tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23498641723704189452024-02-20T12:47:53.786-04:00Extreme Philly FishingExploring fishing locations, and different species of fish in Philadelphia (and surroundings)! Join the World of Fishing today!Extreme Philly Fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617926831541832452noreply@blogger.comBlogger352125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349864172370418945.post-66929013765823498882019-10-08T14:02:00.003-04:002019-10-08T14:02:29.796-04:00A Summer With my Family! Wonderful Memories... (Summer 2019)<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #e69138;">Hey...what's up, Blog Readers?! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Wow...in a heartbeat, I kinda realize that it has been thirty-five weeks and three days since I have written here on the Blog. Time passes fast; life gets busy! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Well...for those who have been following EPF on social media, a gentle reminder that I have been uploading YouTube videos on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">Channel</a> every few days. I have also been on a streak of daily stories on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/extremephillyfishing/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram Page</a>. Thus, if you folks want to get your daily dose of EPF (for whatever reason), make sure to follow me on those platforms! I do intend to work a little bit more on the Blog in the future; however, with time being a commodity nowadays, nothing is set in stone. 😀</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">For those who financially support me via <a href="https://www.patreon.com/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">Patreon</a> or the Monthly Membership on YouTube -- and thanks for all your love and support, I have been posting a bit on my SnapChat and uploading photos on my <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Smugmug Fish Photo Database</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">So yeah, ladies and gentlemen...although you haven't heard from me over here, I have been doing quite well! I have been exploring new places and catching different Species of fish; some of them new to my <i>lifelist</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">EPF with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Smallmouth Buffalo (<i>Ictiobus bubalus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> in Pittsburgh -- Summer 2019</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">On top of that, I have had the pleasure of fishing with my mother and my father, who came to the United States of America for a one-hundred and fifteen days vacation! Below are the highlights of our Summer fishing trips:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Explored and fished 4 different locations, including the College Creek, Virginia Beach Fishing Pier, Powhatan Creek, & the King-Lincoln Fishing Pier.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">- Landed multiple different Species of fish, including my first ever </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Spotted Weakfish (<i>Cynoscion nebulosus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">, </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Atlantic Butterfish (<i>Peprilus triacanthus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e69138;">, and </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Largehead Hairtail (<i>Trichiurus lepturus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">- Non-fishing related: visited and explored historic Jamestown, took the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry, drove to Newport News and Virginia Beach. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Spotted Weakfish (<i>Cynoscion nebulosus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Atlantic Butterfish (</span><i style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">Peprilus triacanthus</i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Largehead Hairtail (</span><i style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">Trichiurus lepturus</i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">A nice </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Bowfin (<i>Amia calva</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Powhatan Creek</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with a nice sized </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Atlantic Croaker (<i>Micropogonias undulatus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">On the Jamestown Ferry! My nephew CreeperKid creeping from the car</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with a <i>"double up"</i> Atlantic Croaker on the King-Lincoln Jetty</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">My nephew CreeperKid with a creepy </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Oyster Toadfish<i> (Opsanus tau)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with a lost </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Silver Perch (<i>Bairdiella chrysoura</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> -- the only one of the entire trip</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Explored and fished the three big Rivers at the Point State Park: The Monongahela River, the Ohio River, & the Allegheny River.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">- Landed multiple different Species of fish, including my first ever </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Mimic Shiner (<i>Notropis volucellus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">, </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Channel Shiner (<i>Notropis wickliffi</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">, and </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Smallmouth Buffalo (<i>Ictiobus bubalus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Channel Shiner (<i>Notropis wickliffi</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cc0000; text-align: justify;">Mimic Shiner (</span><i style="color: #cc0000; text-align: justify;">Notropis volucellus</i><span style="color: #cc0000; text-align: justify;">)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Below are the YouTube videos for this fishing trip:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">EP1: Fishing the Monongahela River</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And here are some additional photos from this fishing trip:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My father with one of the many </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Channel Catfish (<i>Ictalurus punctatus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Monongahela River</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Freshwater Drum (<i>Aplodinotus grunniens</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Monongahela River</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">A </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Mimic Shiner</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Monongahela River</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">The biggest Channel Catfish from the Pittsburgh trip</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My father with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Smallmouth Buffalo</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with her biggest </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Smallmouth Buffalo</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> of this trip</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My up-to-date smallest </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Channel Catfish</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> on the Tanago hook</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">A </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Flathead Catfish (<i>Pylodictis olivaris</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Monongahela River</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Explored and fished the south point of Miami Beach, including the Melloy Channel, the Government Cut, Biscayne Bay, and Baker's Haulover Inlet. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Landed multiple different Species of fish, including my first ever </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Channel Flounder (<i>Syacium micrurum</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">, </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Redtail Parrotfish (<i>Sparisoma chrysopterum</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">, </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Redfin Needlefish (<i>Strongylura notata</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">,</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Dwarf Sand Perch (<i>Diplectrum bivittatum</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">, and</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Slope Soapfish (<i>Rypticus carpenteri</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">.</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">- Correctly identified the </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Yellow Sea Chub (<i>Kyphosus incisor</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> from the </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bermuda Chub (<i>Kyphosus sectatrix</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> via meristics. Added the </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Yellow Sea Chub</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> to the Species list.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Yellow Sea Chub (<i>Kyphosus incisor</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Below are the YouTube videos for this fishing trip:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Yellow Fin Mojarra (<i>Gerres cinereus</i>) </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">from the Melloy Channel</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My father with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Checkered Puffer (<i>Sphoeroides testudineus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Melloy Channel</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Mutton Snapper (<i>Lutjanus analis</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Melloy Channel</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My father with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Yellowtail Snapper (<i>Ocyurus chrysurus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Melloy Channel</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Yellow Stingray (<i>Urobatis jamaicensis</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Melloy Channel</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Green Razorfish (<i>Xyrichthys splendens</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Baker's Haulover Inlet</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">A </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Scribbled Leatherjacket Filefish (<i>Aluterus scriptus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Baker's Haulover Inlet</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">A </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">French Grunt (<i>Haemulon flavolineatum</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Baker's Haulover Inlet</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">A </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Spotted Soapfish (<i>Rypticus subbifrenatus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Baker's Haulover Inlet</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Explored and fished the Big Carlos Pass and Little Carlos Pass in Lovers Key State Park, as well as the Yatch Club Fishing Pier in Cape Coral. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Landed multiple different Species of fish, including my first ever </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Gulf Kingcroaker (<i>Menticirrhus littoralis</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">, </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tidewater Mojarra (<i>Eucinostomus harengulus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">, </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tidewater Silverside (<i>Menidia peninsulae</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">,</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Red Grouper (<i>Epinephelus morio</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">,</span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e69138;"> and </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Gulf Killifish (</span><i style="color: #cc0000;">Fundulus grandis</i><span style="color: #cc0000;">)</span></span><span style="color: #e69138;">, </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Correctly identified the </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">False Herring (<i>Harengula clupeola</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> from the </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Scaled Herring (<i>Harengula jaguana</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> via the basihyal and basibranchial toothplates. Added the </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">False Herring</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> to the Species list.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">- My father caught a once-in-a-lifetime catch: the </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Smalltooth Sawfish (<i>Pristis pectinata</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138;">. This critically endangered fish is portrayed in video 3 of this series.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Tidewater Silverside (</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><i>Menidia peninsulae</i></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Red Grouper (</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><i>Epinephelus morio</i></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Gulf Killifish (</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;"><i>Fundulus grandis</i></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And here are some additional photos from this fishing trip:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">An </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Atlantic Spanish Mackerel (<i>Scomberomorus maculatus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Big Carlos Pass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Bighead Searobin (<i>Prionotus tribulus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Big Carlos Pass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My father with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Striped Burrfish (<i>Chilomycterus schoepfii</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Big Carlos Pass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Gulf Toadfish (<i>Opsanus beta</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Big Carlos Pass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My father with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Red Drum (<i>Sciaenops ocellatus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Big Carlos Pass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Gafftopsail Catfish (<i>Bagre marinus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Little Carlos Pass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">A Nine-Armed Sea Star (<i>Luidia senegalensis</i>) from the Little Carlos Pass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">A </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Pigfish (<i>Orthopristis chrysoptera</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Little Carlos Pass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My father with a </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Hardhead Sea Catfish (<i>Ariopsis felis</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Little Carlos Pass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My father with the biggest Blue Crab (<i>Callinectes sapidus</i>) that I have ever seen -- Little Carlos Pass</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">An </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">Atlantic Stingray (<i>Hypanus sabinus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> from the Caloosahatchee River</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother with an Atlantic Stingray from the Caloosahatchee River</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My father on the balcony of our hotel in Fort Myers Beach -- the Lani Kai</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My mother in the <i>"backyard"</i> of our hotel in Fort Myers Beach</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I hope you folks enjoyed this little summary of the 2019 EPF Family Fishing Trips! 😁</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sadly, today -- October 8th, 2019 -- marks the day that my father and my mother are going back to São Paulo, Brazil. Until next Summer, I am going to miss them a lot! Thus, to quench my <i>saudades,</i> just like you -- the reader, I will be coming back to this post quite a bit to check out the wonderful species and memories that I made with them. 😎</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Stay tuned for some more updates coming shortly! After all, I do have a California fishing trip coming at the end of the month.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Best of luck to all of us!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Tight lines!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Sincerely,</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
Extreme Philly Fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617926831541832452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349864172370418945.post-57845300495180512062019-02-02T20:16:00.000-04:002019-02-02T20:16:21.582-04:00SUMMARY: My Third Outing of 2019! (01/03/19)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Hello, Blog Readers!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Today I am bringing you folks a summary of my 3rd outing of 2019.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Main Objective: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The main objectives for this fishing trip were to scout fishing spots in the state of Delaware, and to search for the Rosyside Dace </span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Clinostomus funduloides)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Locations: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Bogy Run</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- White Clay Creek</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Species Caught:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 9x Bluegill</span> <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Lepomis macrochirus)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 13x Common Shiner</span> <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Luxilus cornutus)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 11x Creek Chub</span> <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Semotilus atromaculatus)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 5x Pumpkinseed</span> <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Lepomis gibbosus)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 2x Rainbow Trout</span> <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Oncorhynchus mykiss)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 5x Redbreast Sunfish</span> <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Lepomis auritus)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Below are the highlights for this fishing trip:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Exploring and fishing the Bogy Run</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Exploring and fishing the White Clay Creek</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Summary & Photos:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">This section is available for <a href="https://www.patreon.com/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">Patreon</a> & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN87Pgwb2j03o6VoywPSJQg/join" target="_blank">YouTube Members</a> only. If you are already a Patreon Member, please check your Patreon Inbox for the hyperlink that was sent out. If you have a YouTube Monthly Membership, please check the community tab for the hyperlink. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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Hello, Blog Readers!</div>
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Today I am bringing you folks a "summary" of my second outing of 2019.</div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Main Objective: </span></div>
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To conduct a Species Assessment at the upper Cobbs-Darby watershed.</div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Locations: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- East Branch Indian Creek</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- West Branch Indian Creek</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Species Caught:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 16x Creek Chub </span><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Semotilus atromaculatus)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 11x Eastern Blacknose Dace</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-style: italic;">(Rhinichthys atratulus)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Video:</span></div>
