This past Sunday evening, I had a couple of hours to wet a line. I
wanted to stay close to home, but as hot as it was, I also wanted
someplace cool. I decided to wade the river for smallmouths. I was
fishing the Schuylkill near Leesport. The water was crystal clear and
a little low, so I decided to start off throwing a jig/plastic craw and
bounce it along the bottom to imitate a crayfish. I was getting alot
of bites, but wasn't hooking anything. I figured the fish either were
either too small to get the whole jig in their mouth or were just
biting the plastic trailer. I has a jighead in my vest wich the skirt
had come off. I decided to rig a green pumpkin senko on it and try
bouncing that along the bottom. I cast across and upstream and just
let it bounce along the bottom in the current and almost instantly I
had a bite. I set the hook and missed. Cast to the same place and
BANG, I was fighting a crazed river smallie. It was only about 13 or
14 inches long, but it fought like a demon. I had a lot more bites
that evening, but never managed to hook anything else. I'm going back
this weekend after I get some smaller Senkos in green pumpkin and maybe
cinnamon brown. Good fishing.

-Zimmy