I used to fish the Susquehanna River around Harrisburg while staying on High Island across from The Three Mile Island I loved it in the "80's"! Caught biggest Small Mouth Bass ever! Or should I say hooked! I almost had her at the boat! And she blasted away into the current turning sideways parallel to the river like a sail to put pressure on the lure stuck to her jaw, the next I knew she exploded one more time into the current and the next thing I knew? I was wearing a G-finished white ghost in a crawfish pattern Big O in my face! It was a beautiful fish on a overcast morning fishing a gravel weed bed on the Susquehanna River! And nice people in the area, had lunch at The Blue Room Bar my bubby's Grandmother owned! Back then it was mostly pontoon boats lined up on the sand bars partying! A few fishermen on the River!

Nice filming and editing. New sub.

Locktite on the threads?

How Cool. Thanks for posting.

Where you on Monocanock Island?

Good you have this ,because the other side or Shamokin dam sides appearance will be changed forever with the Fish Ladder .Now you can take still shot from your video and post them as photos

Good news! The breached and dangerous dam should be completely gone by mid-summer!

Fishing was so great there before the dam breeched, still good fishing now but not like it used to, been fishing there since I was 10 years old and now 43 and still fish there every weekend. Great video.

Nice one. Thanks for taking the time and effort to post.

Cool.

Ah, how nice to see blue sky's, green trees and the flowing river. Thanks for posting.

Pretty Cool, Pretty Cool.

Looks like a lot of fun and since i am retired, wish i could join your adventure. Here in coal township, i can't access the river.

Having watched both parts of Exploring the Bear Islands, the memories came flooding back. In the early 1980's I had done a lot of canoe camping on the lower Bear Island with some friends and my children. We thoroughly enjoyed these weekends. We towed our gear on a tractor innertubes towed behind the canoes. There were other times I canoed there alone with my black lab and fished around the islands. I always had plenty of action, catch and release. One day I docked on an outcrop of boulders just upstream from the east side of lower Bear. On the top of the highest bolder was a dish shaped depression. Curiously, I reached into the debris filled water in the dish and fest something. I pulled out an elongated worn and smoothed stone. Upon rinsing it off I was able to identify the artifact as a pestle the Indians used for grinding nuts and grain. The boulder with the mortar depression is the size of a car, so it had to be left there. On another canoe fishing trip with my dog, I drifted to the downstream end of the island. The water was crystal clear, and I could see the bottom of the river about 12 to 15 foot depth. Here I observed a series of what appeared to be stone encircled fire pits in a long arc. Then another arc of fire pits parallel to the first. A few months later, I took my children to the museum in Harrisburg. In the area dedicated to local American Indians there was a life size replication of a village. Studying this and reading the informational signs, I learned these were not fire pits, but garbage pits. The Indians would dig a modest size pit for their garbage and encircle them with stones. In use they were covered with large pieces of tree bark. When full, a new pit was dug, using the earth to cover the old pit and the stones placed around the new pit. That really explained what I had observed as the pits were dug behind the Indian's living structures. Very interesting to have located an Indian settlement. On yet another similar trip, I observed what appeared to be a cave high in the outcrops on the upstream end of the lower island. Being very curious, I climbed up the cliff to the cave. It was very dark inside and appeared to drop off right inside. I did not have a flashlight. What I did do was cast some pebbles to try to hear hits in the far side and to the left and right. The only outcome was the pebbles splashing water some distance down. Being alone, I did not press the exploration any further. Due to changes in my life that developed, I have not been back to the islands since.

This is relaxing music.

Nice video!

Looks so peaceful!

Thanks for the very helpfull info we are going there this week with our canoe.

Is this anywhere near Canal Park? Near intersection of Rt. 29 & Rt. 11

You need a bigger magnet. I'm from Berwick. There's got to be a lot from all the floods. I'm practicing in a creek behind my house.

Nice video, what brand of Drone did you use?

LOL! I wasn't expecting it so quick and it scared the sh*t out of me, too. :D Too bad he didn't land in your lap, that would've been a nice dinner.

Yep. West Nanticoke rapids! We did this in 2003 but the water was much higher. Bank to bank. Longest set of class 2 we ever did. You did a good job. Remember ALWAYS keep the boat pointed downstream and paddle paddle PADDLE!

Class 1s are now major rapids. Nice.

What rapids?😂

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Oh man that could have been a capsize problem real quick. Glad you could paddle out of it. Thanks for sharing! 👍

What the hell is a Bloomfield guage?

Oh man, why did you have to go and ruin such awesome footage, by adding annoying music to it ... would be so much better if we could hear & listen to, the actual sound effects from the filming of this scenic scenery "nature"

Thank You for doing this, I use your videos & others to scout out what sections of the river look like before I go & paddle down them.

where did u get music ?

Thanks for posting this. I look for Her every time I drive to/through Harrisburg. Nice drone work.

Why is the shoulder pink?

The water was reasonably clear.

Thank you for sharing...might want to check the spelling "Fabri Dam." But neat to see the comparisons!

It is Spelled fabridam ,word comes from fabric !

Was this before the flooding??

Wow I dont believe I have ever seen the river that low in all my years 😳 its scary