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Below are the highlights for this fishing trip:</div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Exploring 3 Creeks for the <i>Waterfall Fish.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Summary & Photos:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
Extreme Philly Fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617926831541832452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349864172370418945.post-4531588279110321082019-01-03T00:50:00.000-04:002019-01-03T00:50:02.234-04:00SUMMARY: My First Outing of 2019! (01/01/19)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Hello, Blog Readers!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Today I am bringing you folks a <i>"summary"</i> of my first outing of 2019.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">To conduct a Species Assessment at the Nameless Pond.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Locations: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Nameless Pond</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Species Caught:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 29x Brown Bullhead</span> <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Ameiurus nebulosus)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Videos:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Below are the highlights for this fishing trip:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
Extreme Philly Fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617926831541832452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349864172370418945.post-4591705833670020552018-12-02T13:12:00.002-04:002018-12-02T13:12:46.101-04:00My Fall Florida Trip Summary (October 12th-16th, 2018)<span style="color: #e69138;">------------------------------------------------------ <br />Times are tough, folks! Want to help me out with production and traveling costs?! Donations are always welcome via <a href="http://bit.ly/2DBckhZ" target="_blank">PayPal</a>, or via my <a href="https://www.patreon.com/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">Patreon</a> website! You may also become a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN87Pgwb2j03o6VoywPSJQg/join" target="_blank">YouTube Monthly Member</a> for extra perks!<br />------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Today I am bringing you folks a <i>"summary"</i> of my amazing <b>5-days Multi-Species fishing trip</b> down in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I am also linking all the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">YouTube videos</a> below, in case you folks haven't checked it out yet!</span><div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Main Objective:</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">To catch as many different Species of fish as possible, in a period of five days. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Locations:</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Intracoastal Waterway</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Hillsboro Inlet</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- C-14 Canal</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- G-15 Canal</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Boca Raton Inlet</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Royal Palm Ponds</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Species Caught:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Mangrove Snapper</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Lutjanus griseus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Crevalle Jack</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Caranx hippos</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Checkered Puffer</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Sphoeroides testudineus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Spottail Pinfish</span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> (<i>Diplodus holbrookii</i>) </span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">or South-American Silver Porgy</span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(<i>Diplodus argenteus</i>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Black Margate </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Anisotremus surinamensis</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Atlantic Needlefish </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Strongylura marina</i>)</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">*</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Scrawled Cowfish </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Acanthostracion quadricornis</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Sand Drum </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Umbrina coroides</i>)</span><span style="color: #45818e;">*</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Sergeant Major </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Abudefduf saxatilis</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Tomtate</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Haemulon aurolineatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Smallmouth Grunt</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Haemulon chrysargyreum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Houndfish</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Tylosurus crocodilus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Blue Runner</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Caranx crysos</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Dusky Damselfish</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Stegastes adustus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Crested Goby</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Lophogobius cyprinoides</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Frillfin Goby</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Bathygobius soporator</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Inland Silverside</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Menidia beryllina</i>)</span> <span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">or Tidewater Silverside</span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(<i>Menidia peninsulae</i>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Spotted Sunfish </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Lepomis punctatus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Bluegill </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Lepomis macrochirus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Mayan Cichlid</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Mayaheros urophthalmus</i>)</span><span style="color: #45818e;">***</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Hardhead Catfish</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Ariopsis felis</i>)</span><span style="color: #45818e;">*</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Spotfin Mojarra</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Eucinostomus argenteus</i>)</span><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"> or Bigeye Mojarra</span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(<i>Eucinostomus havana</i>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Large-Scaled Spinycheek Sleeper</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Eleotris amblyopsis</i>)</span><span style="color: #45818e;">*</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Florida Largemouth Bass</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Micropterus floridanus</i>)</span><span style="color: #45818e;">**</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Slippery Dick</span><span style="color: red;"> (<i>Halichoeres bivittatus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- French Grunt </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Haemulon flavolineatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Lane Snapper </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Lutnajus synagris</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Hairy Blenny </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Labrisomus nuchipinnis</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Bermuda Chub </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Kyphosus sectatrix</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Sailor's Grunt </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Haemulon parra</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Ladyfish </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Elops saurus</i>)</span><span style="color: #45818e;">*</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Ballyhoo </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Hemiramphus brasiliensis</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Porkfish </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Anisotremus virginicus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- High-Hat </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Pareques acuminatus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Spotted Scorpionfish </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Scorpaena plumieri</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Permit </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Trachinotus falcatus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- False Pilchard </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Harengula clupeola</i>)</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;"> or Scaled Sardine </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Harengula jaguana</i>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Bluehead Wrasse </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Thalassoma bifasciatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Schoolmaster Snapper </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Lutjanus apodus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Redfin Parrotfish </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Sparisoma rubripinne</i>)</span><span style="color: #45818e;">***</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Flamefish </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Apogon maculatus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Florida Gar </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Lepisosteus platyrhinchus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Butterfly Peacock Bass </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Cichla ocellaris</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- African Jewelfish </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Hemichromis letournexi</i>)</span><span style="color: #45818e;">***</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Yellow Belly Cichlid </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Cichlasoma salvini</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Eastern Mosquitofish </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Gambusia holbrooki</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Spotted Tilapia </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Pelmatolapia mariae</i>)</span><span style="color: #45818e;">***</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- White Grunt </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Haemulon plumierii</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- Long-Spined Porcupinefish </span><span style="color: red;">(<i>Diodon holocanthus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">*<i>Lifers.</i> In other words, new species for my list! See my Master Species Album right <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/MASTER-SPORTFISH-GALLERY/Fish-Species" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">**The Florida Largemouth Bass has been classified as a separate Species; however, the community is still skeptical about it. Thus, I do not count the </span><i><span style="color: red;">Micropterus floridanus</span></i><span style="color: #45818e;"> as a new Species yet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">***Changes in classification or Species identification. All changes were made on the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Smugmug Fish Photo Database</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Below are the highlights for this fishing trip:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Day 1, morning -- Hillsboro Inlet:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Day 1, afternoon -- Hillsboro Inlet:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Day 2, morning -- C-14 Canal:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Day 2, afternoon -- C-14 Canal wrap up + Royal Palm Ponds:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">A <b>rare</b> Species of fish appears!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><br />Day 3, morning -- Boca Raton Inlet</span><span style="color: #45818e;">*</span><span style="color: #e69138;">:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Day 3, afternoon -- Boca Raton Inlet</span><span style="color: #45818e;">*</span><span style="color: #e69138;">:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">*My fellow lifelister Rocky Bangor makes an appearance in these video. Check out his Instagram <a href="http://hotsta.net/rockybangor" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br /><span style="color: #e69138;"><br />Day 4 -- Hillsboro Inlet:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Revisiting the spot for more Species!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><br />Day 5, morning -- G-15 Canal:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><br />Day 5, afternoon -- G-15 Canal:</span></div>
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<br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Summary & Photos:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">This section will only be available for <a href="https://www.patreon.com/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">Patreon</a> & <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN87Pgwb2j03o6VoywPSJQg/join" target="_blank">YouTube Members</a>, in the near future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Want to support EPF financially? Help me out with production and traveling costs?! Donations are always welcome via <a href="http://bit.ly/2DBckhZ" target="_blank">PayPal</a>, or via my <a href="https://www.patreon.com/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">Patreon</a> website! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">As always, this Winter has been quite busy! However, I finally have some time to work on the Blog. Since I am still in January (and a few fishing sessions behind), let's work hard on these posts! Heh. And on a positive note, the Florida fishing trip reports will be coming up soon. ;) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 24th, 2018. <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2018/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2018-last.html" target="_blank">The 2018 Statistical Fishing Chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Delaware-Canal-Yardley-PA/" target="_blank">Delaware Canal</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Time: 9:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The Delaware Canal is a great Winter fishing spot, since it is one of the only bodies of water in southeast Pennsylvania with the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Chain-Pickerel-Esox-niger/" target="_blank">Chain Pickerel</a> </span><i style="color: white;">(Esox niger) </i><span style="color: #e69138;">in it. And as it is known, the different species of fish in the </span><i><span style="color: white;">Esox</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;"> genus are very tolerant to low water temperatures -- making it a great target during the colder months of the year. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Taking all of that in consideration, I woke up early, prepared my fishing gear, and headed out in hopes of catching some chunky Pickerel down at the Canal. My main plan for the day was to cast a <a href="http://amzn.to/2G2Lrsp" target="_blank">3/8 oz. Z-Man white/chartreuse Chatterbait</a></span><span style="color: #e69138;"> all around structure.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sadly, as soon as I saw the <i>"current situation"</i> of the Canal, my plans immediately got crushed. Not only the water levels were extremely low in comparison to the other Winters that I had fished there, but the canal was also still frozen due to the cold air (26 - 35F/-3 - 2ºC).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">To not waste the day, I decided to walk and cast where I could -- in-between the chunks of ice. But my efforts produced no results! After fishing for a total of 4 hours or so, I finally gave up and went home. Not a single bite; not a single fish. Heh. </span><span style="color: #e69138;">This is exactly when that old wise fishing cliche comes into play: </span><i style="color: #e69138;">"There is a reason it is called fishing, and not catching."</i><span style="color: #e69138;"> And getting skunked is definitely a part of the sport! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Well...in the end, the experience still counts, doesn't it? :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
Extreme Philly Fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617926831541832452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349864172370418945.post-57038549460052724082018-02-25T13:06:00.003-04:002018-03-17T17:58:11.582-04:00Winter Carp Fishing at the Upper Cooper River! (01/22/18, Haddonfield, NJ)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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I just came back from my New York trip with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/SereneSkyline" target="_blank">Tim Galati Outdoors</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkpJGiGocDZvFJH0lLkCqGA" target="_blank">First State Fishing</a>! It is time to catch up on the Blog, as always. ;) </div>
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Here is my fishing report for January 22nd, 2018. <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2018/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2018-last.html" target="_blank">The 2018 Statistical Fishing Chart</a> was updated as well.</div>
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Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Upper-Cooper-River-Haddonfield/" target="_blank">Upper Cooper River</a></div>
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Time: 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.</div>
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Below are the highlights for this fishing session:</div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 6th outing of 2018: fishing the Upper Cooper River for Common Carp! Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my YouTube videos, please support the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it! More likes & more subscribes = more time to make videos!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">My carping friends used to tell me that when it comes to winter <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Common-Carp-Cyprinus-carpio/" target="_blank">Common Carp</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Cyprinus carpio)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;"> fishing, <i><b>"preparation is key."</b></i> And within that process, they always emphasized that the technique of chumming was crucial to attract those big beasts to bite your hooks during the colder months of the year. </span><span style="color: #e69138;">Thus, after finishing my previous fishing session at the Upper Cooper River in Haddonfield, NJ (</span><i style="color: #e69138;"><a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2018/02/winter-multi-species-fishing-at-upper.html" target="_blank">last post</a></i><span style="color: #e69138;">), I walked a few steps upstream and chummed a whole can of corn in preparation for my next fishing session. </span></div>
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I arrived at the same place the next day, around noon. With my <a href="http://amzn.to/2GJzBAa" target="_blank">Oakley polarized sunglasses</a>, I quickly took a glance at the river. Immediately, I was able to see patches of mud around the area where I chummed. In other words, I knew at that point that there were some fish on my chum. </div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">The Upper portion of the Cooper River is always saturated. However, with a nice pair of polarized glasses, one can still see the bottom in its shallower spots.</span></div>
