Covered about 3 miles each way of a large trib.  When the water started to clear fish were everywhere and striking everything.  I blind fished runs with Flatfish lures to get fish I couldnt see, and targeted the ones  I could.  Same thing all day, swing the lure through the entire drift, against the bank, through the fast water and into the slow water.  I did this all day with great success.  Landed fish up to 9 lbs and put over 20 fish on the bank with many more lost, broken off, and just plain missed.  I still don’t understand why people drift fish all day and miss out on watching fish chase and strike lures with violent intentions.  Done if for 11 years and I’ll do it until the last day I fish the Erie tribs.  Fish are everywhere right now and can be caught multiple ways, but getting these fish on their own aggression bests all techniques.  That’s not an opinion, that’s a fact.  You might get good numbers of fish drifting a fly or bait under a float, but would you rather see a float go under or a mouth open up on a lure from a fish that just shot 30 feet ahead of his pack to get it?  With this kind of run this is what I’ll be doing through Christmas, with jigging being a second option in slower pools.  Float fishing is always my last option.  I want to catch fish in any way I have to, but we all know the rules of an angler.  We start out wanting to catch a fish using any method possible.  Then we want to catch a lot of fish.  After that we want to catch the biggest fish.  Finally, we want to catch fish how we want to catch them.  It’s a good day when you know you can change it up in a certain situation and catch a few more fish but you stick with what you got on because that’s how you want to catch the fish….and if they don’t want it that way, see ya later….go upstream or downstream to find fish who want to play your way.

Monday and Tuesday were incredible days on the creeks.  Perfect water, fish running all over.  The kind of stuff I can’t wait to show my 2 very soon to be born sons.  Good luck to everyone out there and have fun.  Here’s some pics, and yep, they’re fish on a rope.  Stocked up the freezer for holiday meals.  Now which one first?  Blackened cajun, teriyaki kabobs, panko breaded????