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Post by aaronjeffries on May 26, 2011 19:18:20 GMT -5
I was walking along the Schuylkill river in Pottstown this evening where the Manatawny Creek runs into the river. I saw large spashes out in the water five or six times in about a 40 minute period. It was right where the slow moving creek met up with the faster moving river. It looked like a larger size fish trying to get away from a predator fish.
I've heard there are muskie's that troll around that part of the Schuylkill, but I've never seen them myself. So fellow fisherman...has anyone else caught a muskie in that stretch of the river?
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Post by z06 on May 27, 2011 9:50:31 GMT -5
There are muskies in almost the entire length of the river, even in the tidal reaches. I've never caught one right in the stretch you mentioned, but have caught 3 or 4 in some of the deeper slackwater pools near Reading.
I hunted waterfowl in the stretch from Port Clinton to Pottstown for about 25 years, we'd always hunt by drifting in a canoe, I remember seeing a handful of monster sized fish while drifting the early duck season. It's a sight to behold when you silently drift by a logjam and spy a muskie as thick around as your leg sunning himself.
Back in the day before Marsh Creek was impounded, if you wanted to fish for muskies, there were only about three choices that I knew of. Green Lane, the Perkiomen ( home of some true giants) and the Skuke, in that order. Muskies were also in the Brandywine years before MC was created.
The Skuke is a very under rated fishery, you could spend years learning some of it's secrets. Go get 'em !
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Post by bigcountry on Jun 6, 2011 10:20:13 GMT -5
Ive caught, and seen caught a dozen decent size Muskie outta the Schuylkill, including some big ones. I agree with Z06, it is a very underrated fishery, not just for Muskie but for alot of species, its gets beat pretty hard from Phoenixville down to Fairmount but if you know what you are doing there are plenty of trophy size Muskie, Catfish, Smallies, Walleye to be caught.
On a side note, the Carp are starting to breed now in the River, so you may have seen them jumping and splashing. Muskies are a eat then lay dormant species, Unless it missed its prey, which rarely happens they wont continuously feed, like your describing, but they are in there.
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Post by spoonpluger on Sept 6, 2011 8:09:50 GMT -5
The Schuylkill river holds Muskies it's entire length. I've fished allmost all the length of the river for a long time. From where the creek enters the river to the boat ramp area below hanover street is a good spot to try. But only a few anglers know they are there. Blackrock ramp area from crumbies down to the dam hold some giants. But only time put in will score on one. Some of the big stetches around Reading where you can find deeper water holds Muskies also. The Schuylkill holds some vey big fish getting on them is another thing. Small mouth fishing is better new Reading. Some real big crappies swim the blackrock area. The flatheads have thinned out most of the small fish. Thats any small fish. Another thing is stripers and walleyes hold in the deeper pools. These fish are coming from Blue Marsh. Blackrock has given up stripers over 10 lb's and walleyes up to 8 lb's but don't expect to take a stringer down hoping to fill it. It's all hit and miss.
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Post by TheRobster on Sept 29, 2015 17:21:43 GMT -5
I had one break off one spring when I was fishing for Smallmouths with 6 lb. test line, and a small Mepps spinner. It was right under the Rt.100 bridge. I got it in close enough that I got a good look at it before it broke off. I'd say it went about 38". I initially thought I was snagged on a log because it didn't fight at all. It just came in real slow like a log until it saw me. It seems we were both very surprised to see one another, the Musky turned, and ping, the line broke like sewing thread. The only other Musky I had in the Schuylkill, was a little one that hit a mister twister jig. Again, I was fishing for Smallmouth when it hit, and it wasn't hooked good. It came off the hook before I could land it. It was a tiny one, maybe about 10 or 12 inches.
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Post by MasterBaiter on Oct 6, 2015 14:24:11 GMT -5
Just an fyi, I am a member of a private trout club on thew brandywine river, we have had multiple muskies caught in the Brandywine that get into it from Marsh Creek. I have seen fish up to 40" swimming in the river. There have been three caught in the club, where they were feeding on the trout, and I have seen 1 down near the Brandywine River Museum this summer. The one by the museum seemed pretty slow in the summer heat, but the ones in the club we watched feed on trout, which I must say was an amazing thing to see
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