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I set up two Baitrunner reels for my carp session: a KastKing <a href="http://amzn.to/2DZ9Uvj" target="_blank">Pontus 4000</a> and a <a href="http://amzn.to/2fc4818" target="_blank">Sharky III 5000</a>. For both reels, I used the <a href="http://amzn.to/2tP1e8U" target="_blank">Perigee II</a>, 7'0", 2 pieces, medium-heavy with 20lbs <a href="http://amzn.to/2gMIIrZ" target="_blank">Fortis braided line</a>. Since this Species of fish is quite finicky, I used 8lbs <a href="http://amzn.to/2tio5p8*" target="_blank">Fluorokote</a> (Fluorocarbon) leader on a slip-sinker setup -- a 1 oz. <a href="http://amzn.to/2Bo2yyD" target="_blank">egg sinker</a> with a size 1/0 <a href="http://amzn.to/2GbDeQb" target="_blank">Riptail rolling barrel swivel</a> and a size #8 <a href="https://www.blogger.com/(http://amzn.to/2DD3AvH" target="_blank">Gamakatsu octopus hook</a>. I baited each hook with two-three pieces of canned corn. </div>
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After casting both setups around the chummed area, it really didn't take me long to get my first bite of the day! Although, it wasn't quite the type of bite that I was expecting. Instead of bending the rod and peeling the drag on the baitrunner, the bite was very subtle. And after it, the line just went slack! Therefore, I slowly held the rod (without moving the sinker), flipped the drag switch, and finally set the hook after the slack on my line disappeared. </div>
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After a short fight, the first Carp of the day finally surrendered: </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">First <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Common-Carp-Cyprinus-carpio/" target="_blank">Common Carp</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Cyprinus carpio)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;"> of the day: a ~4lbs fish. After a few shots, the fish swam away strongly.</span></span></div>
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The rest of the day was actually pretty slow. I ended up catching one other small Carp (same bite pattern), and that was pretty much it. </div>
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On one hand, I was quite disappointed. After all, the biggest Carp that I ever landed in that particular spot was a 10lbs+ fish. In other words, I ended up catching only the small stuff for the day. On the other hand, I was quite pleased that I didn't end up getting skunked. I mean...fishing during the winter months of the year around PA & NJ is never an easy thing to do. </div>
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Overall, it was definitely a productive day and a positive experience. </div>
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Even so...I hope I land some giants next time!</div>
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Best of luck to all of us,</div>
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Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Folks -- Winter is finally coming to an end!!! Next week we have some good weather (40-55F)! I think it is time for us to catch up on this Blog as well. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here </span><span style="color: #e69138;">is my fishing report for January 21st, 2018. </span><a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2018/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2018-last.html" target="_blank">The 2018 Statistical Fishing Chart</a><span style="color: #e69138;"> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Upper-Cooper-River-Haddonfield/" target="_blank">Upper Cooper River</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 5 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Spottail-Shiner-Notropis-hudso/" target="_blank">Spottail Shiner</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Notropis hudsonius)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 3 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Golden-Shiner-Notemigonus-crys/" target="_blank">Golden Shiner</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Notemigonus crysoleucas)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 4 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Yellow-Perch-Perca-flavescens" target="_blank">Yellow Perch</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Perca flavescens)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 4 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Bluegill-Lepomis-macrochirus/" target="_blank">Bluegill</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Lepomis macrochirus)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Largemouth-Bass-Micropterus-sa/" target="_blank">Largemouth Bass</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Micropterus salmoides)</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 5th outing of 2018: still-fishing the Upper Cooper River, below Driscoll Pond. Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my YouTube videos, please support the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it! More likes & more subscribes = more time to make videos! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Every winter of every year, I tend to keep one of my fishing traditions alive: to go micro-fishing </span><span style="color: #e69138;">for some shiners </span><span style="color: #e69138;">at the Upper Cooper River in Haddonfield, NJ. The fact is: shiners are just so <i>underappreciated</i> in the fishing community nowadays! After all, they are sold in tackle shops as bait; thus, they have a "baitfish" reputation. </span><span style="color: #e69138;">But let me tell you something, my fellow friends...when it comes to their sizes, even a chunky <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Golden-Shiner-Notemigonus-crys/" target="_blank">Golden Shiner</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Notemigonus crysoleucas)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;"> can give you a nice bend on an ultra-light setup! </span><span style="color: #e69138;">Even better -- many Species of Shiners are very resilient when it comes to cold weather. Therefore, they will always be there for your bait -- even when other Species are not willing to bite. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Taking that in consideration, I went to the Upper Cooper River with my ultra-light setup for some "shiner still-fishing" action. I arrived at my usual spot -- the bridge, under the Driscoll Pond, around 11:30 a.m.. I equipped my <a href="http://amzn.to/2HifI4A" target="_blank">Daiwa Spinmatic Ultra-Light Rod</a> with my <a href="http://amzn.to/2EuxkfN" target="_blank">Shimano Sedona 500FD</a> and 4lbs <a href="http://amzn.to/2tio5p8" target="_blank">KastKing Fluorokote</a> Fluorocarbon line. For my rig, I tied a dropper-loop rig with a size #10 <a href="http://amzn.to/2BwUe3w" target="_blank">Mustad Hook</a> and a <a href="http://amzn.to/2Epyr02" target="_blank">Water Gremlin</a> Dipsey Swivel sinker. My main choice of bait was small pieces of big red worms.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After my first cast, it didn't really take long for the first Species of the day to show up. And to top it off, it wasn't a Shiner:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">First Species of the day: a <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Pumpkinseed-Lepomis-gibbosus/" target="_blank">Pumpkinseed</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Lepomis gibbosus)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Second cast in, I got my first Shiner Species of the day:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Second Species of the day: a <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Spottail-Shiner-Notropis-hudso/" target="_blank">Spottail Shiner</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Notropis hudsonius)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And I have to say, folks: I was delighted! Heh. Not only I was happy at the fact that my objective of the day was accomplished, but also because the Spottail Shiner is not easily found in the state of New Jersey. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">In Pennsylvania, this Species can be found pretty much in every little Creek here and there. That includes places like the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pennypack-Creek-Northeast-Phil/" target="_blank">Pennypack Creek</a>, or the TTF Watershed (Tacony, <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Tookany-Creek-Cheltenham-PA/" target="_blank">Tookany</a>, and Frankford Creeks). Even the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Poquessing-Creek-Philadelphia/" target="_blank">Poquessing</a> and Byberry Creeks have a healthy population of Spottail Shiner. New Jersey; however, is a whole different story! Per se, NJ already doesn't have a lot of <i>"clear water creeks"</i> in the southern portion of its state -- which by the way, is the prime habitat for this specific Species of fish. Thus, catching one of those in NJ waters is always an accomplishment for a micro-fishing angler!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Continuing my fishing session for the day, the following Species showed up soon after:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Not quite a Species, but a Hybrid: a Bluegill X Pumpkinseed </span><i><span style="color: white;">(L. macrochirus X L. gibbosus)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Third Species and second Species of Shiner of the day: a <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Golden-Shiner-Notemigonus-crys/" target="_blank">Golden Shiner</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Notemigonus crysoleucas)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Fourth Species of the day: a <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Bluegill-Lepomis-macrochirus/" target="_blank">Bluegill</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Lepomis macrochirus)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Fifth Species of the day: a <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Yellow-Perch-Perca-flavescens" target="_blank">Yellow Perch</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Perca flavescens)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The Golden Shiner were definitely putting a great fight on the ultra-light setup! And among the Bluegill that showed up, there were a few "<i>jumbos"</i> here and there. In quotes, since a jumbo panfish in the Upper Cooper River only ranges from 5-6 inches. :(</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And to end the day, a neat little Bass decided to bite on the red worms as well:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Sixth and final Species of the day: a <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Largemouth-Bass-Micropterus-sa/" target="_blank">Largemouth Bass</a></span><span style="color: #f1c232;"> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Micropterus salmoides)</span></i><span style="color: #f1c232;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">For a winter fishing session, the Upper Cooper River did not disappoint! To be able to land six different Species of fish in open water, in the harsh month of January, that is quite an accomplishment for any PA/NJ multi-species angler. :D </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And therefore, I left the spot without any regrets. Another annual tradition was fulfilled. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Hope you folks have been doing good recently! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights! ,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">...And another cold front is coming up, folks! This weather has been quite crazy recently! :(</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 19th, 2018. <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2018/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2018-last.html" target="_blank">The 2018 Statistical Fishing Chart</a> was updated as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 4th outing of 2018: fishing a the Pine Run Creek spillway, below the Pine Run Reservoir. Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my YouTube videos, please support the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it! More likes & more subscribes = more time to make videos! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After my huge skunk at the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pennypack-Creek-Northeast-Phil" target="_blank">Pennypack Creek</a> <i>(previous post)</i>, I decided to hit a winter spot that is known to produce different Species of fish: the Pine Run Creek. I had two main goals for the day: (1) to shoot a YouTube video focusing on the theme of <i>"never giving up,"</i> and (2) to boost my confidence when it comes to Winter fishing. After all, nothing feels better than catching a fish <i>(any type of fish)</i> during the colder months of the year (30-40F water temperature).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I arrived at the fishing spot around 10 a.m. EST. It was rather cold out there, but thankfully, the Creek wasn't frozen over! I setup my ultra-light <a href="http://amzn.to/2At4vuq" target="_blank">Daiwa Spinmatic Rod</a> with a <a href="http://amzn.to/2FsFWjS" target="_blank">Shimano Sedona 500FD</a> reel <i>(old model)</i>, 4lbs test <a href="http://amzn.to/2tio5p8" target="_blank">KastKing Fluorokote</a> line, and just a small 3 mm, size #16 <a href="http://amzn.to/2mGX5O8" target="_blank">Kenders Outdoors ice fishing jig</a>, under a <a href="http://amzn.to/2DmI2QZ" target="_blank">Comal weighted float</a>. For bait, I tipped the jig with very small pieces of big red worms. The primary fishing pattern of the day was the traditional <i><b>suspended jigging</b></i> technique.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">First, I tried for a little bit under the Covered Bridge portion of the Creek. Sadly, after thirty minutes or so, I still hadn't had a single bite. Better saying -- I had three snags at that spot, and no fish. Thus, without wasting anymore time, I immediately hopped to the most productive spot on the Creek: the spillway. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Not even five minutes after I arrived, I landed my first fish and first Species of the day: the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Bluegill-Lepomis-macrochirus/" target="_blank">Bluegill</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Lepomis macrochirus)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">. And just as I had expected, the fish bit my jig very very softly! I mean...the float barely went down with the bite. Which is why I would like to emphasize: when jigging during the Winter months of the year, always make sure to go as </span><i style="color: #e69138;">finesse</i><span style="color: #e69138;"> as possible. In other words, keep your jigging setup as light as you possibly can! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">First Species of the day: the Bluegill </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Lepomis macrochirus)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">. It barely bit the hook too!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After many Bluegill </span><span style="color: white;"><i>(Lepomis macrochirus)</i></span><span style="color: #e69138;"> here and there, I finally got a very interesting bite on the slow pool area of the spillway! Instead of just </span><i style="color: #e69138;">"bobbing"</i><span style="color: #e69138;"> a little bit, my float started to move to the left at a constant speed! Bites like that are usually a good indicator that a Crappie is about to come up. After setting up the hook and reeling in the fish, I ended up with a beautiful PA <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/White-Crappie-Pomoxis-annulari/" target="_blank">White Crappie</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Pomoxis annularis)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Second Species of the day: the White Crappie </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Pomoxis annularis)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">. A very beautiful sample for my area!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">For many folks around the country, catching a White Crappie </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Pomoxis annularis)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;"> is no problem whatsoever. However, in the Philadelphia area (and surroundings), catching one of these from shore is quite a rarity! The reality is that there are plenty of </span><a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Black-Crappie/" style="color: #e69138;" target="_blank">Black Crappie</a> <i><span style="color: white;">(Pomoxis nigromaculatus)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;"> around here, and not so many adult White Crappie. Even with a boat, there are only a few bodies of water around here with a limited population of these fellas. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The rest of the day was pretty much a sunfish type of the day! I ended up catching one more Species while bottom jigging the worm: the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Green-Sunfish-Lepomis-cyanellu/" target="_blank">Green Sunfish</a> </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Lepomis cyanellus)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">. And a beautiful Bluegill X Pumpkinseed Hybrid </span><i><span style="color: white;">(L. macrochirus X L. gibbosus)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;"> also came up as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Summarizing...I ended up the day with three different Species of fish, and a hybrid to boost! For a Winter day in January, this fishing session was definitely extremely productive. </span><span style="color: #e69138;">Just as a reminder...it is always tough to fish during the colder months of the year. Chances of catching any Species of fish go down drastically. However, keep in mind, anglers: if you don't go outside and try it out, your chances of catching fish will always be </span><i style="color: #e69138;"><b>zero</b></i><span style="color: #e69138;">. :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Hope you folks have been catching a lot recently! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Once again, some crazy warm weather is coming this weekend, folks!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 17th, 2018. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2018/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2018-last.html" target="_blank">2018 Statistical Fishing Chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pennypack-Creek-Northeast-Phil" target="_blank">Pennypack Creek</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Time: 12:00-2:30 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 3rd outing of 2018. Winter fishing in the Pennypack Creek! Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my YouTube videos, please support the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN87Pgwb2j03o6VoywPSJQg" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes & more subscribes = more time to make videos!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After watching the light snowstorm this morning, I was enticed to go out and spend some time outdoors! Since I didn't have much availability today (tutoring has been busy), I hopped on my local bus and stopped by the Pennypack Creek in Northeast Philadelphia for some <i>"winter creek fishing."</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I arrived at my favorite <i>Old Bustleton Avenue</i> spot around noon. Not too surprisingly, more than 90% of the Creek was clear of ice. Only a few stagnant pools had a thin layer of ice on top (less than an inch). The water was pretty clear and the current was pretty swift. Combining all those factors with the whiteness of the fresh snow, we had the perfect environment for a few shots. Heh.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Following the logic of winter fishing, I decided to choose the <a href="http://amzn.to/2mGX5O8" target="_blank">4mm, #14 hook Kender's Outdoors ice fishing jig</a> with small pieces of super-worm as my primary setup for the day. As anglers should be aware of, live bait is always the best choice during the colder months of the year. I paired the jig with <a href="http://amzn.to/2tio5p8" target="_blank">4lbs KastKing Fluorokote</a> fishing line, a <a href="http://amzn.to/2FsFWjS" target="_blank">Shimano Sedona 500 FD</a> fishing reel, and my trusted <a href="http://amzn.to/2At4vuq" target="_blank">5'6" Daiwa Spinmatic</a> 2 pieces, Ultra-Light fishing rod. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br /><span style="color: red;">EPF's tip of the day:</span><br /><span style="color: #e69138;">Why is live bait so effective during the winter months of the year?! Recall that fish are ectothermic organisms. Thus, they enter a state of torpor during the colder months of the year. The level of activity varies from Species to Species; however, it is a fact that <b>all of them</b> become more <i>sluggish</i> as water temperature drops. Therefore, they tend to <i>nibble your bait</i> instead of <i>inhaling it aggressively</i>. The livelier and more natural the bait, higher your chances of getting a strike! </span><br /><span style="color: white;">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The primary pattern of the day was to cast and retrieve the small jig in the current. The main target was the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Rainbow-Trout-Oncorhynchus-myk/" target="_blank">Rainbow Trout</a> <i>(Oncorhynchus mykiss)</i>. Sadly, after ninety minutes of fishing on the Creek, I ended up getting the skunk...And I even tried the <a href="http://amzn.to/2DebYOX" target="_blank">1/24 oz. Johnson Min-O-Spin</a> and the <a href="http://amzn.to/2rhkRWv" target="_blank">2 1/2 inches Rebel Floater</a> jerkbait. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The sad part of this fishing trip was that I chose my fishing spots very carefully. In other words, they were the most productive spots in that entire section of the Creek. Thus, after the skunk today, I can only presume that the Pennypack Creek right now has very very few Trout in it! As a matter of fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the entire number of Trout in the entire Creek didn't pass two dozen in total! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Skunk or not, I had a wonderful time outdoors. And this fishing session reminded me of how harsh this particular Creek can be during the colder months of the year. Heh.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
