Looking into getting more into Bass fishing this spring in the Williamsport area. Never owned a boat before but that Tracker Heritage deal is quite legit. Would it do well in the upper Potomac? Also, I don’t have a proper storage place for one so wasn’t sure if Potomac Fish and Game store boats and what kind of cost that would be. Just tired of shore fishing

5 hours ago, pagliaroj said:

Looking into getting more into Bass fishing this spring in the Williamsport area. Never owned a boat before but that Tracker Heritage deal is quite legit. Would it do well in the upper Potomac? Also, I don’t have a proper storage place for one so wasn’t sure if Potomac Fish and Game store boats and what kind of cost that would be. Just tired of shore fishing

If it's a prop motor be very careful where you put it in. The upper is mostly very shallow and prop damage is a high possibility.

On ‎2‎/‎26‎/‎2018 at 11:58 AM, pagliaroj said:

Looking into getting more into Bass fishing this spring in the Williamsport area. Never owned a boat before but that Tracker Heritage deal is quite legit. Would it do well in the upper Potomac? Also, I don’t have a proper storage place for one so wasn’t sure if Potomac Fish and Game store boats and what kind of cost that would be. Just tired of shore fishing

That boat will work fine at Four Locks and Big Slackwater as they are deeper sections of the river. Riverbottom at Williamsport you will need a jet outboard as with a lot of other sections of the river.

 

Allen

Has anyone heard anything about the parking area at Keep Tryst Road up by Harpers Ferry being closed?  There was something about CSX posting "No Trespassing" signs up there on some C&O canal biker email-list I am on.  

 

I love wading up there, but the parking issues were bad enough before, if Keep Tryst is closed it will rarely be worth making the drive

now. 

3 hours ago, fishwizzard said:

There was something about CSX posting "No Trespassing" signs up there on some C&O canal biker email-list I am on.

Try not to hit any cyclists as you careen down the path on that Harley.

12 hours ago, reason said:

Try not to hit any cyclists as you careen down the path on that Harley.

Ha, I never given much thought that particular etymological issue, they're both kind of annoying to deal with if you're not riding one and the people who like them are doing good work in keeping our nation's organ donor banks full. 

When I tell people I sell bikes, they get all excited and ask Harleys or crotch rockets?, so it's a thing in our industry. Oh, JB bite has been really good last few days, getting a bout a dozen a day in a couple of hours. Haven't found any real ones though.

I need to work on comitting myslef to jerk baits.  I bought a couple Pointers 78s this fall and even got a rod for them, an Avid M/XF, but I have had so much fun throwing flukes and small jigs on it I have bearly touched the jerks.  

 

I still haven't busted out my kayak yet this year and the ponds I usualy fish seem so shallow that the jerks inevitably get fouled a quarter of the way into the retrieve.  

Skunk, AND a limit.

 

So I figured I would head out yesterday before this wind storm to catch a couple, and decided on a small pond not too far from me that I hadn't fished in a while, but has always been good. Well, I spent the better part of three hours without even the hint of a fish, not even a follow, wake, water bulge, nothing. I can't remember that ever happening there. There are pickerel, bass and crappie in there, so I weighed staying there a bit longer, but decided to head to another spot about 5 miles away. I hadn't planned on staying long, so I tied on a JB and a finesse spinnerbait, and I managed to catch 6 in about an hour, nothing big, but at least got an idea as to what was going on. Now I'm going back to the first place after this wind dies down, and Pepe Le Pew is in trouble. It's personal now.

On 3/2/2018 at 10:56 AM, reason said:

Skunk, AND a limit.

 

So I figured I would head out yesterday before this wind storm to catch a couple, and decided on a small pond not too far from me that I hadn't fished in a while, but has always been good. Well, I spent the better part of three hours without even the hint of a fish, not even a follow, wake, water bulge, nothing. I can't remember that ever happening there. There are pickerel, bass and crappie in there, so I weighed staying there a bit longer, but decided to head to another spot about 5 miles away. I hadn't planned on staying long, so I tied on a JB and a finesse spinnerbait, and I managed to catch 6 in about an hour, nothing big, but at least got an idea as to what was going on. Now I'm going back to the first place after this wind dies down, and Pepe Le Pew is in trouble. It's personal now.

Sounds like every prespawn ever for me. ? 

Got out yesterday afternoon, and it was still pretty windy, but managed 6 big pickerel and one fat almost 4 lb LMB on a spinnerbait and JB, so that's good. I feel some big fish in the next couple of weeks, it's coming together nicely.

