Submitted by Huntfishguy (ip 67.163.129.25)

Date Fished: 7/23/2011
Water Temperature: 78
Water Clarity: 2-3 feet

Partner and I waded the Yough River for smallies today from 730am until 130pm. We fished 3 separate areas with great success. We started out near the Rivers Edge campground(close to Connellsville) at the sewage treatment plant and caught 5 SM bass with twice that many lost. We then hit the islands around Dawson, with partner nailing 2 SM on pumpkin tubes. The last spot was a honeyhole close to Smithton we found today. We pulled 10 SM bass out of one larger hole with a bonus 18" walleye. We lost about the same number too. All fish in this spot taken on Gary Yamamoto pumpkin double tail skirted grubs. Anything that resembled crawfish got bit.

We used mainly tubes and leadheads rigged with soft plastic skirted grubs and curlytails. Colors - pumpkin green, brown, and watermelon. All took fish. Leadheads with DT grubs ruled. Targeted slack water eddies behind rocks and heads of pools and shoots of faster water with fish or bites at all of them.

Awesome day on the water!!!!

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