Extreme Philly Fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617926831541832452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349864172370418945.post-63994133689521586182018-01-12T13:53:00.002-04:002018-01-28T14:15:32.201-04:00My First Fish of 2018 + Testing my New "Thunderfury" Ice Fishing Rod (01/11/18, Gloucester, NJ)<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #e69138;">This Winter weather has been crazy, hasn't it, folks?!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 11th, 2018. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2018/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2018-last.html" target="_blank">2018 Statistical Fishing Chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: Nameless Pond</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 2nd outing of 2018: ice fishing a nameless pond in Gloucester, NJ. Don't forget to watch it in HD Quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my YouTube videos, please support the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes & more subscribes = more time to make videos!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Taking the upcoming warm weather in consideration (32F/<b>0ºC</b> to 45F/<b>7ºC</b>), my friend Jacob Korbel (a.k.a. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/NJBassPro" target="_blank">Jacob Korbel Fishing</a>) and I decided to hit a nameless little pond in Gloucester, NJ for one last attempt at ice fishing! </span><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">A</span><span style="color: #e69138;">ccording to Jacob, who had fished the Pond for the previous three days or so, the pond had a combination of </span><a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Bluegill-Lepomis-macrochirus/" target="_blank">Bluegill</a><span style="color: #e69138;">, </span><a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Largemouth-Bass-Micropterus-sa/" target="_blank">Largemouth Bass</a><span style="color: #e69138;">, and </span><a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Black-Crappie/" target="_blank">Black Crappie</a><span style="color: #e69138;">. Thus, our hopes for catching any Species of fish</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> were pretty high!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">As every angler should be aware of, <i><b>reconnaissance</b></i> is a fundamental strategy and step when it comes to fishing. That is when knowing your local watersheds really pays off. Recall: knowing where the structure and deep areas are in a specific lake or pond is the key to success during the colder months of the year!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">We arrived at the spot around 10:00 a.m.. After checking the thickness of the ice around the edges of the pond, we were astonished to find out that even with the rise in temperatures, we still had 5-6 inches of solid ice! We dug a few holes with our <i>Friday the 13th axe</i> (old style) and got the jigging started!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Jacob stands on top of the little unnamed pond in Gloucester, NJ. Funny how even the smaller bodies of water by the roads can sometimes hold fish!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The primary objective of this fishing session was for me to catch my first fish of 2018. The secondary goal was to test my new <a href="http://amzn.to/2EAr1Tn" target="_blank">Fiblink "Thunderfury"</a> ML ice fishing rod. Therefore, instead of the traditional tip-up and <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2014/12/fishing-styles-mastering-art-of-still.html" target="_blank">"still-fishing" approach</a>, Jacob and I decided to use our rods for active jigging. I paired the rod with a <a href="http://amzn.to/2FsFWjS" target="_blank">Shimano Sedona 500 FD</a>, which is -- as a matter of fact -- the lightest reel that I have in my arsenal. For line, I used the <a href="http://amzn.to/2tio5p8" target="_blank">KastKing Fluorokote</a>, 4lbs test; and for my jig, I used a 3 mm, size #16 hook <a href="http://amzn.to/2Dlj9Wv" target="_blank">Kenders Outdoors Ice Fishing jig</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I baited my jigs with half pieces of super-worm and jigged them 2-4 inches above the bottom, giving short stops in-between jigs. I favored locations with dying vegetation on the bottom. Five minutes into the fishing session, I landed my first Species and first fish of this year:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">A Bluegill</span> <i><span style="color: white;">(Lepomis macrochirus)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">. The "purplish" hue is an indicator of low water temperatures. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And after a few more Bluegill here and there, I ended up landing my second Species of the day: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #e69138;">A Largemouth Bass </span><i><span style="color: white;">(Micropterus salmoides)</span></i><span style="color: #e69138;">. The red in their upper lips is a common indicator of low water temperatures.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">My friend Jacob didn't fall short either. After jigging multiple holes, he finally found a productive one. He landed this nice fella after an intense fight on 2lbs test line (hehe):</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Jacob with his biggest fish of the day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">In the end, even though the pond was rumored to have a few fish in the range of 4-5lbs, Jacob and I weren't really able to land any fish bigger than a mere pound. After jigging in many different holes, we were also unable to catch any Black Crappie. </span><span style="color: #e69138;">Taking all the negatives aside, I did accomplish my main quests for the day...and, of course, I had a wonderful day outdoors with a friend who I didn't see for quite a while! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Fishing sessions like these always remind me of how the most trivial things in life can make us happy. Remember, folks...sometimes it is not so much about the size of the fish that you catch, or its rarity. Sometimes, it is just about enjoying the outdoors and having a good time doing the things that you love to do. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for <b>January 8th, 2018</b>. The <i><a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2018/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2018-last.html" target="_blank">2018 Statistical Fishing Chart</a></i> was updated as well. </span></div>
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Location: Spruce Run </div>
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Time: 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.</div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 1st outing of 2018. Multi-Species fishing at the Spruce Run Reservoir in Clinton, NJ. Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my YouTube videos, please support the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes & more subscribes = more time to make videos! </span></div>
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Despite having a lingering cough for almost five weeks, I finally decided to go out with my friends for some ice fishing in north New Jersey! Thus, my friends David Ho (a.k.a. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIuLSQnlOkYWZHIbYxu5xPw" target="_blank">Symplex Fishing</a>), Zach Merchant (a.k.a. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaDiahaZxjUHTXucvm4C96Q" target="_blank">Zach Merchant Fishing</a>), Jimmy Ly (a.k.a. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/rawr215" target="_blank">RaWr Fishing</a>), and I decided to hop on the Spruce Run Reservoir for some Multi-Species ice fishing.</div>
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Upon arrival, I was quite shocked to see that we had 8-12 inches of ice on the Reservoir!!! Compared to the previous years in Philadelphia and surroundings, that was definitely the <b>thickest ice</b> that I had seen in a while.</div>
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We ended up setting fourteen tip-ups among the four of us. All of them were baited with small to medium sized live shiners, on small <a href="http://amzn.to/2Fr3zZQ" target="_blank">2-4 Gamakatsu hooks</a>, with a small <a href="http://amzn.to/2CQNfQx" target="_blank">split-shot</a> 6-10 inches above it. We were fishing from 6 inches to 2 feet off the bottom.<br />
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Considering the fact that we were going for quality over quantity, we expected the day to be quite rough! And our expectations were right on the money. Heh. After six hours of fishing, only one <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Northern-Pike-Esox-lucius/" target="_blank">Northern Pike</a> (<i>Esox lucius</i>) was landed. It was a small 25 incher that Zach landed on the farthest tip up on the Reservoir!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Zach Merchant from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaDiahaZxjUHTXucvm4C96Q" target="_blank">Zach Merchant Fishing</a> with a "small" Northern Pike. Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/rawr215" target="_blank">RaWr Fishing</a></span></div>
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Other than that, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIuLSQnlOkYWZHIbYxu5xPw" target="_blank">Symplex Fishing</a> and I tried jigging a few holes with our new ice fishing rods: the <a href="http://amzn.to/2CQOE9L" target="_blank">Fiblink Graphite Ice Fishing Rod</a>, ML. We paired it up with small 500 model reels, <a href="http://amzn.to/2FrLyur" target="_blank">4-6lbs KastKing Fluotokote</a> line, and <a href="http://amzn.to/2CZLWlx" target="_blank">4 mm Kender Outdoors</a> ice fishing tungsten jigs. We used a combination of superworms and nightcrawlers, but to avail. In the end, we weren't able to find the fish in that huge Reservoir.<br />
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So there you have it, folks...the first skunk of 2018! One of many to come, of course. But the bottom line is -- even with the brutal weather and the lack of fish, wonderful memories were still created that day! Let's be frank here: nothing beats a good day on the water with your fishing buddies, right? Heh.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">From left to right, RaWr Fishing, Symplex Fish, Extreme Philly Fishing, & Zach Merchant Fishing</span></div>
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Best of luck to all of us,</div>
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Long Days and Pleasant Nights! </div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
Extreme Philly Fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617926831541832452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349864172370418945.post-21445007275371276482018-01-10T23:25:00.002-04:002018-03-17T18:31:17.989-04:00Statistical Fishing Chart for 2018 (Last Update: 01/22/2018)<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #e69138;">This will be my Statistical Fishing Chart for 2018. Let's attempt to complete it this year (Haha)! Every catch that I perform will be registered in terms of number, photo and Species. This will help me create a little "fishing diary" and keep scores and data along the year. This post will be updated regularly (hopefully).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Before you read any further, here are a couple notes that you will want to take in consideration:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- All fishes in this post were identified by Extreme Philly Fishing with the help of many primary sources and peer reviews. Primary sources include fish identification guides (i.e. <i>Peterson, North America Freshwater Species, etc.</i>) and peers include experts in the field of Multi-Species angling, all with a list of 200+ species under their name.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">If you want specific data on a certain Species, location, bait, or time of the catch, shoot me an e-mail: sheng12182527@gmail.com. If you believe that there are inconsistencies in this post, shoot me an e-mail as well. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Click <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">here</a> for my Statistical Fishing Chart for 2017 (super imcomplete)</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Click here for my Statistical Fishing Chart for 2016 (nonexistent).</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">Click <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2015/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2015.html" target="_blank">here</a> for my Statistical Fishing Chart for 2015 (incomplete).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Click <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2014/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2014.html" target="_blank">here</a> for my Statistical Fishing Chart for 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Click <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2013/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2013.html" target="_blank">here</a> for my Statistical Fishing Chart for 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Click <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2012/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2012.html" target="_blank">here</a> for my Statistical Fishing Chart for 2012.</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">P.s. for a more complete set of data, nowadays I use my SMUGMUG Fish Photo Database. You can access the photo database <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Last update/fishing session: <b>01/24/18</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Days fished this year: <b>7</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Maximum number of fish caught in a day: <b>20</b> (<a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Upper-Cooper-River-Haddonfield/" target="_blank">Upper Cooper River</a>, Haddonfield, NJ - 01/21/18) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Number of different species caught this year: <b>8</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Number of NEW species caught this year: <b>0</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">TOTAL # of Fish caught in 2018: <b>42</b> (as for 01/22/18)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"># = Number of fish of certain Species caught in 2018</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Location caught</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> = Where the portrayed fish of certain Species was caught (usually the biggest or most unusual of the year)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;">-- </span><span style="color: #e69138; text-align: justify;">Bluegill </span><span style="color: #45818e; text-align: justify;"><i>(Lepomis Macrochirus) </i></span><span style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;">-- </span><span style="color: #e69138; text-align: justify;">20</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; text-align: justify;">Upper Cooper River, Haddonfield (NJ) </span><span style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;">01/21/2018</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; text-align: justify;">Upper Cooper River, Haddonfield (NJ) </span><span style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;">01/22/2018</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;">-- </span><span style="color: #e69138; text-align: justify;">Golden Shiner </span><span style="color: #45818e; text-align: justify;"><i>(Notemigonus crysoleucas) </i></span><span style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;">-- </span><span style="color: #e69138; text-align: justify;">3</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; text-align: justify;">Upper Cooper River, Haddonfield (NJ) </span><span style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;">01/21/2018</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; text-align: justify;">Pine Run Creek, New Britain (PA) </span><span style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;">- </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; text-align: justify;">01/19/2018</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">It has been quite a while since I have worked on the Blog, right?! To be more precise, about <i>half a year</i>! And boy...so many things have happened in six months, if you think about it. We are now above 100,000 subscribers on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a>, and 25,000 followers on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/extremephillyfishing/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram</a>! SnapChat has been doing pretty well too, with an average of 3,000 views per snap. Folks have been helping out on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">Patreon</a> as well (45 Patreonites+ <b>thank you all for your support</b>), and finally, although inactive, the Blog has reached more than 700,000 views, with an average of 400 views per day! :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Thus, before getting to the post for today, I would like to dedicate this paragraph to all you folks who support </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Extreme Philly Fishing</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> on social media: <b>thank you so much for watching, reading, and following EPF!!! </b>I may have not been working on this Blog, but you folks know that it has been busy and hectic. Heh. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Anyways...here is my fishing report for October 10th, 11th, and 12th of 2017: fishing the Philadelphia County's Fall <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Rainbow-Trout-Oncorhynchus-myk/" target="_blank">Rainbow Trout</a> season at the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pennypack-Creek-Northeast-Phil" target="_blank">Pennypack Creek</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pennypack-Creek-Northeast-Phil/" target="_blank">Pennypack Creek</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Time: 3:00-6:00 p.m.; 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.; 1:00-4:00 p.m.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e69138;">- 7 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Rainbow-Trout-Oncorhynchus-myk/" target="_blank">Rainbow Trout</a> (<i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e69138;">- 3 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Redbreast-Sunfish-Lepomis-auri/" target="_blank">Redbreast Sunfish</a> (<i>Lepomis auritus</i>)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Below are the highlights for these fishing sessions:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 128th and 129th outing of 2017. Fishing for stocked <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Rainbow-Trout-Oncorhynchus-myk/" target="_blank">Rainbow Trout</a> at the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pennypack-Creek-Northeast-Phil/" target="_blank">Pennypack Creek</a> using <a href="http://amzn.to/2h3Q4EU" target="_blank">Berkley Power Bait</a>. Don't forget to watch it in HD Quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my YouTube videos, please support the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes & more subscribes = more time to make videos! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 130th outing of 2017. Fishing for stocked <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Rainbow-Trout-Oncorhynchus-myk/" target="_blank">Rainbow Trout</a> at the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pennypack-Creek-Northeast-Phil/" target="_blank">Pennypack Creek</a> using the <a href="http://amzn.to/2l8X08p" target="_blank">Johnson Min-O-Spin in-line spinner</a>. Don't forget to watch it in HD Quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my YouTube videos, please support the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes & more subscribes = more time to make videos! