Bigs

I would love to do burke lake but my boat is over 20 feet long and almost 2 thousand pounds. Hand winching it all the way in isnt even an option. I need to use the motor to get it up far enough on the trailer when I load it up. I just saw a 12 foot jon boat on craigslist with a trolling motor for 2 hundred bux!! You guys should hop on one of these winter boat deals. Im even tempted to buy one with the prices Im seeing right now.

Nice fish but takin one from a pond is one of the worst things u can do. I hope u at least told ur neighbor u were keepin it. I'd shoot you if I saw you takin a fish like that from my property.

That fish looks more like 8 pounds or so. Very nice. I need to move to florida

Thats pretty impressive for a young kid. Thats about the size of my average fish actually

anyone go out today ? I thought about it but had too much work to do today. I know Thai must have went out and caught a few. And has anyone caught any snake heads lately ?

The river was like glass today, I think a piece of plywood nailed to a couple of kegs with a trolling motor would even work out there right now as long as its not windy. I agree with Dan tho, I dont see this happening unless you mix shore teams with boat teams. So you would have maybe 3 or 4 teams in boats and a few more fishing from shore. I just saw a nice pelican boat on craigslist for 150 bux in maryland the other day. Something like that would suffice for the current non boaters. Theres tons of jon boats on craigslist right now for under 400 bux.

I have a pretty big house on the warm side of lake anna that can accomidate at least a dozen people. The fishing there will be on fire next month. Maybe we can set something up. Shore fishing isnt really an option there tho since its all private owned lots. But if we had maybe 4 or 5 boats with 2 people each then it could get interesting. I much rather fish the potomac but the fishing on the warm side of lake anna is better in the winter then the potomac is. If not then maybe pre spawn we can head out there for some friendly competition. Just a thought

BPS reels are made in korea, thats reason enough for me to not buy them. I only buy reels made in japan. You get what you pay for. Rods are a different story, alot of high end rods are actually made in china and are decent but any reel that isnt made in the USA or Japan is junk, end of story. Next time buy a nice used high end reel from ebay or from the used forum on here, that forum has tons of deals to be had.

took the stratos out for 3 hours today from leesylvania and shot over to the mouth of mattawoman. Caught a few small ones on a 1/8 ounce buzz bait. Hard to believe they were hittin the buzzbait at 3 pm but I tell ya, that baby buzz bait almost never lets me down. We saw one jump right next to the boat that had to have been at least 6-7 pounds but of course he wasnt interested in what we had to offer. I lost a few that felt decent but over all the bite sucks right now around my neck of the woods. I wanna stick to DC fishing but that ramp at gravely point is horrible. And from what I hear belle haven isnt much better. So maybe I'll start hittin pohick more so I can be a lil closer to the action. My boat is goin in soon for an 8 foot pro model power pole, cant wait. Talked to the guy today and he said $1550 installed!! I might have to get two of em. Also gonna put my humminbird 798 on and maybe a 6 inch jackplate while Im at it. I need a more fuel efficient motor so I can launch near my house and shoot up to DC without burning up 40 bux in gas, that will have to wait till spring :-?

Ya Im pretty sure thats where we were when we saw all the fish jumping. I dont know 4 mile run real well so I will let Thai answer that. Did anyone go out today ? I know someone must have been catchin some bass in this 70 degree weather.

we fished all along the part where those tunnels are and the 500 foot stretch or so thats after the tunnels. Then we fished some other part that I never been to before and thats where I was able to get one dink. I would be out on my boat right now but Im sick again, being out yesterday didnt help. I probably should have stayed in yesterday and went out today instead, oh well. Maybe tommorow I will head out if I feel any better.

I'm a gigalo

Actually with bing cashback rewards I could have bought all 6 of them and flipped on here for about a 20 dollar profit per reel. I opted not to and just let others buy them. Im pretty sure no one even knew they were on there cuz the listings hardly had any views when I looked. I dont need any spinning reels to be honest, to me they serve no purpose whatsoever. I cast further and more accurate with a baitcasting setup anyways. On a sidenote, Thai, D16, Slipgun and myself went on a shore fishing adventure today that amounted to one single fish weighing .61 pounds caught by myself on a 4 inch senko. None of us could really get on top of fish. We did however see alot of huge fish jumpin in 4 mile run. They were either stripers or huge largemouths, they were gigantic fish. They werent carp or catfish, they were jumpin too high. We made repeated casts in their vicinity and couldnt get them interested. We must have walked a total of at least 3 miles today, all for one fish :-[

