Lower Potomac
ogbudha 08/15/2008 - 07:10 Trip Reports Potomac Roll Your Own
Launched yesterday and fished the Lower Potomac with a hard core bass tourney buddy o' mine. We fished out of my jet rig. Huge flats of grass,spadderdock and a jet rig just dont mix! :)
We ran all over Mattawoman, Chicamux,Leesylvania,Quantico, Smoots, Nanemoy, and Occoquan (sp)
Most of the fish came out of Occoquan.
Fished frogs,buzzbaits,senkos and jigs.
I focused on grass lines near drop off and isolated pockets of grass. I had a decent bag of fish and had my limit with 1 hr. I ended up with 2 dozen keepers.
My best five fish weighed in a little over 12 pounds total weight
This trip ended my streak of a 5 pound fish coming int othe boat. Prior to this trip I was on a long long streak of pegging a 5 poundr a trip. I did miss 2 fish....one followed my swimbait to the boat and took a swipe at it....I got a great look at her and guestimate around 6.5 to 7 pounds....she was a beast and left a heck of a swirl and wake when she missed the bait. I also had a decent hookup in the spadderdock on a jig...felt very nice.
Jet performed just fine on the open water....even when we had some decent winds producing 2 ft rollers. I got 33 mph of the old jet...not bad for a jet rig. Those runs sure did take a while in comparison to a true prop bass rig.
We ran all over Mattawoman, Chicamux,Leesylvania,Quantico, Smoots, Nanemoy, and Occoquan (sp)
Most of the fish came out of Occoquan.
Fished frogs,buzzbaits,senkos and jigs.
I focused on grass lines near drop off and isolated pockets of grass. I had a decent bag of fish and had my limit with 1 hr. I ended up with 2 dozen keepers.
My best five fish weighed in a little over 12 pounds total weight
This trip ended my streak of a 5 pound fish coming int othe boat. Prior to this trip I was on a long long streak of pegging a 5 poundr a trip. I did miss 2 fish....one followed my swimbait to the boat and took a swipe at it....I got a great look at her and guestimate around 6.5 to 7 pounds....she was a beast and left a heck of a swirl and wake when she missed the bait. I also had a decent hookup in the spadderdock on a jig...felt very nice.
Jet performed just fine on the open water....even when we had some decent winds producing 2 ft rollers. I got 33 mph of the old jet...not bad for a jet rig. Those runs sure did take a while in comparison to a true prop bass rig.