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The 2017 <i>"Fall Trout Opening"</i> day in Philadelphia County was really no different than all previous years'! First and foremost, the amount of <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Rainbow-Trout-Oncorhynchus-myk/" target="_blank">Rainbow Trout</a> that was stocked in the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/40%C2%B004'36.2%22N+75%C2%B002'40.2%22W/@40.076714,-75.0450332,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x89c6b3ec07ee7737:0xf35089760f0a9836!2sBustleton+Ave,+Philadelphia,+PA!3b1!8m2!3d40.0790259!4d-75.042608!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d40.0767129!4d-75.0444855" target="_blank">Bustleton Avenue</a> portion of the Creek was laughable compared to the Spring season's numbers. And although I wasn't there to see it, I did hear from locals that they stocked only <i>"a few buckets of fish"</i> in each spot around the Creek. Taking in consideration that each bucket usually contains 30-50 fish, it is plausible to say that only 200-300 Trout were stocked around there. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">On the first day of the Fall Trout season, I arrived between the <i>Bustleton Avenue/Roosevelt Boulevard</i> portion of the Creek around 3 p.m. EST. The first thing that I did was ask the local fishermen about the stocking, and soon I found out that they had stocked the Creek <i>"less than a hour ago."</i> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Taking in consideration that those Trout need quite some time to adapt to the Creek before feeding, I immediately concluded that my best choice for catching them at the time was to use some <a href="http://amzn.to/2l8YKym" target="_blank">Berkley Power Bait</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">There are many different colors and flavors of <a href="http://amzn.to/2l8YKym" target="_blank">Berkley Power Bait</a> in the market nowadays, but my favorite one is definitely the yellow one. No glitter, and no additional scent. Thus, that is the one that I recommend you folks! Note that this decision comes from years of playing and experimenting with the stocked Trout (both <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Brown-Trout-Salmo-trutta" target="_blank">Brown</a> and <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Rainbow-Trout-Oncorhynchus-myk/" target="_blank">Rainbow</a> Trout). Heh.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I rigged my <a href="http://amzn.to/2yNA5EX" target="_blank">Daiwa Spinmatic</a>, 5' 6", Ultra-Light rod and my <a href="http://amzn.to/2h357if" target="_blank">Shimano Sedona 500 FD</a> reel (old model) with <a href="http://amzn.to/2tio5p8" target="_blank">4lbs KastKing Fluorokote</a> fluorocarbon line, 3 small <a href="http://amzn.to/2y0GhKz" target="_blank">Water Gremlin</a> split-shots (I call them the <i>Wal-Mart special</i>) and a size #12 <a href="http://amzn.to/2yDFMpd" target="_blank">Mustad hook</a>. I put on just enough <a href="http://amzn.to/2l8YKym" target="_blank">Power Bait</a> to cover the hook! The primary technique for the day was <i>sit and wait</i>; thus, <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2014/12/fishing-styles-mastering-art-of-still.html" target="_blank">still-fishing</a> for the Trout. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">It took me a good thirty-minutes for my first bite. Sadly, I missed the fish because I didn't give it enough time to swallow the bait. Ugh! Well...As someone wise once said: <i>"Impatience is the root of all injuries." </i>And raise thy hands the first angler who never gave a premature hook set, right? Heh. We all get excited from time to time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">SIDENOTE</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">As portrayed in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLG2VWHsKOQ&t=1s" target="_blank">YouTube video</a> above, the <a href="http://amzn.to/2l8YKym" target="_blank">Berkley Power Bait</a> is a type of dough bait that stocked Trout tend to swallow! Since the <i>Oncorhynchus</i>, <i>Salmo</i>, and <i>Salvelinus</i> genera of fish are very sensitive and have a high mortality rate when it comes to human handling, I don't recommend anglers who practice Catch & Release to use it on stocked Trout. If one must really use it, just make sure to:</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">(1) wet your hands when handling the hooked fish</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">(3) clip the line as close to its mouth as possible</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">To avoid internal bleeding and minimize mortality ratio, C&R anglers should definitely <b>not</b> place the gut hooked fish outside of the water, or try to recover the hook!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After a few missed bites, I finally gave a stubborn <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Rainbow-Trout-Oncorhynchus-myk/" target="_blank">Rainbow Trout</a> enough time to chew on the bait! After setting the hook, I felt its solid weight on the other side of my line. And, as it turned out, it was a beauty indeed:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My first stocked <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Rainbow-Trout-Oncorhynchus-myk/" target="_blank">Raibow Trout</a> of the Fall season of 2017! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sadly, for the remaining of the first day, that was the only fish that I was able to land. Most of the stocked Trout were still in an adaptation stage. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And so the first day ended.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The second day was much easier compared to the first. That is because most (if not all) of the stocked <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Rainbow-Trout-Oncorhynchus-myk/" target="_blank">Rainbow Trout</a> were already adapted to their surroundings -- to the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pennypack-Creek-Northeast-Phil/" target="_blank">Pennypack Creek</a>. Therefore, instead of using a <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2014/12/fishing-styles-mastering-art-of-still.html" target="_blank">still-fishing</a> approach with the <a href="http://amzn.to/2l8YKym" target="_blank">Berkley Power Bait</a>, I decided to use the <i>wait-and-jig</i> technique for it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">SIDENOTE</span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;">The <i>wait-and-jig</i> technique is fairly simple and very effective, and yet a lot of anglers underestimate it. The technique itself consists of casting the bait in the water, and moving it every 30 seconds or so. Thus, its name: wait <b>and</b> jig. It is usually during one of those pauses that the bait is positioned directly or close to a feeding fish, inciting it to bite! Summarizing...the Trout bite usually comes really fast just after the pause. The con of this technique is the amount of snags that the angler will get, of course.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Differently than the previous day, it took me only a measly forty-five minutes to get my limit of <a href="http://www.fishandboat.com/Transact/AnglerBoater/AnglerBoater2016/NovemberDecember/Documents/2016-1112nd-06inland.pdf" target="_blank">three fish for the Fall season</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My limit of three Trout for October 11th, 2017. The one on top was definitely a chunky one!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Finally, for the following day -- the third day in the season -- I decided to switch from a dough bait <i>wait-and-jig</i> approach to a more aggressive <i>steady-retrieve</i> approach, with in-line spinners. To make my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkQ1IW3nmuY" target="_blank">YouTube video</a> a little bit more entertaining, I decided to use some of the lures that one of my subscribers sent me:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">From left to right: three different patterns of the 1/8 oz. <a href="http://amzn.to/2zKPsfp" target="_blank">Johnson Min-O-Spin</a>, and two different patterns of the 1/8 oz. Thomas Lures <a href="http://amzn.to/2zxxgos" target="_blank">E.P. Series in-line spinner</a>. And yes -- this photo was taken on a Septa Bus. LOL.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The premise of the video was to show my fellow anglers and viewers that </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">(1)</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> when the fish fully adapt to their new environment (a.k.a. the Creek), they are forced to drop their hatchery feeding behavior and pick up different natural food sources for their own survival; and </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">(2) </span><span style="color: #e69138;">in a period of 48 hours after the stocking, most of the sample population had already adapted to the Creek. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After a few casts here and there, more victims started to show up on the <a href="http://amzn.to/2zKPsfp" target="_blank">Johnson Min-O-Spin</a>: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">One of the many Trout that fell victim to my Subscriber's Johnson.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Let's just say that it didn't really take me a long time to catch my limit on those lures. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And this pretty concludes my post for today, folks! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Those were definitely three very interesting fishing sessions for stocked Trout, and shooting those YouTube videos was definitely a lot of fun. :) Of course catching the Trout and eating them was equally fun. Hehe.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">For those who have never tried this type of fishery before -- I truly recommend. After all, with all the <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2016/04/is-it-safe-to-eat-gator-blues-10lbs.html" target="_blank">heavy metals and PCBs</a> that we have in our local fishes nowadays (different Species), it is never a bad idea to eat some <i>"farm raised"</i> samples here and there. Plus, the stocked Trout tradition in the United States of America is a great way to get kids initiated in the sport! Think about it! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I hope you folks enjoyed the knowledge and the read! Make sure you watch the YouTube videos to complete the experience. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">What's up, Blog Readers?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Today I am bringing you guys my fishing report for February 14th, 2017. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">statistical fishing chart</a> was updated as well. Aren't you guys glad that we are <b>only</b> two months behind here now?! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Delaware-Canal-Yardley-PA" target="_blank">Delaware Canal</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Time: 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 3 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Bluegill-Lepomis-macrochirus" target="_blank">Bluegill</a> (<i>Lepomis macrochirus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Below are the highlights for this fishing session:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 13th outing of 2017. Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my videos, please support my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes and more subscribes = more time to make videos! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">As the name of the video implies, this fishing session was a tough one! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The main objective for the day was to go to the Delaware Canal for some Carp fishing. I had two medium-action and one ultra-light rod with me, not to mention my huge <a href="http://www.psfishing.com/metallica-landing-net.html" target="_blank">Balzer Metallica</a> net. After loading my bag with two cans of sweet kernel corn, I was ready for some action!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">All hopes were lost upon arrival, though...Heh. </span><span style="color: #e69138;">After I arrived at the Delaware Canal, I came to realize that albeit the weather had been softly warm for the past two days (~45F), the watershed itself still had a thin sheet of ice on it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Needless to say, a little bit of ice was definitely not enough to stop Extreme Philly Fishing. ;) Even though my prime <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Common-Carp-Cyprinus-carpio/" target="_blank">Common Carp</a> (<i>Cyprinus carpio</i>) spot was frozen, I still looked around the canal for other potential Carp spots. After thirty minutes of search, I finally found a little place to chum. I ended up setting up two rods with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43VXdceohkI&t=1s" target="_blank">slip-sinker</a> setups -- <a href="http://amzn.to/2phFJYH" target="_blank">1/2 oz. egg sinkers</a> with a size <a href="http://amzn.to/2phBw76" target="_blank">#8 Mustad hook</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I spent approximately three hours there, folks. And in the end, I hadn't had a single tap! So, yeah...that was definitely enough for me to give up on those Carp. Hah. That is when I thanked myself for bringing an ultra-light rod!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">My secondary and last plan for the day was to catch some <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Black-Crappie/" target="_blank">Black Crappie</a> (<i>Pomoxis nigromaculatus</i>) and Bluegill. Thus, I tied on a <a href="http://amzn.to/2phy0JU" target="_blank">Kenders 4 mm. Ice Fishing jighead</a>, tipping it with small pieces of nightcrawler. Suspended jigging with a <a href="http://amzn.to/2of2QRR" target="_blank">Comal weighted float</a> was the main technique used. Sadly, the Crappie did not want to collaborate. Thus, at the end of the day, I was able to only land three measly Sunfish...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #274 of the year. A Bluegill</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">On one hand, I was quite disappointed for the lack of Carp. On the other hand, I was pretty satisfied that I didn't really get skunked. Hah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">As I always like to tell my subscribers and followers -- <i>"even one fish is better than nothing." </i>And folks...that day was a tough day on the water! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">It has been a while since I posted here, huh?! You know what that means, right? Time to catch up, people!!! :) Here is my fishing report for January 28th, 2017. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">statistical fishing chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pine-Run-Dam-New-Britain-PA/" target="_blank">Pine Run Dam</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 12th outing of 2017. Possibly one of my worst ideas ever!!! Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my videos, please support my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN87Pgwb2j03o6VoywPSJQg" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes and more subscribes = more time to make videos.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Nothing much to say about this fishing session, other than the fact that this was possibly one of my worst ideas for 2017!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I went down to the Pine Run Dam in New Britain with hopes of catching at least one fish for my <a href="https://mysterytacklebox.com/" target="_blank">Mystery Tackle Box</a> <i>"Pro Box"</i> Slam. However, I failed to realize that the weather conditions for the day were far away from perfect: 35F with 15 mph winds. </span><span style="color: #e69138;">By the end of the unboxing (approximately 15 minutes), I was already feeling very cold. Even with six layers of </span><a href="https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/" target="_blank">Under Armour</a><span style="color: #e69138;">, I still felt like the wind was getting to my bones. Heh.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">But I was there already, right, folks? Therefore, I still fished the Reservoir for about three hours. I used some of the lures that came inside the box, including a pretty neat spoon and a cool & original soft plastic made by Catch Co itself. For the spoon, I used a steady retrieve approach. For the soft plastic, a drop-shot rig. In the end; however, they were to no avail. I ended up not catching anything. Sigh. :(</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Well...I should actually fix my last sentence by saying that I did catch something that day, at least: the flu. Even better -- maybe two things: the flu and a strep throat. Hah. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Summarizing...Because of that fishing session, I got extremely sick! Thus, the title of my YouTube video. After having a 103.1F fever for a few days, I finally decided to go to the Doctor. He put me on Tamiflu and Amoxicillin for ten days. And even after I was <i>"healed," </i>I still had post-viral cough syndrome for about five weeks. </span><span style="color: #e69138;">So, as you guys can see, because of that illness that lasted me 20-40 days, I was unable to fish for most of February (bummer), and I was slowed down on my social media platforms as well...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Yes, folks...certainly one of my worst ideas for this year! And this is to show that one should never underestimate Mother Nature, of course.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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Extreme Philly Fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617926831541832452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349864172370418945.post-18809275187859105292017-03-10T16:41:00.002-04:002017-03-10T16:41:17.617-04:00Last Day of Fishing in Florida!!! (01/25/17, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, FL)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 25th (day and evening), 2017. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">statistical fishing chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Anglins-Fishing-Pier-Lauderdal" target="_blank">Anglin's Pier</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Time: 8:00-10:00 a.m.; 9:00 p.m.- 11:00 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 7 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Slippery-Dick-Halichoeres-bivi/" target="_blank">Slippery Dick</a> (<i>Halichoeres bivittatus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Grey-Triggerfish-Balistes-capr/" target="_blank">Grey Triggerfish</a> (<i>Balistes capriscus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Doctorfish-Tang-Acanthurus-chi/" target="_blank">Doctorfish Tang</a> (<i>Acanthurus chirurgus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 Blackear Wrasse (<i>Halichoeres poeyi</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 Inshore Lizardfish (<i>Synodus foetens</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 Grass Porgy (<i>Calamus arctifrons</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 2 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Houndfish-Tylosurus-crocodilus/" target="_blank">Houndfish</a> (<i>Tylosurus crocodilus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 5 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/White-Grunt-Haemulon-plumieri/" target="_blank">White Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon plumierii</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Spottail-Pinfish-Diplodus-holb/" target="_blank">Spottail Pinfish</a> (<i>Diplodus holbrookii</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 3 Smallmouth Grunt (<i>Haemulon chrysargyreum</i>) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 4 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/French-Grunt-Haemulon-flavolin/" target="_blank">French Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon flavolineatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Sailors-Grunt-Haemulon-parra/" target="_blank">Sailor's Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon parra</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Blue-Striped-Grunt-Haemulon-sc/" target="_blank">Blue Striped Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon sciurus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Tomtate-Haemulon-aurolineatum/" target="_blank">Tomtate</a> (<i>Haemulon aurolineatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 11th outing of 2017. Morning fishing session. Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my videos, please support my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes and more subscribes = more time to make videos!