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[Fat Boy]

Ken, it sounds to me like he was frustrated by not catching fish and taking it out on you, maybe even getting more out of a confrontation with you than the joy of fishing itself. For cryin' out loud, he's in a boat and there are so many good spots that shore anglers can't get to that he could fish...assuming he's talented enough to find them LOL

You did OK. A man can only take so much! Plus, it sounds to me that you were more than accomodating.

[Bill Poch]

Finally got out to Point of Rocks last night. Went up there with my bro last night for some fishing. I caught 15 smallmouths.



The river gauge said it was 1.34 feet a point of rocks, and it was extremely wadable. We got in on the VA side at the boat ramp and were able to wade all the way over to the MD side. The MD side has more deeper holes and rock ledges where the fish are at. I caught ½ of them on a 3” power grub on a 1/8 oz jig head. The other ½ and biggest was caught on 4" lizards. They were crushing the lizards.





I wish I was able to get a picture of the biggest, but just as I was reaching down to pick him up out of the water, he shook off. He was a good 16” if not bigger.



These fish are so much stronger than the ones in the Monocacy. They also jump more. The 1st one I caught leaped out of the water a good foot and ½. It was awesome. So as long as the river is near 1.5 I’ll be going to point of rocks for now.



Oh yea, don’t speed on 15, had a state trooper going the other way turn around to pull me over for doing 73 in a 55. I was just going with traffic and not even paying attention. He was cool though, said my record was clean and I should take it to court, which is a no brain er.

[basser89]

Bill, that's always a fun time fishing for smallies! Bummer on not getting a pic on the big one. I had that happen to me once several years ago when I had landed what was definitely a new PB for me. I had her in my hand on a belly hold (mouth full of a jerkbait) when she shook free of my hand, hit the rocks and somehow popped free from the hooks. Still wish I could have put her on the scale! LOL!

[Sean MD]

Hey guys, finally found my way over to the NE section of the forums. Glad to see a bunch of members in the area. I live in Elkridge (about 10 mins from BPS) and fish wherever I can. I've been heading out to the Monocacy pretty much every week since the water has been warming up and have had good luck, but no real size yet. Caught my biggest of the year last thursday at the Daniels section of the Patapsco. Only about 2 lbs but nice to get on the board. I fish mainly from my kayak both with spinning gear and my fly rod and wade whenever possible. Best of luck to you guys and I'll definitely have to check out this section frequently now that I know about it.

[basser89]

Welcome to THE boards Sean! A lot of the guys on this thread seem to be from frederick, washington and montgomery county locations but the intent of me starting this thread was to give everyone from MD a place to go to meet, ask questions about our local waters and share our experiences. Definitely come back often! The more the merrier!

[JigMe]

Welcome Sean. I am also from Howard County, and fish local lakes often.

[wv]

Finally got out to Point of Rocks last night. Went up there with my bro last night for some fishing. I caught 15 smallmouths.



The river gauge said it was 1.34 feet a point of rocks, and it was extremely wadable. We got in on the VA side at the boat ramp and were able to wade all the way over to the MD side. The MD side has more deeper holes and rock ledges where the fish are at. I caught ½ of them on a 3” power grub on a 1/8 oz jig head. The other ½ and biggest was caught on 4" lizards. They were crushing the lizards.





I wish I was able to get a picture of the biggest, but just as I was reaching down to pick him up out of the water, he shook off. He was a good 16” if not bigger.



These fish are so much stronger than the ones in the Monocacy. They also jump more. The 1st one I caught leaped out of the water a good foot and ½. It was awesome. So as long as the river is near 1.5 I’ll be going to point of rocks for now.



Oh yea, don’t speed on 15, had a state trooper going the other way turn around to pull me over for doing 73 in a 55. I was just going with traffic and not even paying attention. He was cool though, said my record was clean and I should take it to court, which is a no brain er.

Hey guys, finally found my way over to the NE section of the forums. Glad to see a bunch of members in the area. I live in Elkridge (about 10 mins from BPS) and fish wherever I can. I've been heading out to the Monocacy pretty much every week since the water has been warming up and have had good luck, but no real size yet. Caught my biggest of the year last thursday at the Daniels section of the Patapsco. Only about 2 lbs but nice to get on the board. I fish mainly from my kayak both with spinning gear and my fly rod and wade whenever possible. Best of luck to you guys and I'll definitely have to check out this section frequently now that I know about it.

Welcome to THE boards Sean! A lot of the guys on this thread seem to be from frederick, washington and montgomery county locations but the intent of me starting this thread was to give everyone from MD a place to go to meet, ask questions about our local waters and share our experiences. Definitely come back often! The more the merrier!

