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I have only recently started going out in my kayak but Rileys Lock has a boat ramp and I launch out of there on most days. Can't speak for how good the fishing is on the main river in that area as I have mostly stuck to the creek and the areas around the mouth while I get used to the kayak.

Haven't posted much at all this summer but the fishing has been great. Stuck these two 3lbers within 15 minutes of arriving at the pond yesterday evening and went on to catch 8 more between 1-2lbs all on the shallow crank.

This fall I used my 7 ft MHF Crowder rod with a 4000 Penn Conflict with 20lb braid for the schoolies. Had great results with just a 3/4 and 1oz Kastmaster spoon and smaller bucktails as well. Trolling wise mostly Senators or smaller penn levelwinds with 50lb mono with either tandem bucktails, umbrella rigs later in the fall/winter and surgical tubes earlier in the fall.

Over 30 inches here at the house. Been a pain in the butt shoveling all weekend and no hope of fishing hahaha

Bunnie Lab I have caught a couple of smallmouth around the bridge at Rileys Locke as well if you don't want to worry about wading. Could be hit or miss though as I have only fished it a couple of times

Just went fly fishing for the first time a couple of weeks ago and after landing two pretty rainbows I am hooked. Went out and bought a entry level set up and have been doing as much reading and research as I can. Went by Big hunting creek up past frederick MD today and while I didn't catch anything I did get a better idea of the creek and also saw a number of trout so thats a win in my book.

With my new job starting monday I have been trying to get out everyday and here is the results from today's outing another smallmouth that was just a hair over 1.5lbs according to the scale. These fish are such a blast the way he hit reminded me of spanish mackerel or blue fish slamming lures from the beach. Going out for some Stripers saturday morning so hopefully I'll have some pictures from the trip to share.

Fished the C&O today for a couple of hours and managed to catch my 2nd ever small mouth and my new PB. This one definitely lived up to their reputation of being great fighters and along with the great weather made for a good outing.

Gulp worked great for me catching flounder while I lived in Wilmington NC and works great on other species as well. If you get the tubs make sure to not remove the plastic seal and just cut a small slit in the middle. I've found it helps keep it from leaking but like tomustang said they usually leak regardless of what you do. When fishing with cut or live bait I usually just used a fishfinder rig with either a live mullet or chunks or strips of mullet, spot etc.

Great looking smallies Nate Had some fun with a manns baby -1 crank bait this afternoon

Friend Lemons any tips for fishing the C&O? I have only been once to fish around Pennyfield locke rd and didn't even know where to start haha. Did manage one small largemouth on a crank bait but any tips would be appreciated

Got out for an hour today and managed one on a squarebill and had another one on a lipless that dropped off. Been focused on the Stripers in the bay recently but it felt good to get some largemouth action

Sounds like a good time even those little guys can put up a great fight with the right gear. I am hoping to get out on the boat sometime this weekend and do a mix of trolling and casting into the schools if they are around