We hooked up with a few smallies 14-17 and a near 20lb carp.
Fish were in a favorite mid river spot I hit during winter months. It doesnt look like a winter hole but for some reason the fish like it. Enough protection and right bottom composition for them I guess..so it is a winter hole. Just not what youd expect to fish for smallies in the middle of frigid temps as its only 3 ft deep.
Carp hit a small tube on 6lb test...took quite a while to get in. The lucky angler who caught it was extremely pleased w/ the fight and complained of his arm being sore.
I lucked into a quick evening trip on a jet a week ago or so, with Dan of www.fish&floatadventures.com, besides scoping out a few areas for an upcoming client, Dan really wanted to show me a couple areas i could hit from the shoreline and the crazy idea was wallys in the light of day.
We checked out a few places, many of which i had hiked to before, or had been meaning to. The one very productive area was interesting because the bank and bottom seemed muddy, 3-5' deep on the graph in the boat. Really not where you'd expect to find em.
Highlights:
Hat Trick: Smallies, Walleye, Cat
Unusual: One smallie had a broken off tube down its throat
Damage: Lost the back bolt on the jet grill
Conditions: Low clear water, skies were perfect
Encounters: Muskalungee and TheDuder
Tip: If you don't have a first aid kit then get one today
Update: Grill bolts are fixed now. Turns out both were broken. 3' of 1/4 20 SS all thread, some misc hardware and about an hour and she's good as new now.
1st Annual St Jude Bass Fishing Tournament
WHEN: Saturday February 14th, 5am check in
WHERE: On the upper potomac, campground boat ramp in Brunswick
FEE: $100 per boat (not per person), $10 lunker fee
http://www.wfre.com/cc-common/mainheadlines3.html?feed=272171&article=4891286
Noticed that this map also labels the old rubble dam at seneca breaks as "dam 2". I had read that it was built by Native Americans before European settlers arrived. I figured dam no 2 was the washington aqueduct dam-great falls dam, and dam 1 must be little falls dam. (?)
Many interesting features are marked, like old mills, canals, roadbeds, and some named holes, boatramps, wading areas (most not near roads or parking??), rapids, riffles, dams, historic sites, and roadways.
I've been lurking around for a few months and decided to post about this. I'm in need of a 14-16 ft jon boat for myself and my 11 year old son to fish the upper Potomac River. Late this summer and early fall we hit the Potomac River a bunch and wet waded. We had some success, but encountered a fair many snakes and had a number of times where we stumbled around. So I'm looking for a basic jon boat that my son and I could more safely fish the river with. Does anyone have any suggestions where I might find a used jon boat?
I tried to talk my son into us getting two sit on top kayaks, but he's not comfortable doing that. He's got visions of flipping over or getting swept down the river. So looks like a flat bottom jon boat would be preferred.
Yesterday (11/15/2008), Muskalungee and I decided to take a quick trip to a river near you to test out his remodeled trolling motor and get our lines a little wet. Little did we know that our lines wouldn't be the only thing getting soaked! The morning started off a little slow, neither one of us were really in a rush. When arrived at the river, about 7:30 am, the sky was overcast and I remember commenting, "ahh I think all the rain is gone for the day." hahahah man was I wrong. However, this was when the fun started. Musky dropped in the trolling motor but it was taking in water and stopped working. After about 2 hours of messing with it, musky decided to try another method. At this time, the rain began. This was no ordinary rain shower! With the winds help, the rain was horizontal and blowing at approximately 25 mph! Yikes, it was a good thing the air temp was in the 60's, otherwise I think our "quick trip" would have been a lot shorter! We ended up with a bunch of small brownies, 5 walleye, and a fall fish. It seemed that we had more things going wrong then right, however our spirits were high and we had a great time fellowshipping with each other. and the fishing wasn't too bad either!!
Looks like we will get a good flushing out of this weekend's rain.
The Hancock river gauge is still climbing. She was steady at 3 feet on Friday and she is now climbing through 5 feet.
The Williamsport gauge was below 2 feet and she is climbing through 3.5
The Point of Rocks gauge was below 1.5 and she is climbing through 2.6 feet.
Hopefully, with the surge, the grass will flow downstream with it!. Now, not that I don't like grass, but.....
I think I will plan a feeshing trip for Friday..... Any guesses on where the reever will be at POR??