Got some replies, a short report and a question in order. SeanMD - welcome to this group...I say it all the time and mean it each time...you've found a great group of fishermen and people. They ven let people not from Maryland chime in and it's apprecited. We got out last Sunday. Tried Middletown Pond...water was too dark. Tried Dam #4...too crowded...and then hit our usual spot near Rumsey Bridge. Water was a little low but in good condition. My son had a few hits but no fish. I got three - one on a Yum Money Craw in dark blue and two on a Tiny Torpedo. Two smallies - biggest being about 12 inches and another about 8 inches...they both left the water three or four times each. Funniest being a 4 inch blugill taking the TT...it got all three rear trebles in it's small mouth...what a chore unhooking him...he survived it though. One thing I've noticed this year is that the smallies we're catching a a little bigger than past years and are quite stout. My question is about posting with your cell phone. I just got an Android smartphone(right now it's smarter than me)and would like to post with it. Problem is I don't see how to do it without Facebook or Twitter. I've got Facebook but would like to post info here not there. Any and all help would be appreciated. Hope everybody keeps catching 'em. Also enjoyed Bill's report from Point of Rocks.

[sean_steiner]

My name is also Sean, live in montgomery county in Germantown. Private ponds are the best places in my area to catch big largemouth, as they aren't as wary. My biggest was almost 9 pounds in a privately owned pond. In this area, I fish seneca creek and the potomac by pennyfield lock. You'd be suprised at the size of some of the largemouth I've pulled out of seneca creek, probably wash-downs that have actually stayed to breed. Also, the sucker run is very productive, and they fight very hard. For the potomac near me by pennyfield, look under the star grass for bass. There are also huge numbers of catfish in huge sizes here for the catfisher, I once caught a 22 pound channel while throwing in a small spoon for bass. I have a house in west virginia by great cacapon, and for smallmouth nothing surpasses the cacapon. I've caught a couple smallies there slightly over 20 inches. It's the perfect habitat, relatively swift moving water with lots of riffles. 90% of the creek has a rocky bottom, perfect smallie habitat. I've had 50+ smallie days there multiple times, not counting all the sunfish and catfish I bring in. It's a very clean and beautiful river. My favorite place however is canada, specifically northwestern and north-central ontario. If you want to experience smallmouth bass fishing where you rarely catch fish below fifteen inches, this is the place to go. Also, they aren't wary at all and will take literally anything you throw in the water, no matter what the size. The only problem is getting the lure in their field of view. It's a much different experience from smallmouth fishing down here. The biggest smallmouth I've ever caught up there was a 25 incher, he even pulled our motor boat for a short time. I also love fishing for pike, nothing puts up more of a fight. The biggest of those I've caught was a fat 47 incher, I have a scar on my arm from that pike. Walleye are my second favorite, behind smallies. They aren't fighters until they get over 24 inches, but they make great eating. The larger ones are a good fight, and I've caught many over 14 pounds in Canada. If you are a smallmouth fanatic, I'd suggest taking a trip to a remote lodge that offers very good smallmouth fishing. You'll be amazed how you can catch smallmouth over twenty inches with every cast, and how aggressive they are. It's not like the smallie fishing here.

[nastynate]

Got tierd of fishing the potomac.We need a little rain. Took the drive to the mighty susquehanna to try are luck. That was the best decision i ever made. First fish of the day was me new PB smallmouth.

[basser89]

Welcome to THE boards Sean! If memory is right, that makes 3 of us on here now. And 2 of us in Germantown. LOL!

[sean_steiner]

Got tierd of fishing the potomac.We need a little rain. Took the drive to the mighty susquehanna to try are luck. That was the best decision i ever made. First fish of the day was me new PB smallmouth.

You should try the cacapon at some point in morgan and hampshire counties in WV. It rarely gets muddy with rains. However, it's not deep enough for a boat, so you would need a canoe or a kayak, or to wade and shore fish. People will say the upper parts of the capon are the best, and they are, but the lower capon is still much better in my opinion then the potomac. I'd also suggest not using a canoe in august, as you'll be walking and pulling more than fishing lol. I find it a better smallmouth fishery by far than the potomac, I've never fished the susquehanna, but by the looks of your photos it must be nice! I've only driven over and it seen how huge it is.

[sean_steiner]

Welcome to THE boards Sean! If memory is right, that makes 3 of us on here now. And 2 of us in Germantown. LOL!

