[jad2t]

I can't speak for Marrowbone, I've never been there. Williamsport is absolutely full of quality sized largemouth bass. The rules to keep a bass from there are very strict, only 1 fish allowed and it has to be over 20 inches. So the problem is not over harvest. The Williamsport lakes are notorious for humbling people. I was proud to say for a while that I had never been skunked there and then it finally happened lol. I've caught several fish in the 3-5 pound range in there and so have a lot of the people on this forum.

My first fishing tournament ever was in there and I took 3rd actually, that's a day I won't forget. Tournament was from 8-4

Fish #1 - 11" dink at about 8:15, I thought I was going to have a good day

Fish #2 - Didn't happen until about 3:30, almost everyone I talked to was getting no action. Many left early, I wanted to leave early. Then I hooked what at that time was my largest bass from a kayak at 18.25".

Fish #3 - 2 casts later I land a 15.75" bass and it was about 3:45.

I paddled as fast as I could to the bank to turn in my memory card before 4pm and wound up with 3rd place!

Moral of the story - Don't give up when you're fishing Williamsport. You won't catch numbers there but you will catch quality.