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Summer is here! Fast water, smallies blasting surface lures, and fishing action as hot as the temperatures can be found on the Delaware and North Branch Susquehanna Rivers.

Delaware River Report--July 20, 2010--

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The Belvidere NJ gauge reads 3.8 feet and water is clear and low. Water temps are 80 degrees or slightly better in the afternoon. This means lots of small bass. Larger fish are very difficult to come by. We have witnessed small to medium-sized smallies eating shad fry early in the am in a few spots. Little feeding on insects is occurring, not sure why other than we don't have the insects we need.... Case Sinkin Salty Minnows produce best followed by Dinger/Jig combos and grubs. A few topwater bass are possible during lower light periods. Target deeper runs and pools below fast water with some current. during heavier feeding periods, smaller bass will eat in shallow, fast water.

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Grandpa Tom Maffucci and Robby show off Robby's "trophy". Summer is a great time to get the youngsters into numbers of feisty smallies. (Case SSM-6-10)

My 13-yr. old daughter, Hannah, still won't budge on holding her own fish. "I don't want to smell like the fish!" She yelled. This was her 15-inch Dinger bass from Masten Lake in NY. (7-10)

Susquehanna River--July 20, 2010

The Susky at the Harrisburg gauge reads 3.3 feet and water is very low, as it is in all our area rivers. We could use the rain. Boating is treacherous on the Susky when levels are this low. Little action to report. Fishing can be done early am and late pm. Otherwise, all bests seem to be almost off. Ledges with current are best. Bass will feed in short spurts during low light on insects and crayfish, but this is not a productive pattern now. Chris reports decent fishing for numbers on the NB Susky. Grubs, Case SSS, and tubes will work well. After storms, try dark-colored crawfish pattern crankbaits. Swim baits are working well when fish want to chase.

Chris hasn't been on the NB lately. When we get a report, we will post.

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This post-spawn female 17-inch Big D smallie ate Frank's Case SSS near a ledge. (5-10)

BWA guide Chris Gorsuch holds 2 good Delaware River summer smallies. Larger bass want to eat at night now. (7-10)

Inez holds her outstanding North Br. Susky smallie caught aboard Chris's Snyder Jet boat. (5-10)

This is what it's all about!! Kudos to Brandon on his North Branch trophy smallie! (5-10)

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THE CLOUDS

Rebeckah Mengel--Age 10

The clouds are white and fluffy. They even look like mashed potatoes and vanilla ice cream, but not all of them.

The skinny clouds look like feathers that have different shapes.

There are grey storm clouds that thunder and lightning and rain.

But I love white fluffy clouds. They even look like cauliflower.

One time when I was on a plane and we went up into the clouds, it looked like cloud kingdom.

Clouds can be as white as snow; They really are as white as snow.

Sometimes they aren't even in the sky. But clouds are beautiful to me.

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"Just wanted to thank Blaine for making the trip out to speak to the group. He gave a great talk. As I told him afterward, the club is made up of mostly accomplished and proficient anglers . I can always tell how effective the speaker is by their reactions to the speech. During Blaine's presentation there was almost no sidebar conversations and many nods in agreement. Blaine definitely knows his stuff. Most of all he has the personality to go along with it. It would be very easy to spend a day in the boat with him."

Matt Dotts--President of The Susquehanna River Smallmouth Club