There are people who fish, then there are anglers… true fish whisperers. Tonight’s guest is definitely one of the latter! Tonight on the noobs show, we welcome Randy Long to the show. Randy is a long time river angler, having grown up along the Juniata river in Pennsylvania. Randy grew to love fishing moving waters and has devoted a lot of time mastering the art of fishing rivers.

After getting to know Randy a little bit, Sean and Randy then jump in to how Randy works to track down some of the monster smallies that grace his Instagram page. Randy goes over checking the River gauges using the Riverapp app. We then jump to finding fish currently in the Summer to Fall transition. We talk about bait choices for different water clarity levels and flow rates.

Randy also covers the advantages that come from being on the water over 100 days. Fishing as often as he does allows him to closely follow fish as they transition through the seasons and is able to see how they move from winter holes to spawning areas, to places to recover during post spawn, to just surviving the heat of the summer. Once you learn those movements and the conditions that led to great fishing days, you start to know where you can look for fish when those conditions return which gives you a head start on where those fish will set up as their behavior becomes somewhat predictable.

We also compare and contrast fishing from a kayak and a jet boat, as several other baits and techniques for bring more and better quality smallies to the boat. So tune in to this episode of Bass Fishing for Noobs, here on the Paddle N Fin podcast, and listen as a true fish whisperer describes his craft!

Find Randy online at:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/randy_long_/

Susquehanna Smallmouth guides: http://www.susquehannasmallmouthguides.com/

Some other links for things mentioned in this episode:

Riverapp App for checking gauges: https://www.riverapp.net/en

https://www.achiganbrand.com/

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