Small world! Yeah, I've seen your post on black hills aka little seneca lake, and my advice on that lake is to use what most people don't, and go where most people don't. Or risk the fine and night fish. That lake is the most temperamental body of water I've ever seen. And I know use bass fisherman don't use live bait, I would have to suggest it if nothing else is working in black hills, with barbless circle hooks. Circle hooks almost never are swallowed, and if they are you can just cut the line and the barbless hooks just fall right out eventually. I caught my biggest bass in that lake playing around with a gamefish spoon meant for lake trout in northern canada in the deepest area of the lake by just letting it up and down like a jig. I didn't expect to catach anything, and when I hooked something I thought for sure it was a tiger muskie. Turns out it was an almost 9 pound bass. They are in there, just not in places you would expect! Also, everything that is in that lake washes down from the dam into little seneca creek. If you walk up from the seneca lodge in clopper through the woods all the way to the railroad, you'll notice a huge area of relatively deep slackwater caused by the damming of washed down logs. I have pulled out monster catfish, huge sunfish, as well as a 5 pound largemouth. I even once hooked a 25 inch tiger muskie, and as I had it on the bank it snapped the line and went back into the water. This pool is where all the washouts from the lake settle into. I've never seen anyone else fish it either.

[KenLattimore]

My name is also Sean, live in montgomery county in Germantown. Private ponds are the best places in my area to catch big largemouth, as they aren't as wary. My biggest was almost 9 pounds in a privately owned pond. In this area, I fish seneca creek and the potomac by pennyfield lock. You'd be suprised at the size of some of the largemouth I've pulled out of seneca creek, probably wash-downs that have actually stayed to breed. Also, the sucker run is very productive, and they fight very hard. For the potomac near me by pennyfield, look under the star grass for bass. There are also huge numbers of catfish in huge sizes here for the catfisher, I once caught a 22 pound channel while throwing in a small spoon for bass. I have a house in west virginia by great cacapon, and for smallmouth nothing surpasses the cacapon. I've caught a couple smallies there slightly over 20 inches. It's the perfect habitat, relatively swift moving water with lots of riffles. 90% of the creek has a rocky bottom, perfect smallie habitat. I've had 50+ smallie days there multiple times, not counting all the sunfish and catfish I bring in. It's a very clean and beautiful river. My favorite place however is canada, specifically northwestern and north-central ontario. If you want to experience smallmouth bass fishing where you rarely catch fish below fifteen inches, this is the place to go. Also, they aren't wary at all and will take literally anything you throw in the water, no matter what the size. The only problem is getting the lure in their field of view. It's a much different experience from smallmouth fishing down here. The biggest smallmouth I've ever caught up there was a 25 incher, he even pulled our motor boat for a short time. I also love fishing for pike, nothing puts up more of a fight. The biggest of those I've caught was a fat 47 incher, I have a scar on my arm from that pike. Walleye are my second favorite, behind smallies. They aren't fighters until they get over 24 inches, but they make great eating. The larger ones are a good fight, and I've caught many over 14 pounds in Canada. If you are a smallmouth fanatic, I'd suggest taking a trip to a remote lodge that offers very good smallmouth fishing. You'll be amazed how you can catch smallmouth over twenty inches with every cast, and how aggressive they are. It's not like the smallie fishing here.

Sean, welcome to the boards! There seem to be a good number of us who live in Germantown. Thanks for the tip about Seneca Creek, I'll have to do a little exploring one day! I'm by no means a good angler like some of the others on the board since I've only been bass fishing for a year now, but slowly but surely getting the hang of it.

I think most of us in Germantown have met up at some point, so perhaps we'll meet soon.

[sean_steiner]

Sean, welcome to the boards! There seem to be a good number of us who live in Germantown. Thanks for the tip about Seneca Creek, I'll have to do a little exploring one day! I'm by no means a good angler like some of the others on the board since I've only been bass fishing for a year now, but slowly but surely getting the hang of it.

I think most of us in Germantown have met up at some point, so perhaps we'll meet soon.

Yeah, many people don't know about the largemouth in seneca. Of the places I've fished, the best is right after rt 355 to a littleways past 270. Fish the deep slow moving pools. During the fall you can actually see the largemouth close to the surface. There are a few places to park on game preserve road to get to them. I haven't really fished much downstream, although I've seen monster suckers, and a few catfish.

There was a time too for a while where I caught smallmouth up to 16 inches far up seneca creek past 118 towards watkins mill high school, but I havent seen them for a few years. They are probably found in good numbers downstream farther.

[Bill Poch]

On a last minute decision I went to Point of Rocks tonight. It was the best decision I've made this year. Only caught 2 put 1 was my PB. 20" easy, 3+ lb smallmouth

I also learned why not to use a swivel. After I got him in I was working him around to pick him up. He made one last effort for freedom and bent the swivel wide open. I've caught 4lb largemouth on those swivels. This guy was a beast. I've learned my lesson, swivel = bad.