What size spinnerbait are you getting pickerel on?   I almost never get one, even bigger picks, on anything other then small/finesse bass lures.  Most of my "on purpose" pickerel fishing in done with the same tackle that I use for dinky litte white perch.  

3 hours ago, fishwizzard said:

What size spinnerbait are you getting pickerel on?   I almost never get one, even bigger picks, on anything other then small/finesse bass lures.  Most of my "on purpose" pickerel fishing in done with the same tackle that I use for dinky litte white perch.  

3/8 oz (and 6" JB) I too also fished small lures for pickerel until not too long ago, but I've seen the light. It also was too windy to fish small lures. There was one guy fly fishing (trying to fly fish actually) who almost strangled himself with a WF 7 wt.

Nuts,  I have been working under the comforting belief that my larger and more expensive lures were somehow safe from the slippery little SOB's.  

 

So far I have lost a small handful of LC78s, two poppers, and more perch lures than I care to count to them.  

4 hours ago, fishwizzard said:

Nuts,  I have been working under the comforting belief that my larger and more expensive lures were somehow safe from the slippery little SOB's.  

 

So far I have lost a small handful of LC78s, two poppers, and more perch lures than I care to count to them.  

I fish with 12-15 lb mono or braid and 20 lb leader, so I don't loose many lures, and the larger lures keeps the lures outside the mouth and easier to unhook. But judging by the picture of that gator you posted, keep doing what you're doing, 2 things I never argue with is success and fish. Cash, yes?

Nope, St Mary's Lake.   I spent the day hiking with a friend and fished a couple hours right around dusk. Saw couple pickerel during our hike hanging out in shallow water and when I started fishing they were grabbing at my fluke by the middle and I couldn't get any of them hooked up.  Switch the Ned Rig and landed a small one and then the big boy in very short order.  

 

 Cash closed until the middle of March or maybe the beginning of April?  I barely went to cash last year as I skunk out there more often than anywhere else, but it's the closest place to launch my kayak and I'm going to hammer it this year, with my goal being at least one kayak trip there a week. 

6 hours ago, fishwizzard said:

Nope, St Mary's Lake.   I spent the day hiking with a friend and fished a couple hours right around dusk. Saw couple pickerel during our hike hanging out in shallow water and when I started fishing they were grabbing at my fluke by the middle and I couldn't get any of them hooked up.  Switch the Ned Rig and landed a small one and then the big boy in very short order.  

 

 Cash closed until the middle of March or maybe the beginning of April?  I barely went to cash last year as I skunk out there more often than anywhere else, but it's the closest place to launch my kayak and I'm going to hammer it this year, with my goal being at least one kayak trip there a week. 

Haven't been to St Mary's in a while. I used to be stationed in Pax River and when I got tired of rock fish, I'd head there. They dropped the water level a while back to fix the dam and you could see just how shallow a lot of that lake is. More big pickerel today (while getting pelted with sleet) no bass.

I will be on marshy hope Saturday. I will send a report from that side when we r done

Are we going to do a Marylander get together this year? I was thinking Black Hills Lake Seneca this summer since it's central. 

 

Allen 

 I would be up for that, assuming my wacky work schedule allows for it. I even have a spare bare-bones fishing kayak, but I'm not entirely sure if I can transport it and my main one at the same time. 

 

 I've never been to Black Hills on a weekend before, how crowded does it get?  

11 hours ago, Lendiesel22 said:

I will be on marshy hope Saturday. I will send a report from that side when we r done

It's been good over there. I have it first hand.

16 hours ago, fishwizzard said:

 I would be up for that, assuming my wacky work schedule allows for it. I even have a spare bare-bones fishing kayak, but I'm not entirely sure if I can transport it and my main one at the same time. 

 

 I've never been to Black Hills on a weekend before, how crowded does it get?  

This time of year not that bad, as we move into summer it will turn into a zoo.

22 hours ago, reason said:

It's been good over there. I have it first hand.

Good deal. My 1st trip since shoulder surgery last Nov so I'm looking forward to it. 

Thanks man, my reeling arm still isn't right, I have about 70% usage back. I gotta ease into it though. April starts the tournament season and I have to be ready to go. I will use trips on the 10th, 17th, and 31st to get it used to cranking and driving the boat and all. I am nervous but I can't wait any longer to test it. Fingers crossed. 

13 hours ago, Lendiesel22 said:

Good deal. My 1st trip since shoulder surgery last Nov so I'm looking forward to it. 

Good to hear you are coming back. Take it slow (It's hard I know) and listen to your body. I came back from a broken collar bone in late '16, and the first few times out were a bit rough. Who knew brushing your teeth and wiping your butt with your left hand was nearly impossible. Good luck!