>>480535>>480544I've done great the last few years in south/central PA; mainly the Juniata River and Raystown Lake but also Shawnee Lake a few times. I swear up and down by jig spinners. At least for the river. Johnson Beetle Spin sized jig spinners paired with either the soft plastic fork-tails they come with or similar sized crappie/panfish plastics and you'll tear up most everything available to you. For the Juniata that's mostly rock bass, yellow perch, bluegill, pumpkinseed, carp, smallies, largemouth, and even the occasional channel cat since they can be very predatory. Scaling up in size to a larger spinner and larger plastics (5" single-tail grubs are my go-to) reduces bites from the smaller fish and will help to target smallmouth, largemouth, muskey (if you're lucky) and larger rock bass. The same setup also got me a lot of crappie and some walleye in Shawnee Lake.
For Raystown, back in October, the magic ticket seemed to be subtle poppers and sputtering baits. Couldn't find a bite on loud-smacking Pop-R's but the gentler spits of a Rapala Skitter Pop and the light bubbling caused by the propeller on a Heddon Tiny Torpedo got the largemouth biting really well.
