Jedwards36  05/12/2012 - 14:00  Monocacy    First time out on the monocacy and already caught some nice ones. Including a 10",13", and my personal best 16" 2.3 pound Smallmouth! I will post a picture when I get around to it. Haha thought I was snagged!

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DanMarino  05/05/2012 - 10:59  Trip Reports  Impoundments    My buddy and I hit Piney Run on Friday for some bass fishing from his boat. Dense fog was the story early in the morning. It cleared out and became sunny, then we were pushed off the water by an approaching thunderstorm.

I caught one 11 inch largemouth on a jointed Rapala minnow. Then the reliable beetlespin resulted in two nice 16 inch largemouths. My buddy lost one bass on an x-rap and another on a shad rap.

DanMarino  04/29/2012 - 10:41  Trip Reports  Potomac    Met up with a bunch of kayak fishing guys on Mattawoman.

I caught a 19 inch largemouth and a couple smaller ones and even a white perch. Here's the snakehead I caught on my reliable beetlespin. It weighed 5 pounds 3 ounces and was about 25 inches.

Steve826  04/28/2012 - 19:39  Boating    Hi all,

I have a 50 lb thrust Minn Kota trolling motor, unopened, for sale. I purchased it a couple years ago with the intent of taking it out on local lakes using rental jon boats, but I got busy with school and other hobbies. I still fish sometimes, but always from shore, so I have no use for a motor. I am listing it here before Craiglist because I'd prefer one of you guys to have it.

I'm asking $150 for the motor. It's brand new in the box from Bass Pro Shops. Here is a link to the motor online so you can see all the specifications: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Minn-Kota-Endura-C2-50-Freshwater-Transon-Mount-Trolling-Motor-50lb-Thurst-Shaft/15686835

Jedwards36  04/28/2012 - 14:35  Monocacy    Has anyone had a lure that surpasses all the rest? One that has caught you many smallmouth over 16 inches?

DanMarino  04/25/2012 - 13:14  Trip Reports  Impoundments    I hit the upper end of Rocky Gorge Reservoir on 4/21/12 and was on the water by 7:30AM. I was surprised the water was so stained, given that there hadn't been much rain the the past couple of weeks.

I trolled some floating shallow diving crank baits behind a bottom bouncer and got no action at all. I eventually switched over to a worm harness and night crawler and picked up one small white perch. Not much fish activity observed on the sonar unit. Did see one or two carp break the surface, but that was it.

On the paddle back to the boat ramp I came across a dead striper that was floating on the surface. It looked like it had been dead for a few days. It was approximately 28 inches long. It had a very big mouth, head, and flared gill flaps.

DanMarino  04/22/2012 - 15:45  Trip Reports  River    Went to Deer Creek on Friday to fly fish for shad. This was my first time at Deer Creek and my first time fly fishing for shad. Apparently the shad run is off this year up there. We didn't see many fish at all and the creek was low, clear, and cold. I managed one shad and the old timer I was fishing with only caught 4 or 5. It was nice trying something new. Shad sure are crazy when you get them out of the water. I could only hold it for a few seconds before it flipped out of my hand and back into the water. Their slime smells really bad too. Way different than a bass.

After fishing for about 4 hours we called it a wrap and drove up to the bottom of Conowingo Dam. I had never been there before and it was pretty neat. That sure is a wide river up there and a big dam. Only saw one boat fishing below the dam. There was a bunch of guys wading and fishing from the bank. Didn't see any of them catching anything.

DanMarino  04/15/2012 - 21:23  Trip Reports  Impoundments    I went to Triadelphia this evening. I have been wanting to try out a walleye bottom bouncer and nightcrawler worm harness. It worked for white perch just fine.

I also got to test out the fish finder I bought off of craigslist for cheap. It sure beats paddling around not knowing what's below the surface. This dual beam unit works pretty nice.

I'll give the bottom bouncer and worm harness a serous effort this year at Triadelphia and Rocky Gorge and see how it produces. So far I've made 2 trips to Triadelphia and not gotten skunked yet!!!!!!!

Jedwards36  04/15/2012 - 20:17    I fished my friends creek today. It was fun taking advantage of the hot day. I started throwing a 2" grub and caught a nice 7-8 inch sunfish. Later we went up-stream to a nice deep area with our Rebel CrawFishes. And we smoked them, one of them was one and a half pounds. We both ended up with 9 fish. Being a little lazy in not going to the monocacy. But sunfish with an ultra light are fun too.

DanMarino  04/15/2012 - 07:07  Trip Reports  Impoundments    Water was 55 degrees. Beautiful sunny weather. All fish activity we observed was in the 9-10 feet deep areas. Nothing shallow.