Susquehanna: Smallmouth Heaven or Hell?

    
            

"It is a similar situation with the Susquehanna River. Over the last decade, fish with irregular lesions and sores have been caught at an increasing frequency."

  
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At one point, for untold millions of years, the Susquehanna was one of the greatest shad fisheries on the planet. The spring surge of herring returning to spawn would make the river bulge. Its waters also supported trout and salmon in plentiful numbers. Shad ran all the way from the Chesapeake to Lake Otsego in Cooperstown, NY.

Today, even non-native gamefish like smallmouth bass are struggling to survive.

Cause unknown? BULLSH*T! All we have to do is look in the mirror to find most of the answers.

The Susquehanna is not only the most endangered river in America, it is one of the most endangered rivers on our little blue dot in the universe.

No date on a calendar will change that.
    

PFBC: Susquehanna "Impaired"

    

    

  

“we need to move beyond research and begin some action before the entire fishery of the Susquehanna River collapses.”

"...fishery is in serious danger of extinction."

“Reports of sick fish,” he explained, “means we have a sick river.”

These are not the words of some tree-hugging, anti-drilling, anti-everything "fracktivist". These are the words of the PA Fish & Boat Commission's Executive Director, John Arway...a 30+ year veteran of the PFBC.

  

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Folks, I've been blogging about the Susquehanna since 1999, if not earlier. I've been boating and fishing this river for 40+ years.

On this issue...I agree with Mr. Arway.
     
Stay tuned for the fireworks.