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This year

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:51:33 -0600

How has this year of fishing done? What would be your best fishes this year( or so far for the musky chasers)?

Columbia, MD - 8/20/11

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:18:54 -0500

Today I was able to hit a local lake for a 1.5 hours in the afternoon with my daughter. It was a great time. The lake seemed in nice shape. There was weed growth in the shallower areas, but I was glad to see that it wasn't choked with weeds everywhere. We were the only people "on" the water. Some folks were fishing from shore, but didn't see any of them catching anything.

My daughter caught this largemouth bass on a gulp alive minnow.

Mrs. Marino and Daughter Marino Yak at Triadelphia

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:38:20 -0500

I was able to successfully get Mrs. Marino to kayak this evening on the local reservoir. Daughter Marino joined in on the fun. It is all part of the master plan to get Mrs. Marino involved in kayaking. So far, so good. She didn't want to paddle very far and was on the water about 50 minutes. She did a lot of resting. If the plan continues, this should help get Mrs. Marino on board to get a 3rd kayak this fall.

All photos taken by Daughter Marino. She was complaining about the whimpy zoom abilities of my waterproof camera.

Mrs. Marino on the Manta Ray!

Columbia Kayak Fishing

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:32:22 -0500

On Friday I took my buddy to a local lake in Columbia for some kayak fishing. It was his first time out ever in a kayak. We fished from 8:30AM-11:30AM. Fishing was tough. Lots more weeds growing than the last time I fished there. No surface activity. Any lure with a trebble hook got fouled in the weeds. I caught 3 largemouth bass, all on 4 inch worms. My buddy caught one largemouth on a worm as well. Fish were all about 12 inches long. Nobody else fishing the lake when we were there. Several people who were walking on the pathway around the lake were amazed that we were catching fish out of the place. Had a great mexican lunch afterwards with my buddy. The next time we get together we will hit the lake around 6:30PM.

Triadelphia With A Great Friend - 6/23/11

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:44:58 -0500

I took my buddy for a paddle Thursday evening for an hour on Triadelphia Reservoir. We put in around 7:30PM and took out around 8:30PM. The weather was fantastic and the reservoir beautiful.

My friend is not into fishing so this was mostly a paddling trip, but I decided to bring my ultralight rod and troll a beetle spin with a green pumpkin grub as we paddled along. In honor of CaptWalleye's father I threw a cast and took off trolling. While heading out from the launch on a branch arm of the reservoir and getting near the main reservoir, I had a hit. I reeled and saw a fish flopping at the end of the line, but it came off a few feet from the kayak. It looked like a crappie. Almost got one on that special cast Andy!

Tom Black - A visit to Triadelphia Reservoir

Tue, 24 May 2011 05:04:56 -0500

My son and I visited Triadelphia Reservoir for the last hour of light on Sunday 5/22/11. I caught two largemouth bass this evening. Water clarity was better in the reservoir and the temperature was much warmer than three weeks ago. These are some terrible one handed pictures from my kayak. The fish took my soft plastic and I didn't see the line move at all. When I pulled up on the rod I felt resistance so I set the hook. The fish pulled me around and stripped a little drag. This is the second largest bass I've ever caught, at 19.5 inches. It had some of those strange black spots on it, but not near as many as the bass I caught in March. Neat fish, but lousy pictures.

Rocky Gorge Fish on Sunday 5/1/11

Wed, 04 May 2011 08:17:05 -0500

I went to Rocky Gorge in search of better water clarity and found it. It was raining so there was nobody else on the water except for a few guys fishing from shore. My son didn't want to get rained on, so he stayed home and I took the kayak.

I was fishing a worm and had a huge fish on. At first I thought I was snagged on a tree stump or rock, but the fish swam right towards my kayak, jumped and spun my kayak around to the left. It dove and I tried to adjust my drag and I lost tension on the fish and it was gone. It was a very big fish, at least as big as the 20 incher I caught a month ago.

