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chas1 -> Connoquenessing Creek 8-10-09 (8/11/2009 1:51:29 PM)
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This was a small mouth weekend to be sure. Fished the Connoquenessing Creek yesterday and caught 36 small mouth bass. The biggest being only 13". I put in at Wardenburg on the other side of Ellport, and took out at the Rocky Point boat club. I took my Big game ocean kayak, sit on top. I had the depth finder with me and marked some deep holes, the biggest being 15+'. At the water treatment in Ellport. Caught 10 smallmouth there alone. This trip was great and took about 4+ hours the fishing was great. The lures I used were: Rebel Crayfish, pumpkin seed tube jigs, and Mep Agalia spinners, The kitchen sink was thrown in also but these were the best producers. Between the two bridges at the end of the park produced well but if you cast behind a rock, just right, then you got a hit. This creek is loaded with fish. The best part of this trip was below the sewer treatment plant. That's where the rapids get in the Class II-III+, I never went all the way down before and on a sit-on -top kayak it was a RUSH. There are sweet pools between the rapids that are a few 100' long and 12"+ deep Very beautiful through this section. I bet it would be great for Musky. Great trip for anyone who wants to give it a try. If you want to avoid the rapids take out at the Ellwood sewer plant on Wampum river road. I would not try this lower section in a canoe and was VERY nervous in a kayak but there was no going back when I realized what I got into. I actually put on my life jacket, i was glad I brought. Great fishing, beautiful scenery, helpful fisherman on the way, and some unexpected excitement with the rapids (VERY REAL). Give it a try.
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