TexasNovice

WOW it sure is cold outside! I've been going back and forth from South Carolina for the past month and a half now. The leaves are just beginning to fall off of the trees there. The fishing has been OK there as well. I'm going to be in the GTN area for the next month solid. Where to should I focus my fishing efforts now that its cold?

I went out and spent about 2 and a half days on the water and didn't manage anything significant. The river was pretty slow, the occasional bite. I got a few little dinks at Black Hill. I did end up getting into some poison oak or something and that really slowed me down. Then I had to do some traveling, got some catfishing done in Texas. I got back in MD last night ready to find the fish, just got to stay away from the poison oak!

Wow, thanks for the insight guys. I think I'm going to end up at the river over the weekend. I haven't got so much as a bite at BH since the sun came out yesterday. Hopefully I'll find something this weekend!

Yeah I'm curious about fishing in the Potomac while the water is high and muddy. At work I was told that some people swear this is the best time to fish the river. It just seems next to impossible to me. Does anyone have any suggestions or knowledge to share? :-?

I fished exclusively this evening a buzzbait and did pretty good. I got some short strikes but ended up with two before it was all said and done. I read an article that said if bait fish are jumping out of the water to get away, then use a buzzbait. It worked! 8-)

Well I got 3 more today. One was just a little guy but I included a picture of him because it has a picture of the lure I was using. The other two were caught in the same place only about 10 feet apart. I was back at the tubes at little seneca fishing on the small side with all of the weeds. As I pulled my lure across the nearest edge of the weed line they would strike. I got about +-10 strikes but only landed those two larger ones.

Well changing the hook sized seemed to do the trick. This is the first "real" bass I've caught!

lol guys... Thanks for in tackle info! Brain when you have time it would be great to meet up. I'm pounding the shoreline too. Since last Friday I've fished every evening at what Basser called the "tubes" in a few posts. I've stuck to the small side with all of the logs, weeds and stuff on the far side of the beaver lodge. I have got at least two bites there each time I've gone, however I cant seem to set the hook. My bait goes flying sideways and I give it a good yank and start reeling in. Usually about half way in the fish is gone. Once my worm was torn in half! I'm changing up my hooks from 2/0 weedless to 3/0 tonight. Hopefully I'll manage something.

Where is a good place, not to far from Germantown, to get tackle? So far I've found WalMart and Dicks Sporting Good. Is there anywhere else someone would recommend?

Thanks Brian, I appreciate it.

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum, area, and bass fishing. I went out to violet's lock and got plenty of bites but didnt land anything. They guys I was with got 4 small mouth, well 3 because one go off on a jump. I plan on heading back once the water clears back up. I've been out on black hill twice a week since july and have only landed a little guy from the shore up ten mile creek. Today I went to the dam from the residential area about 3 hours before dark. I didn't get anything but I could see some large fish that seemed to be paroling the shore line. A few followed my worm up but wouldn't bite. I assume that one I don't know what I'm doing, the biggest problem, and two I may be using the wrong bait. I wacky rig a few different worms and also try texas rig. Any suggestions? :-?

Hello, I recently moved from the Texas Panhandle to Germantown Maryland. I'm from a really dry area in Texas and have never lived anywhere that had so much water. I've done some cat fishing in tail water pits from farm land irrigation but never bass fished. I bought an introductory rod/reel and some soft plastics. If I figure out how to actually catch something I will up grade to better equipment! So far I've caught 1, 10 inch large mouth and about 5 sunfish at little seneca lake. My boss took me fishing in the Potomac and he caught several 4 small mouth. I hope to learn how to catch'em too!

Hello ctsnider, hello all...I'm new to the forums and the Germantown area as well. Hope to see you guys out there!