I think i missed the spawn

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:50:50 -0500

Fished one of my favorite frederick county lakes yesterday morning from about 8am till 1130. I was hoping to see some big females on the beds so i could do some sight fishing. I saw beds EVERYWHERE thoughout the shallows but none had fish on them. I probably caught 25 bass total along the shoreline below the beds in deeper water on a suspending jerk bait. Is it possible the recent spike in temperature caused the spawn? I didnt get the water temp but it felt alot warmer than the last time i was out in late march. Either way, the fish are active and definately turned on.

Triadelphia Skunk.

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:03:45 -0500

Fished Triadelphia this morning until about 2PM. Got skunked again. Water is still very stained and was 52 degrees. I threw crankbaits, a spinnerbait, X-raps, Husky Jerks, and a worm. The only fish activity observed was some carp jumping out of the water in the coves. I trolled deep, worked points, and fished around fallen trees and in the back of a couple of coves. Nothing going, but it was a nice day on the water. We even got dumped on by rain, but my rain gear worked and I stayed dry. I'll keep at em and hit Rocky Gorge next time. I'm alternating between the two reservoirs and basically getting skunked both places except for the one big fish I got a Triadelphia a month ago.

when the river is angry, remember the impoundments

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:00:18 -0500

We made a few attempts on the local river between high water events. The river was flowing strong and about 1' higher than normal but the clarity had improved to 2' or so. My lady found her first wally in over a year. A strong fighting 19-20 incher, the ones this size always feel bigger. The color and markings on this fish were beautiful. I had a few strikes but failed to keep them hooked. It was a good boost for her after a long wally dry spell and i was happy we'd found a few of them.
I tried the next evening and after several hours i hooked into something that felt pretty nice, i thought it was going to be a decent sized walleye, but ended up a channel cat about 22-23 inches.

Rocky Gorge Skunk

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:00:26 -0500

On Sunday afternoon I hit the upper section of Rocky Gorge Reservoir with no success. Water was a little clearer than Triadelphia Reservoir. The only fish I saw was a dead bluegill. Found some neat structure areas, but no takers. It was neat fishing a new place. Hopefully in a few weeks the fish will move shallow.

Triadelphia Piggy.

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:03:54 -0500

Last Saturday I hit Triadelphia Reservoir in the late afternoon and lucked into a chubby 20 inch largemouth. It hit a white spinnerbait off of a point with a downed tree. The water is cold, high, and muddy still. This was my largest bass I've ever caught and it had unusual black markings. I sent the photos to the administrator here so hopefully they can add them to this post. So far this March, I've caught the two largest bass of my life. I'm a believer in pre-spawn fishing now. Seems like so far I eigther get a large fish, or get skunked, but I'll take that.

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EDIT. You can see photos of the fish on the Maryland Anglers Log.

Triadelphia Skunk

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:20:44 -0500

Guys,

Since the Potomac was flooding this weekend I hit Triadelphia reservoir on Sunday afternoon in the kayak. The reservoir was very high and muddy. Couldn't even see the yellow kayak paddle blade 1 foot under water. No fish activity observed. Not too windy. It was a nice afternoon for a paddle.

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Triadelphia and Other Places

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:56:17 -0500

Over the past two weekends I've hit Triadelphia a couple of times. Once from shore and a second time with my son from the boat. From shore I fished one evening for the last 40 minutes of daylight. I was using a suspending rapala minnow in blue chrome with an orange belly. I was doing a reel and pause, reel and pause retrieve. I caught 2 small largemouths, a nice crappie, and a baby striper. I didn't expect that one at all.

Cunningham Falls Trips 6/30 and 7/1

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:04:46 -0500

On Wednesday and Thursday, my family and I went on a camping trip to Cunningham Falls State Park. We fished both evenings from around 7-9 PM. We decided to keep things simple and bobber fish with nightcrawlers. The fishing was slow on the first night, but I managed to catch a very nice redear sunfish, around 9-10 inches long.

My brother also caught 2 small bluegills on the first night.