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I took a couple of days off last week and we headed up to the mountains in Pennsylvania to visit some old haunts and the location where we were married 25 years ago. Decided to run up a portion of the Delaware river and go through the Delaware Water Gap, which is always impressive in the fall.

Delaware Water Gap 2 - 20Oct20.jpg

We drove through some forested roadways through the Poconos on the way to Lake Lacawac which is where I had worked during my four years in grad school. This was the place that my wife and I got married so many years ago. We spent a bit of time reminiscing about when I worked there and when we got married. It was a great time. From there we drove another couple of hours to meet up with my brother in law in Lycoming county in central PA. 

The next morning we got out to Little Pine lake to fish. The Little Pine creek was a creek that I had targeted for possible banded darters. It was another great autumn day. The lake was stocked with trout, had bass, and my BIL caught a tiger musky there last year in the spring. I had rods rigged for pickerel and other toothy critters. This lake was full of young bass. I have never seen so many 2 to 6 inch largemouth bass, at least 50 or more. There wasn't a great amount of structure in this lake, but I focused on what wood cover that I could find. 

Little Pine Lake - dam view - 20Oct20.jpg

did get some of those 6 inch or smaller bass on a small spoon and Livie caught a few on a white and chartreuse trout magnet.

LMB - Little Pine Lake - 21Oct20.jpg

Livie LMB - Little Pine Lk - 20Oct20.jpg

Never did catch any toothy critters, but had fun. We fished Little Pine creek below the dam. I tried for micros hoping to see some darters. I caught a couple of micro smallmouth bass and bluegill. Didn't see any darters. Further downstream I tried for some minnows but never got a hookset on any :angry:.

As we headed back to my BIL's camp, we drove up a mountain road through the state forest. The Lower Pine Bottom Run paralleled the road. Always on the look out for more microfishing spots, kept looking into the creek for fish. We found a spot of consecutive small pools and a pull over area. I parked and we saw a few pretty little fish. 

Lower Pine Bottom Run - upstream - 21Oct20.jpg

Lower Pine Bottom Run - downstream - 21Oct20.jpg

Tiny jig did the trick and both myself and Livie caught our first native PA brook trout!!

Brook Trout 2 - Lwr Pine Btm Run - 21Oct20.jpg

Livie Brook Trout 2 - Lwr Pine Btm Run - 21Oct20.jpg

Had a great time and can't wait to get back up that way maybe in the spring.

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