space inwaders  07/10/2009 - 20:46  Potomac  Roll Your Own    i've been going alot lately with not alot of fish. Tons of people, everywhere I go, and that means poor fishing, but they love being out maybe almost as much as i do=)

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.

smalljaw  07/04/2009 - 06:51  Trip Reports  Potomac    Got out onto the UP yesterday and had a pretty decent day. Quantity was real good quality was acceptable. Fish were hungry and taking just about anything that we threw.

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.

kayakbassin  01/26/2009 - 11:09  Potomac    Just heard about this TX today. Any of you Upper fisherman going to partake in this???

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

space inwaders  12/31/2008 - 13:20  Trip Tools  Potomac    I recently got a copy of GMCO upper potomac map from dam 4 to great falls. I noticed 2 places marked on the map called "fish traps". Has anyone seen these? What are they?

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.

DanMarino  12/30/2008 - 10:02  Potomac    Hello Folks,

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.

TheDuder  11/16/2008 - 10:04  Trip Reports  Potomac   

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!!

REB9  09/29/2008 - 18:00  Boating  Essays  Potomac    Hello fellow Potomac River runners.

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??

smalljaw  09/12/2008 - 21:28  Trip Reports  Potomac   


Well, it has been a long time coming and the boss reminded me today that I should have done this a long time ago. In early August I turned 45. I had a wonderful time on my birthday thanks to my wonderful wife. She got a babysitter and we got to spent our first trip alone in the boat. Bought Tina a 5 day fishing license and we hit the river. Great time together and she was a champ out there. Got a few smallies but the big fish of the day was her Walleye!! Yes, a walleye. She did drop a rod overboard and I did have to go swimming to no avail but, with her luck, the rod was resurrected by the anchor rope.

After fishing we went to a couple of real good redneck places and finished up with some chili dogs at The Hard Times.

A couple of pics attached. I sure do love that woman.

PS.. She does remind me that, once again, she outfished me just like on our FIRST DATE. The fish I am holding is her Walleye since she couldn't hold it up to the camera properly :)

--Smalljaw

smalljaw  08/30/2008 - 19:39  Trip Reports  Potomac   


Fished with my son Sam this afternoon. Launched out around 2:30pm. Ran upriver to a couple of guys waving from a boat. Looked like Muskalungee's boat so I ran over to say hi. Got a little closer and realized it was someone else's boat so I turned and kept heading upriver. A little later I got a text from TheDuder wondering why I had snubbed him. Sorry Duder...didn't realize it was you or we would have kept coming over.

Anyway Sam and I caught a bunch of fish...including smallies, greenies, rock bass, bluegills and the elusive Muskalungeeeeee!! My first ever. Got him on a buzz bait. Sam gets credit for the photo.

Had a great time enjoying Sam's company and some water in the river finally.

Smalljaw

smalljaw  08/20/2008 - 21:16  Potomac    UP at 1.22...this is killing me. I think we need a hurricane...whaddya all think?

I am fishing this friday be damned. I will have a seat open. No guarantees on fish counts but I will be fishing. Thinking about a push off around 3pm or so.