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">For my last day of fishing in Florida, I decided to take a good part of my day to hang out with my Mother. Thus, I was only able to fish a little bit during the morning, and a little bit during the night! For both fishing sessions, I decided to hit the Anglin's Pier in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea -- a convenient fishing spot for me, since it was only a few blocks away from my hotel. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">To spice up the YouTube Channel a little bit, in the morning, I filmed a <i>"2 hours Multi-Species fishing challenge" </i>on the pier. My setup consisted of a <a href="http://amzn.to/2kzha6q" target="_blank">2-pieces Penn Pursuit II</a>, medium action rod, paired with a <a href="http://amzn.to/2kzpinp" target="_blank">Shimano Sedona 4000 FD</a>. For line, I used <a href="http://amzn.to/2kzxtEi" target="_blank">12lbs test KastKing Fluorokote</a>. The plan for the day was to vertical jig the pier with a high-low rig, consisting of 2 <a href="http://amzn.to/2jDHRGX" target="_blank">size #8 Mustad J-hooks</a> and a <a href="http://amzn.to/2kzIGVf" target="_blank">2 oz. River Coin Sinker</a>. I also did some hand trolling at the end of the pier, and some cast and retrieve with small jigs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">On the vertical jigging technique, my first victim of the day was <i>everyone's favorite</i> -- the Slippery Dick:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #244. The Slippery Dick.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I followed up with a very strong fish on the other side of my line! After battling the beast for a few seconds, I came to realize that it was a Grey Triggerfish:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #246. The Grey Triggerfish</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">It was indeed a beautiful sample! Perfect eating size as well. Yes, folks...Not only they are amazing fighters, but they are also great as table fare. Regardless, I ended up releasing the fella, since that was my last day down in Florida.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I continued my quest for the two hours Multi-Species fishing challenge, slowly jigging the pillars of the pier. And soon enough, another Species fell victim to my strategy:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Well...it didn't come as a surprise that I had to take a little bit of time to identify the Doctorfish Tang. Those Tang always confuse me! Thus, I took a good look at my <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/" target="_blank">Smugmug Fish Photo Database</a>, just to make sure that I wouldn't misidentify it as an Ocean Surgeonfish (<i>Acanthurus bahianus</i>). The shape of its tail, body markings, and the coloration around its eye gave it up. In the end, it was a Doctorfish Tang indeed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #249. The Blackear Wrasse. Species number 158 on my list!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Initially, I just thought that the fish was a weird colored Slippery Dick. After consulting with my good Multi-Species friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pmk00001/" target="_blank">Patrick Kerwin</a>, we both came to the conclusion that I had caught its cousin -- the Blackear Wrasse.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After the Wrasse, I decided to shift focus for a little bit. I put down the high-low rig and setup a small 1/16 oz. jighead with a <a href="http://amzn.to/2mK3ABm" target="_blank">Berkley 2.5" Gulp! Alive Minnow</a>, chartreuse color. And for my surprise, I had a bite on my first cast!!! It turned out to be an Inshore Lizardfish, another new Species for me:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #253. The Inshore Lizardfish. Species number 159 on my list!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I was quite happy to have landed that guy! I always wanted to land a Lizardfish, and my closest attempt to it was a <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Sand-Diver-Synodus-intermedius/" target="_blank">Sand Diver</a> (<i>Synodus intermedius</i>) that I had caught at the Pompano Beach Fishing Pier, a while back.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I continued to work the jig for another 20 minutes, without any additional bites. That is when I went back to my regular setup: hook and sinker! Just this time, instead of vertical jigging, I decided to do some hand trolling. I went all the way to the back of the pier, cast as far as I could, and just did a steady retrieve -- so that my bait (a whole shrimp) would stay just above the top of the coral reefs.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Less than a dozen casts in, I got an extremely powerful hit!!! And guess what?! It turned out to be one of the most gorgeous fishes that I have ever caught in my life:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #254. The Grass Porgy. Species number 160 on my list!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Note the Y shaped mark close to the caudal peduncle of the fish. That is one of the key characteristics in identifying the Grass Porgy from other similar Porgy Species. Needless to say, and also to emphasize, it was surely a magnificent catch! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">As soon as I landed that fish, my alarm rang. The two hours Multi-Species fishing challenge was over. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">For the evening, nothing really excited happened! My plan was to catch new Species of fish; however, nothing new really showed up. Instead, I ended up landing the whole Grunt family one more time. Hehe. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #257. A White Grunt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #258. A Spottail Pinfish.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #259. A Smallmouth Grunt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #260. A French Grunt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #262. A Sailor's Grunt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #264. A Blue Striped Grunt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #265. A Houndfish.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And this finally concludes my January fishing adventure in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, featuring my one and only Mother. :) I know that it took a little while for me to write it all, considering my busy schedule with work and social media; however, I am quite glad that it is over!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Hope you guys enjoyed the knowledge and the read. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Tight lines!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">What's up, Fellow Anglers?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 24th (day, afternoon, and evening), 2017. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">statistical fishing chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Intracoastal-Waterway-Florida/" target="_blank">Intracoastal Waterway</a>; <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Anglins-Fishing-Pier-Lauderdal" target="_blank">Anglin's Pier</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Time: 7:00-9:00 a.m.; 3:00-6:30 p.m.; 9:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 8 Frillfin Goby (<i>Bathygobius soporator</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Checkered-Puffer-Sphoeroides-t/" target="_blank">Checkered Puffer</a> (<i>Sphoeroides testudineus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 3 Crested Goby (<i>Lophogobius cyprinoides</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 Bluehead Wrasse (<i>Thalassoma bifasciatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 4 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/White-Grunt-Haemulon-plumieri/" target="_blank">White Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon plumierii</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 2 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Slippery-Dick-Halichoeres-bivi/" target="_blank">Slippery Dick</a> (<i>Halichoeres bivittatus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 3 Scrawled Cowfish (<i>Acanthostracion quadricornis</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Porkfish-Anisotremus-virginicu/" target="_blank">Porkfish</a> (<i>Anisotremus virginicus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 Spotted Trunkfish (<i>Lactophrys bicaudalis</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Bandtail-Puffer-Sphoeroides-sp/" target="_blank">Bandtail Puffer</a> (<i>Sphoeroides spengleri</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 2 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Spotfin-Mojarra-Eucinostomus-a/" target="_blank">Spotfin Mojarra</a> (<i>Eucinostomus argenteus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 22 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Tomtate-Haemulon-aurolineatum/" target="_blank">Tomtate</a> (<i>Haemulon aurolineatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Lane-Snapper-Lutjanus-synagris/" target="_blank">Lane Snapper</a> (<i>Lutjanus synagris</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 High-Hat (<i>Pareques acuminatus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 5 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/French-Grunt-Haemulon-flavolin/" target="_blank">French Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon flavolineatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Sailors-Grunt-Haemulon-parra/" target="_blank">Sailor's Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon parra</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">- 2 Smallmouth Grunt (<i>Haemulon chrysargyreum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Below are the highlights for this fishing session:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">For my third day of fishing in Florida, my Mother finally <i>gave up</i> and let me fish the entire day! Heh. As a matter of fact, she even joined me for a fishing session at the Anglin's Pier in the afternoon. That was quite unexpected, folks. After all, my Mother had never fished in her entire life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Before that, though, I went to the Intracoastal Waterway at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. I arrived there around 7 a.m., ready to catch some different Species of fish. I set up one rod -- my <a href="http://amzn.to/2kXu3vJ" target="_blank">Penn Pursuit II medium-heavy rod</a> -- with a high-low rig, and a <a href="http://amzn.to/2kXzxq4" target="_blank">size #2 Mustad J-hook</a> with a whole shrimp on it. That was going to be my <i>still-fishing</i> rod. My second rod was a <a href="http://amzn.to/2kXAZJf" target="_blank">St. Croix Avid Pearl, medium-light</a>, which I decided to use for free-lining small pieces of frozen squid and/or shrimp.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After fishing for a few minutes, I realized that there were some extremely small Species munching on my squid. However, they were so small that they were unable to reach the tip of my hook or swallow the bait. Thus, I changed my hook from a size #2 to a <a href="http://amzn.to/2lboEfJ" target="_blank">size #12 Mustad J-hook</a>. After my first cast with the new hook, I hooked into a new Species for me -- the Frillfin Goby:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And after the first Frillfin Goby, three more fell victim to my yummy piece of <i>calamari</i>. :) Suffering from the monotony of the Gobies, I decided to switch focus from the shallow side of the canal to the pillars of the bridge. During my second cast, I felt a pretty strong pull! I ended up landing a Checkered Puffer:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I spent about thirty minutes free-lining pieces of squid and shrimp between the pillars of the bridge, finishing up with no additional bites. It was then that my good friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pmk00001/" target="_blank">Patrick K.</a> messaged me that there were possibilities of Crested Goby being in the middle of the Frillfin Goby. Since I had never heard of such a Species of fish, meaning that I had never caught it before, I went back to my initial spot for some more Goby hunting! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After landing a few more Frillfin Goby, I realized that there was a very dark Goby hiding under a rock. That one definitely looked different!!! Needless to say, I placed my squid right in front of that rock and <i>boom -- </i>a Created Goby came right up:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I ended my morning fishing session around 9:00 a.m., since I had to take my Mother out for some breakfast. I was very satisfied with three different Species of fish for a two hours fishing session. :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After eating a hearty meal, and chilling a bit back at the hotel, I was ready for some more fishing! My Mother saw me gathering my fishing gear for Anglin's Pier, and suddenly decided to go with me. I was utterly surprised, folks...after all, in 63 years, she never even held a fishing rod in her hands!!! I will not cover her catches here on this post; however, you can see all the different Species that she caught in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpoRsDpm--Y" target="_blank">YouTube video</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">My main game for the afternoon was to do some vertical jigging on the pier with my infamous high-low rig: two small <a href="http://amzn.to/2lboEfJ" target="_blank">size #12 Mustad J-hooks</a>, tied with a <a href="http://amzn.to/2lRDPyH" target="_blank">2 oz. river sinker</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I started by jigging the coral reefs, mid-way on the pier. A little bit over three minutes, my mother got snagged already. Hah. I mean...it was her first time fishing in her entire life! So...I took her rod and tried to <i>unsnag </i>her rig. After doing so, I ended up reeling in something quite unexpected: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #197. A Bluehead Wrasse. Species #155 on my list!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">It was a really really cool looking Wrasse, folks! And a new Species for me as well. Since I was the one who took care of the snag and reeled the fish in, I counted this one for my Species list. :) </span><span style="color: #e69138;">A few minutes after the Bluehead Wrasse, its cousin made its appearance as well. Everyone's favorite -- the Slippery Dick:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And that one was indeed very slippery, alright? It poked me two times with its sharp fins before I properly released it! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The rest of the fishing session consisted of me helping my Mom untangle her mess (Haha), baiting her hooks, and walking and fishing around the pier. While doing the vertical jigging with the squid, I ended up landing the following Species of fish:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #200. The Scrawled Cowfish.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #203. The Porkfish.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #206. The Bandtail Puffer.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #207. The Spotfin Mojarra</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Note that the Scrawled Cowfish and Spotted Trunkfish were among a huge school of exotic reef Species that usually circle the pier! I tried really really hard to catch a Scrawled Filefish (<i>Aluterus scriptus</i>), and I failed miserably. Heh. I did hook into one that was about 3lbs; however, the fish ran into a pilling, taking my rig with it. :(</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The Bandtail Puffer was a lucky by-catch. I have caught them a lot on the Intracoastal Waterway, but never at the Anglin's Pier. </span><span style="color: #e69138;">As for the Porkfish and the Spotfin Mojarra...they are always around the area. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I finished my afternoon fishing session around 6:00 p.m.. Since both my Mom and I were extremely hungry, I took her over to <a href="http://arubabeachcafe.com/" target="_blank">Aruba</a> for some dinner. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After eating dinner, my Mother went back to the hotel to relax. She was actually pretty tired! Meanwhile, I considered going fishing for the evening...It seriously didn't take me a long time to be back at the pier. Haha.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">For the evening, I used the exact same techniques that I used for the afternoon. However, instead of using only squid, I decided to bring out my frozen shrimp as well. I expected nothing fancy -- just the usual group of Grunts and Snappers. And that is actually exactly what I ended up catching:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #227. The French Grunt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #225. The High-Hat.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">It was certainly a very cute Species -- one that I had never seen before. After doing a little bit of googling, and consulting with my friend Pat, I came to the conclusion that it was a High-Hat: a very small Species of Drum! Needless to say, I was super happy that I was able to add this Species to my list. Hah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Overall, a beautiful day, folks. 58 fishes caught. 17 different Species. 5 new Species for my list. Doesn't really get better than that, does it? :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 24th, 2017. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">statistical fishing chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Anglins-Fishing-Pier-Lauderdal" target="_blank">Anglin's Pier</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Time: 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 5 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/White-Grunt-Haemulon-plumieri/" target="_blank">White Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon plumierii</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 6 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/French-Grunt-Haemulon-flavolin/" target="_blank">French Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon flavolineatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Lane-Snapper-Lutjanus-synagris/" target="_blank">Lane Snapper</a> (<i>Lutjanus synagris</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 2 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Blue-Striped-Grunt-Haemulon-sc/" target="_blank">Blue Striped Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon sciurus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 Smallmouth Grunt (<i>Haemulon chrysargyreum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 7 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Tomtate-Haemulon-aurolineatum/" target="_blank">Tomtate</a> (<i>Haemulon aurolineatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Sailors-Grunt-Haemulon-parra/" target="_blank">Sailor's Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon parra</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Porkfish-Anisotremus-virginicu/" target="_blank">Porkfish</a> (<i>Anisotremus virginicus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Houndfish-Tylosurus-crocodilus/" target="_blank">Houndfish</a> (<i>Tylosurus crocodilus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 3 Striped Croaker (<i>Corvula sanctaeluciae</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 9th outing of 2017. Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my videos, please support my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes and more subscribes = more time to make videos!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After spending my entire day with my mother at the mall and down the shore, I sneaked out at night for some more Florida pier fishing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I arrived at the Anglin's Pier around 10:00 p.m.. I was ready for some fishing, <i>1Rod1ReelFishing</i> style. I setup a <a href="http://amzn.to/2kP05JP" target="_blank">Shimano Sedona 4000 FD</a>, tied with <a href="http://amzn.to/2jskqV8" target="_blank">20lbs KastKing Fluorokote</a>, with a <a href="http://amzn.to/2kogTGV" target="_blank">Penn Pursuit II medium-heavy rod</a>; high-low rig with two <a href="http://amzn.to/2jsd5EK" target="_blank">size #10 Mustad hooks</a>, with a <a href="http://amzn.to/2kRIyfQ" target="_blank">2 oz. river sinker</a> on the bottom. The additional hook was due to the fact that the wind had calmed down considerably since last evening -- staying in the range of 15-20 mph. Recall, folks: less wind = more "feel." The technique for the night remained unchanged as well: vertical jigging along the pier, right on top of the coral reefs, with small pieces of squid. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Within two hours of my fishing session, I already had caught all the Species of the previous evening:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #157. A Tomtate</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #161. A French Grunt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #162. A Lane Snapper</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #163. A Sailor's Grunt</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #164. A Smallmouth Grunt</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #171. A White Grunt</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #175. A Blue Striped Grunt</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Thankfully, that was not everything! One small lost Porkfish decided to join me as well:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #165. The Porkfish</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The cool thing about Porkfish is that they are not only gorgeous fish, but also amazing fighters. Thus, even the smallest ones give you an amazing fight on light gear! Reeling them in is always a lot of fun.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Then, around 1:00 a.m., I actually noticed a huge school of <i>Needlefish </i>around the pier. I was almost positive that those were Houndfish; therefore, I had to double check! I put away my high-low rig and tied on a weightless steel leader with a <a href="http://amzn.to/2kS28IO" target="_blank">size 2 octopus Gamakatsu hook</a>. I connected the leader to my line with a regular <a href="http://amzn.to/2koEoiC" target="_blank">Eagle Claw swivel</a>. For bait, I used small pieces of chopped Grunt (which is entirely legal in Florida). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The trick in catching Houndfish or any type of Needlefish is really to keep your bait as close to the surface as possible. Sinking a little bit is no problem whatsoever; however, this type of fish will lose interest in the bait pretty fast if it sinks too fast or too deep. After my first cast, I just did a steady and slow retrieve to keep my bait as close to the top as possible. And not too surprisingly, the Houndfish started to catch up on the scent really quickly. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">In the end, it took me only two casts to catch one of them:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Finally, among all the smaller Species from the reef, there was one that stood out for sure. It was definitely the highlight of the day:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #170. The Striped Croaker. Species #152 on my list!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">When I first caught it, I immediately thought that the fish looked awfully a lot like an American Silver Perch (<i>Bairdiella chrysoura</i>). However, the fish had these patterned stripes in its body that just don't belong to the American Silver Perch Species. Through the lack of canines on top of its mouth, I excluded the Sand Seatrout as well (<i>Cynoscion arenarius</i>). So, in the end, I really had no idea what it could be.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I ended up taking a few photos of the fish under the LED light, and sending them to my friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pmk00001/" target="_blank">Patrick Kerwin</a>, who is an expert in identifying all kinds of weird and unusual fish Species. Heh. Meanwhile, I did a little bit of reading on my own and narrowed it down to Reef Croaker (<i>Odontoscion dentex</i>), Striped Croaker, and Blue Croaker (<i>Bairdiella batabana</i>). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After some discussions and a closer analysis of the fish, it turned out to be a Striped Croaker! Species #152 for me. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Two new Species in two evenings? Not too shabby, folks! Around 2 a.m., I was too tired to continue fishing. So, I decided to call it a night!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">What's up, fellow Blog readers?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 23rd, 2017. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">statistical fishing chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Anglins-Fishing-Pier-Lauderdal" target="_blank">Anglin's Pier</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Time: 1:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/White-Grunt-Haemulon-plumieri/" target="_blank">White Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon plumierii</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 4 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/French-Grunt-Haemulon-flavolin/" target="_blank">French Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon flavolineatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Lane-Snapper-Lutjanus-synagris/" target="_blank">Lane Snapper</a> (<i>Lutjanus synagris</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Blue-Striped-Grunt-Haemulon-sc/" target="_blank">Blue Striped Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon sciurus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 Smallmouth Grunt (<i>Haemulon chrysargyreum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Tomtate-Haemulon-aurolineatum/" target="_blank">Tomtate</a> (<i>Haemulon aurolineatum</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Sailors-Grunt-Haemulon-parra/" target="_blank">Sailor's Grunt</a> (<i>Haemulon parra</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Below are the highlights for this fishing session:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 8th outing of 2017. Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my videos, please support my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes and more subscribes = more time to make videos! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">First evening fishing in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, and Mother Nature was already not so forgiving. The weather down there was totally nuts, folks! Albeit warm, winds were going 35 mph+, which is why my flight got delayed by two hours due to "<i>extreme weather conditions.</i>" The sweet part is that my airline -- <a href="http://www.jetblue.com/" target="_blank">JetBlue</a> -- reimbursed me with 25% of my airfare because of those unforeseen circumstances. So, thank you very much, JetBlue! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Anyways...Upon arrival, I had two choices: I could either sleep in for the night and go fishing in the morning, or I could go fishing right away. Being the fishing freak that I am, of course I chose the second option. Hah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I arrived at the Anglin's Fishing Pier around 1:00 a.m.. I purchased some good old squid and went straight to vertical jigging. Since the wind was so strong, I decided to tie a single <a href="http://amzn.to/2jQK1Wg" target="_blank">size #10 Mustad hook</a>, above a <a href="http://amzn.to/2jQLHyY" target="_blank">2 oz. river sinker</a>. I opted to do that over the traditional high-low rig, so that I could actually feel the bite better with the fresh gale around. :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">A few casts later, my first victim of the night came up:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #147. My first Florida fish of 2017: a White Grunt</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And a few more casts later, many other members of its family decided to show up as well:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #148. The French Grunt</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #153. The Blue Striped Grunt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #155. The Tomtate.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #156. The Sailor's Grunt.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And among all the Grunt catches, around 2 a.m., a lonely Lane Snapper decided to chew on the <i>Calamari</i>:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #151. The Lane Snapper.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The highlight of the evening was definitely the fish below, which initially I wasn't able to identify. When I reeled the fish in, my initial assumption was that it was a Tomtate. Just a really weird Tomtate. Hah. After analyzing it better, I came to the conclusion that not only the fish wasn't a Tomtate; it was actually a new Species of Grunt for me:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #154. The Smallmouth Grunt. Species number 151 for me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">As I always like to tell myself before a fishing session: "<i>You never know what you will catch.</i>" Heh. The Grunts and Lane Snapper were totally expected, since they are the Species of fish that are active during the evening. What I didn't expect was to catch a whole unknown type of Grunt! That was pretty cool! Thus, in the end, it was definitely worthwhile to fish out there under fresh gale conditions. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Tight lines!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 21st, 2017. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">statistical fishing chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Buck-Creek-Yardley-PA/" target="_blank">Buck Creek</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Time: 12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 13 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Bluegill-Lepomis-macrochirus/" target="_blank">Bluegill</a> (<i>Lepomis macrochirus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 18 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Largemouth-Bass-Micropterus-sa/" target="_blank">Largemouth Bass</a> (<i>Micropterus salmoides</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 Bluegill X Pumpkinseed Hybrid (<i>L. macrochirus X L. gibbosus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 7th outing of 2017. Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my videos, please support my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes and more subscribes = more time to make videos! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">A day before my trip to Fort Lauderdale, FL, I went out for a few hours of Multi-Species angling! Due to time constraints, I picked a close location with easy access: the Buck Creek in Yardley. :) Another cool thing about this particular fishing spot is that jigging works really well for it!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">A view of the Buck Creek from the Delaware Canal in Yardley, PA.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I surely hope that you folks have realized already that I am very big when it comes to jigging. <b>I love all different types of jigging --</b> vertical jigging, float-suspended jigging, bottom jigging, cast-and-jig, drop-shot jigging...you name it! And the best part of all this jigging business is that certain techniques work extremely well for the Winter season, particularly <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsuaKgDMTqI" target="_blank">suspended jigging</a>. </span><span style="color: #e69138;">Therefore, my initial setup for this fishing session was a </span><a href="http://amzn.to/2jylQLS" target="_blank">weighted Comal cigar float</a><span style="color: #e69138;"> with a </span><a href="http://amzn.to/2kCEYWK" target="_blank">1/50 oz., 3 mm. Kenders ice fishing jig</a><span style="color: #e69138;">, tipped with small tail pieces of the </span><a href="http://amzn.to/2jykCAp" target="_blank">Berkley 1" Gulp! Alive Minnow</a><span style="color: #e69138;">. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I started casting towards the deep portion of the Creek, with 10-14 inches leader. On my second cast, our first victim surfaced from the depths of the Buck Creek:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After the first cast, it was truly a slay fest, folks! One bite for every two casts: no exaggeration. And for my surprise, after catching a few fishes here and there, I noticed that I was actually catching more Largemouth Bass than Bluegill for the day. The amount of stunted Largemouth Bass in that portion of the Creek was surreal. All of them were about this size:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Then, the day became even more puzzling than before. Among the Largemouth Bass, I started to notice that a few Bass here and there actually had a rough tooth patch on top of their tongues. Now, if you folks here are familiar with Bass anatomy and physiology, then you should know that the presence of such tooth patch on the fish's mouth could be an indication for the Spotted Bass (<i>Micropterus punctulatus</i>) Species.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">There is definitely room for discussion here. :) So, if any of you want to send me your thoughts on this matter, feel free to inbox me on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ExtremePhillyFishing/" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a>. Until I am entirely sure myself, I will take those fish to be Largemouth Bass.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Anyways...the fishing session went on with lots of Bluegill and Largemouth Bass on the small pieces of <i>Gulp! Minnow</i>. In the afternoon, the bigger Bluegill started to show up:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And among all those fishes, one exotic Hybrid decided to make its existence well known to us:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">In the end, I finished my short fishing session with three different Species of fish (not counting the possibly Spotted Bass). Not bad at all for a Winter day, right? Just after, I went home and started packing for my Florida trip.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">What's up, fellow avid anglers?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 18th, 2017. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">statistical fishing chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Schuylkill-River-TIDAL/" target="_blank">Schuylkill River (TIDAL)</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Time: 11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 6 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Channel-Catfish-Ictalurus-punc/" target="_blank">Channel Catfish</a> (<i>Ictalurus punctatus</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/American-Eel/" target="_blank">American Eel</a> (<i>Anguilla rostrata</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 6th outing of 2017! Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my videos, please support my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes and more subscribes = more time to make videos! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Taking the mild Winter weather in consideration, I finally decided to hit the tidal Schuylkill River in Center City, Philadelphia, PA, for some traditional Channel Catfish -- a.k.a. the "<i>Meowfish.</i>" Heh.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">The Schuylkill Banks -- one of my favorite Winter Catfishing spots in Philadelphia.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Before I give you folks the summary for this fishing session, here is a fun "<i>fishing story</i>" for you guys. It is actually a legit and authentic fish story; however, I have absolutely no physical proof to back it up:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><i>"It is February of 2014. The trees are bare and the land is white. It is the harsh Winter time. Air temperatures below 32F, air temperatures close to 35F. I soak three rods with pieces of cut American Eel on the Schuylkill Banks, in hopes of catching the average 3-5lbs Winter Channel Catfish! </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><i>At 12:30 p.m., after landing 5-6 fish in the range of 3-5lbs, I get a very light bite on my medium-heavy rod. I pick it up. I feel it. Nothing. I return the rod to its initial position. Soon after, another light bite. Same process -- nothing! Third time, yet another very very light bite: the line barely goes slack. This time, I decide to pick up the rod and keep it in my hands. After feeling a small tug, I set up the hook and immediately feel weight on the other side of my line. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><i><b>Fish on</b>. </i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #e69138;">It takes me about five minutes to land the fish, and every second of the fight I feel immense resistance down there. </span><span style="color: #e69138;">After seeing the fish surface, I immediately realize that the beast down there is my new <b>PB</b> (<b>P</b>ersonal <b>B</b>est) Channel Catfish! Folks...it is an ancient one! </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><i>I land it with my net. I measure it on my digital scale: 12.25lbs. I yell. I jump. It is definitely the biggest Channel Catfish that I have ever landed from the River! It may not be a trophy Channel Catfish within the United States of America, but it is a trophy fish <b>for me</b>. My hands get numb from handling the fish, so I can only lethargically reach my Sony camera within my pants' pocket. </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><i>For my luck, I see a young beautiful lady walking through the trail. So, I ask her to take a few shots for me! She sees my trophy catch and says 'That is a big one!' She gets the camera and take a few shots -- horizontal and vertical. She returns the camera; she smiles; and then she leaves. I get to see my PB Catfish one more time, before finally putting the beast back where it belongs -- in the deep waters of the Schuylkill River.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><i>I sit on a rock and look around. Numb as I am, I still can't believe it! So, I reach for my camera and turn it on. I go through the photos one more time, admiring the fish in awe. And that is when it happens...with numb fingers and one small mistake, all photos of the day get deleted from the camera!!! Agony fills me up, because at that moment, I realize that the beast that I so longed to catch will always remain a memory and a memory alone."</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Very sad story, right? But that was to show you readers, ultimately, that Winter fishing on the Schuylkill Banks is usually very productive for the bigger Channel Catfish...which is precisely why I went down there again today.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The conditions for the day were prime, folks! We had a warm rain just the day before, elevating the water temperatures of the Schuylkill River to 40F. The current of the River also went up by a few hundred </span><b style="color: #e69138;">cfs </b><span style="color: #e69138;">(</span><b style="color: #e69138;">c</b><span style="color: #e69138;">ubic </span><b style="color: #e69138;">f</b><span style="color: #e69138;">eet per second). I arrived at the River around 11:30 a.m. -- 1 hour prior to dead low tide.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I soaked two rods with chunks of American Conger (<i>Conger oceanicus</i>) -- one with a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43VXdceohkI" target="_blank">slip-sinker setup</a>, and the other one with a high-low rig. With my third rod, I used a high-low rig with small size 8 <a href="http://amzn.to/2jei8Ja" target="_blank">mustad hooks</a>, tipped with small pieces of rotten nightcrawlers -- a.k.a. my <i>Zombiecrawlers</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Not too surprisingly, I started to get bites non-stop! As soon as I cast my first line in the water, I got 2-3 small taps on the Eel chunk while setting my second rod. After casting my second rod in the water, I got bites on both rods while setting up my third rod! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">In my first thirty minutes of fishing, I ended up landing my first two Channel Catfish of the day: one on a piece of cut Eel and the other on a piece of zombiecrawler:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The action stayed hot until 12:30 p.m.: when low tide dropped in. After so, I still had a few bites here and there; however, things were just not the same! Thankfully, around 3:20 p.m., I landed a solid Meowfish to boost my mood (3.61lbs). It was a funny bite too, since the fish came up on my ultra-light setup:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #112. My biggest Channel Catfish of the day, measuring 3.61lbs on the digital scale. Don't let this photo fool you, reader -- it was a chunky guy :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The rest of the day was super boring. I did get a few more Catfish bites; however, no hook-ups. On a side note...I ended up landing my first American Eel of 2017, which was also the last fish of the day. The small lost Eel hit my zombiecrawler just moments before I packed up:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">In the end, I didn't really encounter my beloved 12lber Catfish from the River. Hehe. But it was a nice day on the water regardless!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