I can afford it but I dont really need 4 more spinning reels, I have two and I hardly even use them as it is. Its the fact that the new stradic is so hard to get right now that makes me wanna buy the 4 on ebay. Think I'll pass for now and wait till bing * cashback rewards go up to 15 percent and then buy one . I fished 4 mile run from my boat last time I went out and didnt even get a nibble. I did see several people fishing from shore tho. My boy says he has caught many nice size bass out of there too so there must be something to it. I'll come out for a bit , what time u goin ? Call me tommorow after u wake up and touch base with me. Im goin to bed now, when you get old like me one day , you'll get sleepy at 10:30 too

I think I got a sinus infection but Im gonna tough it out and fish tommorow. U guys fishin the river ? I'm down if so. The thing bout shore fishin tho is that Im so used to bringin 8 or 9 rods out on my boat so I dont know how to narrow it down. I suppose I will bring one baitcaster and one spinning setup. Speakin of which, theres a few shimano stradic 2500 ci4's on ebay right now. They have been on backorder for a month or so and Im temtped to buy one. There was 6 last night and 2 have sold since then, decisions. Should I just buy the 4 that are left ? hmmm

nice bass LHC, looks it might have went over 3 pounds or so. So Thai, you missed my last post, I was asking you what you think all this rain is gooan do for fishin on sunday and monday ? Not like the water was real clear to begin with but do you think it will be too muddy to catch some nice fish ? Looks like LHC is havin no problems in the rain. But keep in mind that fishing from shore is alot easier then fishing from a boat out there. I can't get my boat way up in the thick stuff and shallow water. Thats where fishing from shore has its advantages. A little pelican boat or flat jon boat is another story tho. Speakin of which someone listed a nice 12 foot pelican boat on craigslist for $150!! Im so tempted.

burke lake is electric only tho right ? Guess I need a jon boat with a hundred pound thrust trolling motor on it. Wish I could have kept my aluminum bass boat, it would have been perfect for out there with a big ole transom mounted trolling motor. Do people take big bass boats in there and just troll all day ? Oh and back on topic, Thai do you think all this rain is gonna ruin the clarity for a while? How long ? I was gonna fish on sunday and monday at least. I dont wanna waste my time tho ya know

I didnt think burke lake had any fish over 2-3 pounds, been many years since I been there tho.

Thai I know some people might say potomac bass dont get that big but then again for how much pressure the river gets, I think theres still tons of biguns that no one has caught yet. I wouldnt be suprised to see someone catch a 14 pounder of the river, maybe bigger. I know all these 6-8 pounders that get caught must live longer and get bigger. But for the record since theres all this debate bout catchin a bunch of 2 pounders vs. catchin nothing, I rather catch alot of small ones then catch nothing at all with hopes of catchin one or two big ones. Action is still fun regardless imo. This was my first year on the river, now I have a bassboat and alot more skills and knowledge then I had when I started so next spring-fall is gonna be poppin for me no doubt. I'll have my pics of 6 and 7 pounders come spring time. For now I will settle for 2 pounders and the occasional 4 pounder.

Ok I started this thread to see what other people were doin on the potomac , not to start a ticking match. So lets cool it down and stay on topic. I should have never mentioned a challenge between shimmy and LHC. Tommorow is gonna be cold (50) and rainy. For those of you with a sense of adventure greater then mine, have fun. I'm stayin inside where its warm and dry. Saturday , sunday and monday all look like they have potential to be nice days so I might hit the river 3 days in a row. I plan on throwing lil girly senkos, spinnerbaits of course , jigs, worms, and maybe a grub.

congrats for spending less then a hundred bux, thats hard to do at bps. I went to gander mountain in fburg today and spent 97 bux which put me under my 100 dollar rule. I did find some nice color senkos there that I never seen anywhere else except for maybe green top. And to my dismay thed had NO 3 inch senkos so I got 4 and 5's, I hope the 4's arent too girly for shimmy's liking. Takes a real man to throw a 4 incher Also picked up a falcon buzzbait storage box as well as a big spinner bait storage box. More fun stuff to make my boat even slower when Im out there not even hardly using any of the gear in those boxes I'm down for some bassin once the rain chills out

Theres a pretty simple solution, let shimmy and LHC both fish from the same shore spot at the same time, side by side. Shimmy gets his big baits and LHC gets to use whatever he wants, since he didnt knock big baits at all. 5 bass limit so weigh each persons first 5 fish and whoever gets more weight is the champ. We'll even make a lil cardboard championship belt for you to wear I still say LHC's time would be better spent robbin banks tho

sounds like we have a challenge being issued- Shimmy and his man baits vs. lilhintingcreek and his girly senkos

Sad to say tho, theres no amount of rain that will replenish lake anna water levels anytime soon. I checked on my house on the private side last week and it was alarmingly low. Not good for fishing and not good in general.

if the rain keeps up like this then we're lookin at 3 straight days of rain not to mention some murky water. Hopefully the weather forecast is totally wrong.