Well, I had been hearing so much about the spawn being on I decided to hook up the boat and go check out the river.  I needed to test my power poles out and run some older fuel out of it as well.  Launched at Hope Springs and ran out to the beach.  Only negatives to the day were that the wind kicked up and it was out of the East which kills the tide in the creek.  We stayed in the creek all day and caught fish pretty much everywhere we went but of course the biggest fish of the day managed to spit my senko when she jumped at the boat.  It was at least a 6lber and much bigger than the fish pic below of the 2nd biggest of the day.  Second strange thing of the day, the fish only wanted 1 bait.  A goby colored Senko.  We threw everything in the boat at them but as soon as we picked up that senko, they bit.  Very odd.  I seriously don't know how I have survived this long without power poles.  They enabled us to fish in the wind and resulted in many, many more fish caught.  And to think, I was a skeptic when they first came out!!  I am a value based fisherman so, if it doesn't add value to my fishing experience, then I don't buy into the hype.  Because I am also frugal I bout a pair of 1st gen poles that have to be hard wired.  Overall great day on the water and a lot of nice catches.  

 

Nice work!

Still $20 launch fee at Hope Springs?

On 5/13/2018 at 3:34 AM, Sam said:

Still $20 launch fee at Hope Springs?

Yep.  My fishing partner lives about 2 miles from that ramp and buys an annual pass.  If he is not in town I pick it up from his wife in the morning.  Alternate launch for us is on base at Quantico at Hospital Point.  There was 4 tournaments going out of Hope Springs a couple of weeks ago so we avoided them and went on Base.  If we are going to fish a lot in Quantico creek it's right at the mouth.  With fuel getting up there again, I'm all for trailering more than running.  I topped off my tanks and it was $80.  I run a big block HPDI and she likes to drink. ?