie before, so I wanted to catch one. I set up a little minnow on a jighead with a bobber and started jigging. I ended up catching one pretty large white crappie, which was pretty awesome! It may have been a pretty slow day, but it was definitely a great day!



My large bass


My first crappie (a white crappie)

Wissahickon Creek Fishing (6-3-16)

On Friday, June 3rd, 2016, I went to the Wissahickon Creek with my friend Henry to do a little fishing session. We parked our bikes at the covered bridge and did a little multi-species fishing. My friend was pretty new to fishing so I helped him out and he did pretty well. The bait that caught the most fish was a small minnow (not Gulp) on a little jighead. I caught some redbreast sunfish, rock bass, and a very small smallmouth bass. This was a short, but fun session.



Bad photo, but beautiful smallmouth bass


Pretty redbreast sunfish


Henry with a redbreast sunfish


A little rock bass

Schuylkill River Fishing (5-31-16)

On Tuesday, May 31st, 2016, I went to the Flat Rock Dam on the Schuylkill River. I met up with my friend Miles. We put out earthworms and some cut and live sunfish for bait. He ended up catching an array of species (a few species of sunfish, a channel cat or two, and a smallmouth bass or two). I on the other hand only managed a couple of smallmouth bass. One of the bass was caught on a worm, while I also brought a bait caster and messed around with a jerkbait, which caught me my other one or two smallmouth bass.



One of my smallmouth bass



A nice channel catfish caught by Miles



A beautiful sunset over Flat Rock Dam to conclude the evening!

Margate City Fishing (5-29-16)

On May 29th, 2016, I was at the shore with my family and wanted to do a little fishing (as always:-)). I had some earthworms and clams. The session started off with me going past a small lagoon/salt marsh. At the marsh, I decided to take out a small hook and a worm (yes, I know that these are earthworms and I was fishing saltwater). I caught one new species of fish, a tiny mummichog, who I think was pregnant. After I released the mummichog, I kept fishing in that spot for a little and did not catch anything. Then, I went to a bridge and fished under it, once again not catching anything. On the way back I stopped at one new spot and the marsh, and ended up to not catch anything. Well, at least I got a new species!



She was very beautiful!

Wissahickon Creek Fishing (5-25-16)

On May 25th, 2016, I was coming home from school and decided to chill out in the Wissahickon Creek. I planned on wading around and little did I know, I would end up having a little fishing session. Well, I was coming home from school and had no gear, but as I was wading around the creek, I ended up finding some old line that had been snagged in the trees. I then took it and found a worm or two and a slug, put it on the hook, and started messing around. I actually caught two fish. The first one was a green sunfish, which was followed by a redbreast sunfish. This was a short, but surprisingly fun session!

It seems my pictures of green sunfish never turn out that good!

A pretty pregnant (at least I think she is pregnant)