Smoothie's Traditional Outing

A client for over 20 years, Smoothie has a yearly tradition of going out on a trip on Good Friday with Legends Outdoors.  The year of 2021 the trip would be delayed for a day due to harsh conditions.  Saturday would be not much better, but he braved the elements and gave it a go.  A cold front had moved in on Thursday and this was a continuance of it as wind and cold was on the slate for this day.  It was raw with temperatures in the 30's and possibly reached 40 or so by trip's end.  The bite was a touch one for sure, but Smoothie is very familiar with what we call the "Paupack Twitch" in order to induce strikes from the finicky fish.  Light line and Keitech baits under the blue sky canopy was what the veteran client did to catch a nice mix of about 20 fish including a nice big walleye (that was released), a few smallmouth bass, a pickerel and a some nice perch and crappie.  The perch and crappie were harvested for a nice fish meal in the near future.  There were plenty of good conversations during the day and the guide and Smoothie enjoyed Legends Outdoors famous homemade pizza and meatloaf sandwiches to fuel their bodies on this frigid spring day.  It was good to see Smoothie again and we were glad he was able to keep the tradition going for this time of year and enjoy a day on scenic Lake Wallenpaupack.