Extreme Philly Fishinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06617926831541832452noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349864172370418945.post-79880326288329881462017-01-15T22:29:00.004-04:002017-01-27T16:46:28.345-04:00Winter Spillway Jigging for Panfish (01/15/17, New Britain, PA)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 15th, 2017. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">statistical fishing chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pine-Run-New-Britain-PA" target="_blank">Pine Run Creek</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Time: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 9 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Black-Crappie/" target="_blank">Black Crappie</a> (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 9 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Bluegill-Lepomis-macrochirus/" target="_blank">Bluegill</a> (Lepomis macrochirus)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 5 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pine-Run-New-Britain-PA" target="_blank">White Crappie</a> (<i>Pomoxis annularis</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- 4 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/White-Perch-Morone-americana" target="_blank">White Perch</a> (<i>Morone americana</i>)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Below are the highlights for this fishing session:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">My 5th outing of 2017. Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my videos, please support my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes and more subscribes = more time to make videos! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">After checking the weather in the morning (25F-40F), I figured that some of my most productive Winter spots still had a chance of being frozen! Therefore, just to be on the safe side, I decided to hit a spillway. To be more precise, I decided to hit the Pine Run Dam spillway, located in New Britain Borough.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I arrived at the Covered Bridge park around 12:30 p.m.. As soon as I crossed the entrance, I realized that the Pond there still had a thin sheet of ice on it. For my luck, the Pine Run Creek seemed to be just fine! Heh. And even better -- as I scouted the Creek, the spillway, and the Reservoir, I came to realize that the water levels there had risen! :) </span><span style="color: #e69138;">I promptly did the smart thing to do: I secured my spot at the spillway before anyone else could do so. As cold and windy as it was out there today, I was ready for some fishing, folks. Hah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">A view of the Pine Run Dam spillway. One of my productive Winter spots for Panfish</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I setup my ultra-light rod with a 1/64 oz. tungsten jighead, under a weighted float. The plan for the day was to do some suspending jigging with pieces of nightcrawler and waxworms. I gave the first cast right towards the spillway. A little bit over ten seconds, I got my first bite! I set the hook: no fish. And the same happened for another dozen waxworms or so! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">It was about then that I realized that the fishes there were really really finicky and lethargic due to the temperature of the water. I was getting bites, alright? But they were far from aggressive! Most of the times, the float wouldn't even go down. According to the angling language, the fish "<i>were nibbling at my bait.</i>" </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">To solve this problem, I decided to lay down the waxworms and go for the nightcrawler. I put small pieces of nightcrawler on the jighead -- small enough to just hit the end of the hook. I cast again; waited for the bite. Once it came, I set the hook. This time, there was a fish on the other side! It was a Bluegill indeed. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #81. A Bluegill</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I started casting towards the same spot, over and over again. I just knew that the fishes were stacked there! However, as I had mentioned previously, every time the bite was extremely subtle. I would say that out of five bites, I would hook one or two. Needless to say, even with the low hooking ratio, it was only a matter of time for them to start coming up. Haha. And a White Crappie came up on my hook indeed:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish 82. A White Crappie.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">And soon after came its cousin, the Black Crappie:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;">Fish #84. A Black Crappie</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Lots of people usually ask me about the differences between a Black Crappie and a White Crappie. Since both of their photos are above, let's use this opportunity to clarify it! A White Crappie has a distinguished pattern in its body -- vertical bars. Also, it tend to have a body that is slender and not deep. The Black Crappie, on the other hand, has no definite patterns on its body. Its markings are usually scrambled. The body is slender as well; however, as one can see, it is way deeper than a White Crappie's. Let me remind everybody here that the faintness of a Crappie's colors is not an indicator to determine its Species. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Anyways...the rest of the day was pretty much jigging and getting frozen to death out there. The action at the spillway stayed hot until 2:30 p.m. or so. Among the Bluegill and Crappie, a few White Perch showed up:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I finished my day with 107 fishes for the year of 2017, 27 caught at the spillway! Overall, a very productive day. :D</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Tight lines!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Here is my fishing report for January 14th, 2017. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">statistical fishing chart</a> was updated as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Location: <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-WATERSHED/Pennypack-Creek-Northeast-Phil/" target="_blank">Pennypack Creek</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">-- Nothing</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Since I got skunked, there is no video for this fishing session. :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Taking my hectic day in consideration, I decided to hit the Pennypack Creek at Verree Road for a few hours in the afternoon. The weather wasn't really "<i>good" -- </i>32F with some rain/snow. On the other hand, it was a chilly, but windless day! Thus, I had hopes of catching some stocked Rainbow Trout (<i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>) without freezing to death. Heh.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I set up camp right above the Verree Road dam -- three rods, all with small split shots and Berkley Powerbait. Since it was a cold winter day, I decided to use my personal MCGS technique (</span><span style="color: #e69138;">"</span><i style="color: #e69138;"><b>M</b>aximum <b>C</b>overage <b>G</b>rid <b>S</b>ystem</i><span style="color: #e69138;">"</span><span style="color: #e69138;">) to find those lethargic stocked Trout.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">The good news -- I was able to find two Trout in the Creek, since I had two bites. Both bites were Trout bites: line slack at first, then a faint pull. The bad news -- I wasn't able to land a single fish! Every time I saw the bite, my impatience got the best of me. In other words...I ended up setting the hook too early on both fish. :(</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">As they say, folks -- "<i>Impatience is the rood of all injuries.</i>" On the positive side -- I know for a fact that there are still a few stocked Trout in there. Thus, my hopes for catching a Trout in the near future haven't perished yet.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Best of luck to all of us,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Long Days and Pleasant Nights! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Tight lines!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing</span></div>
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Here is my fishing report for January 12th, 2017. The <a href="http://extremephillyfishing.blogspot.com/2017/01/statistical-fishing-chart-for-2017-last.html" target="_blank">statistical fishing chart</a> was updated as well.</div>
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Location: D&R Canal / Tenmile Run / Sixmile Run</div>
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Time: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. / 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. / 12:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.</div>
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Fishes caught:</div>
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-- 23 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Black-Crappie/" target="_blank">Black Crappie</a> (<i>Pomoxis nigromaculatus</i>)</div>
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-- 19 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Bluegill-Lepomis-macrochirus/" target="_blank">Bluegill</a> (<i>Lepomis macrochirus</i>)</div>
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-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Common-Carp-Cyprinus-carpio" target="_blank">Common Carp</a> (<i>Cyprinus carpio</i>)</div>
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-- 5 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Fallfish-Semotilus-corporalis/" target="_blank">Fallfish</a> (<i>Semotilus corporalis</i>)</div>
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-- 2 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Green-Sunfish-Lepomis-cyanellu" target="_blank">Green Sunfish</a> (<i>Lepomis cyanellus</i>)</div>
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-- 5 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Largemouth-Bass-Micropterus-sa" target="_blank">Largemouth Bass</a> (<i>Micropterus salmoides</i>)</div>
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-- 1 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Pumpkinseed-Lepomis-gibbosus" target="_blank">Pumpkinseed</a> (<i>Lepomis gibbosus</i>)</div>
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-- 2 <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Redbreast-Sunfish-Lepomis-auri/" target="_blank">Redbreast Sunfish</a> (<i>Lepomis auritus</i>)</div>
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Below are the highlights for this fishing session:</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">My 3rd outing of 2017! Don't forget to watch it in HD quality (1080p60)! If you enjoy watching my videos, please support my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/extremephillyfishing/" target="_blank">YouTube Channel</a> by subscribing to it. More likes and more subscribes = more time to make videos .:)</span></div>
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Since the weather for today was unusually nice for the Winter season, with a minimum of 46F and maximum of 66F, my friend Mike Caruso and I decided to go out and explore! After tinkering with Google Maps for quite a bit, we finally decided to choose the D&R Canal in New Jersey, which stands for the "<i>Delaware & Raritan Canal.</i>" Our decision was based on a few factors: (1) considering two days of warm weather (>32F), we weren't entirely sure that all watersheds around us would be thawed; and (2) spillways and locks are amazing fishing spots for the Winter time. ;)</div>
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Now...truth be told, I have fished the D&R Canal one time in the past! Back in May 29th, 2014, my father and I went to the West Trenton portion of the canal for a day of Multi-Species fishing. We ended up catching a few Bluegill and Redbreast Sunfish. My father caught one Pumpkinseed, and a very unexpected <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Channel-Catfish-Ictalurus-punc" target="_blank">Channel Catfish</a> (<i>Ictalurus punctatus</i>). Thus, when I say that my friend Mike and I decided to "<i>go out and explore,</i>" I mean that we went to portions of the canal that both of us had never been to before. </div>
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So, our quest started...</div>
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We met around 6:15 a.m.. Then, we went to our local tackle shop. We grabbed four dozens of shiners and a 24-pack of waxworms. We didn't need to buy nightcrawlers or corn because we already had them. Yes, sir -- as you probably deduced already, we were 100% ready for a full day of Multi-Species fishing. So, after a whole night of research (a.k.a. googling and online articles), we set our GPS to the lock 10 location of the D&R Canal. According to many different "<i>credible sources,</i>" a "<i>very productive fishing spot.</i>"</div>
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Upon arrival (after an one hour drive), those <i>credible sources</i> disappointed us right away. What the NJ Parks and Recreation classified on their website as a public parking lot by the D&R trail turned out to be an abandoned private lot with "<i>no parking signs</i>" everywhere. Damn son...we were certainly frustrated for about five minutes or so! Thankfully, we had a back up plan (6-7 back up plans, actually)... </div>
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Our backup plan was to drive further North for 6 miles and hit the Lock 11. We arrived there around 8:00 a.m.</div>
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I am not going to sugar coat it, fellas! The spot looked really neat. 7-8 feet deep above the lock, 5-6 feet deep below. Strong current right below the lock, with eddies at the end of the wall. Talking from a textbook perspective, that spot just <b>had to hold fish</b>!!!</div>
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Mike and I wasted no time. We immediately setup two rods each -- one with live shiner and one with jigheads. Our initial plan was to catch some <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Chain-Pickerel-Esox-niger/" target="_blank">Chain Pickerel</a> (<i>Esox niger</i>) on the live shiners and some smaller Species of fish on the jigging rod -- Crappie, Panfish, Perch, etc. We stayed there for 90 minutes, and I will tell you one thing, reader: with each minute that passed and no bites whatsoever, our hopes and expectations diminished a bit. Hah. Once our watches hit 10:00 a.m., we were entirely burned out. "<i>Screw those Chain Pickerel!</i>" We decided to hit the road once again and try our luck elsewhere.</div>
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Our third pick of the day was a weird spot on Google Maps. From a satellite view (above), the location looked like a pond that connected to the canal. The problem was that the spot itself was located in the middle of the D&R trail, two miles away from the closest road/parking lot. In other words, we were talking about 30-35 minutes of walking to get to a spot that <i>could be good or could be bad</i>! Back and forth, that would mean spending 60-70 minutes just for that single place. I briefly mentioned to Mike that a satellite view was very little information to rely on; however, I also mentioned that I wanted to take a bet and check the spot out. We started to evaluate the pros and cons of hitting the place:</div>
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-- the place was far away from any parking lots and roads. Therefore, less people would hit it. Less people = less fishing pressure = more chances of catching fish.</div>
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-- from above, the spot looked like a little pond connected to the canal. Textbook fishing indicates that a watershed's inlets and outlets are often productive spots for fishing! </div>
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-- the only image that we had of the spot was from Google Maps, which is never a very accurate source for finding watersheds. The database itself is usually not up to date as well. In other words, there could be a possibility for the spot to be extremely shallow or even dry. </div>
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-- from above, the spot looked very small in comparison to the canal. Smaller (and possibly shallower) watersheds tend to thaw slower when temperatures rise. In other words, the place could still be frozen and unfishable.</div>
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Thus, we were in a dilemma. Heh. But after much thinking, we decided to take the risk! And 35 minutes and 2 miles later, this is what we found:</div>
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For our surprise, the "<i>pond in the map</i>" actually turned out to be an entire different watershed! And even weirder -- one that passed below the canal. Summarizing -- the run didn't have any connections with the canal whatsoever. The curse of having a 1-dimensional image, folks. Haha. On a positive note, the place was almost all thawed out; therefore, it was fishable (YAY). So, once again...my friend and I did not waste any time!<br />
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As soon as I cast my first rod in the water, with a drop-shot/nightcrawler setup, I got a hit! Set the hook. Fish was on! The first fish that came up for me was a Largemouth Bass.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fish #23 and my first Largemouth Bass of the year.</span></div>
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Many nightcrawlers, shiners, and waxworms later, Mike and I ended landing a few more Largemouth Bass, as well as a few Bluegill and Fallfish.<br />
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After landing more than a dozen fish, we truly started to realize the power of the small Creeks that passed under the D&R canal! I mean...we never really expected so many fish to be stacked there. And guess what?! The Tenmile Run wasn't the only Creek under the canal around those areas. A few miles from us was another similar watershed -- the Sixmile Run. Thus, once the action slowed down, we walked to the Sixmile Run for a little bit more of Creek Multi-Species/Micro fishing. Heh.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">A view of the Sixmile Run. Very similar to the Tenmile Run, but wider and deeper.</span></div>
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Once we arrived at the Sixmile Run, we didn't really get any bites there for our first 30 minutes. I had one rod cast about 15 feet straightforward, high-low rig. Another rod with a float and a jighead. Mike had similar setups as well. It was around 1:30 p.m. that I decided to change strategies: I took my float out and jigged along the concrete walls of the Run. That is when I had a little surprise...<br />
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Right after dropping my jighead, I got a bite on the bottom! A Bluegill came up almost instantaneously: <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fish #33. A Bluegill on a 1/64 oz. jighead, tipped with a piece of nightcrawler</span></div>
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I took advantage of the bite and dropped my jig once again in the same spot. Another Bluegill came up! I dropped my jig once again, and this time a Black Crappie came up:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fish #35. A Black Crappie. Caught on the same setup described above.</span></div>
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The rest of the day was pretty much robotic, folks! After deciphering the pattern of the day, Mike and I caught fish after fish along the concrete walls of the Sixmile Run. Two and a half hours of packed action! Species included the <a href="https://extremephillyfishing.smugmug.com/SEARCH-BY-SPECIES/Golden-Shiner-Notemigonus-crys/" target="_blank">Golden Shiner</a> (<i>Notemigonus crysoleucas</i>), the Largemouth Bass, the Pumpkinseed, the Green Sunfish, the Fallfish, the Redbreast Sunfish, and even a hungry and feisty Common Carp that found its way to my jighead. :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fish #36. A Largemouth Bass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fish #40. A Pumpkinseed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fish #43. A Green Sunfish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fish #52. A Fallfish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fish #59. A Common Carp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fish #70. A Redbreast Sunfish</span></div>
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After 7:30 hours of fishing and a nice gamble, I ended my third outing of the year with 8 different Species of fish and a total of 58 fishes caught! Mike caught much less; however, he did end his day with a total of 6 different Species of fish, including two Golden Shiners that never showed up on my line today. :)<br />
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Overall, a very productive and blessed day!<br />
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Best of luck to all of us,<br />
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Long Days and Pleasant Nights!<br />
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Tight lines!<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
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Leo S. a.k.a. Extreme Philly Fishing. </div>
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