On 3/7/2018 at 8:40 PM, 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. 

 

You ain't kiddin bud. Stuff that is easy and never thought about comes around real fast when ur injured. Then everything is difficult

A year ago I partially tore my MCL, no fun at all getting all kind of great fishing reports and knowing I was out of action.

 

End of next week I head down to Lake Guntersville for a week of fishing. Should be a good time, hoping for some big girls.

We managed a few good ones today. Water 40_43deg. My arm was ok at best. Setting the hook like a little girl. I have a month to get it going before money is on the line. 

5 hours ago, Lendiesel22 said:

We managed a few good ones today. Water 40_43deg. My arm was ok at best. Setting the hook like a little girl. I have a month to get it going before money is on the line. 

Where at? 

Water temp in the Potomac have been higher than that lately. 

Marshy hope

Had to keep the boat on that side of the bridge bc the talon and jack plate are being installed this week. I will be all Potomac after that is done. The marshy hope trip was just to feed the monkey and test out my arm. SPEAKING of which, my arm is sore but no more than usual so I am taking it as a win. Where have you been on the Potomac? Seeing any grass? I am really itching bad to go check my spots in the Chick. 

Yeah man water temp at blue plains is like 55

Nice! I hopeas to be out the 17th and 31st.

1st tourney is April 17. Am I wrong to want to stay away from the mobs? I have only been on the river for 5 trips last year and have only fished 5 or 6 areas. I don't mind company but I do mind 40 boats all fighting over 1 patch of gravel. This will be my 1st full season on the river so I am ready to learn. 

2 hours ago, Lendiesel22 said:

Nice! I hopeas to be out the 17th and 31st.

1st tourney is April 17. Am I wrong to want to stay away from the mobs? I have only been on the river for 5 trips last year and have only fished 5 or 6 areas. I don't mind company but I do mind 40 boats all fighting over 1 patch of gravel. This will be my 1st full season on the river so I am ready to learn. 

Does the Potomac really get that crowded? It’s a pretty big d**n river. 

 

I haven’t worked up the courage to drag my kayak out there yet and it kind of sounds like I might not even want to.

2 hours ago, Lendiesel22 said:

Nice! I hopeas to be out the 17th and 31st.

1st tourney is April 17. Am I wrong to want to stay away from the mobs? I have only been on the river for 5 trips last year and have only fished 5 or 6 areas. I don't mind company but I do mind 40 boats all fighting over 1 patch of gravel. This will be my 1st full season on the river so I am ready to learn. 

On those dates (in April?) there will be 20-60 boats sitting in most good spots. If you can get a day with 20+ mph winds it might be less.

 

On the Potomac you just have to deal with it. You can get 12-15 lbs fishing lesser stuff but that won't win anything.  if you want to win you're gonna be fishing around people.

 

The blue plains thing was me being facetious. It's 55 all winter. Most of the potomac will be in the low to mid 40s now just like the Marshyhope.

 

 

8 hours ago, Lendiesel22 said:

Marshy hope

Had to keep the boat on that side of the bridge bc the talon and jack plate are being installed this week. I will be all Potomac after that is done. The marshy hope trip was just to feed the monkey and test out my arm. SPEAKING of which, my arm is sore but no more than usual so I am taking it as a win. Where have you been on the Potomac? Seeing any grass? I am really itching bad to go check my spots in the Chick. 

The temp gauge by great falls is what I go by just to get a feeling for how it is. There’s real time data on the USGS waterdata website. Even plots the trends over days week or months. Flow and turbity data there too. Great resource. 

 

I’ve only gone to 4 mile on Pmac so that’s no indicator for anywhere else. LOL 

 

clocked some farm ponds at almost 65f for a couple days but their back down to upper 40s now. 

3 hours ago, Lendiesel22 said:

Nice! I hopeas to be out the 17th and 31st.

1st tourney is April 17. Am I wrong to want to stay away from the mobs? I have only been on the river for 5 trips last year and have only fished 5 or 6 areas. I don't mind company but I do mind 40 boats all fighting over 1 patch of gravel. This will be my 1st full season on the river so I am ready to learn. 

Im not the tournament expert at all but I’d advoid traffic and pressure as a general rule. Find spots others don’t use. Low boat traffic etc. that’s where the biggest ones will be. 

1 hour ago, fishwizzard said:

Does the Potomac really get that crowded? It’s a pretty big d**n river. 

 

I haven’t worked up the courage to drag my kayak out there yet and it kind of sounds like I might not even want to.

Yes. Yes it does. Lol

tournament or not the popular spots are always pretty crowded. Not 40 boats level usually but maybe 20

33 minutes ago, Joshua Vandamm said:

I’d advoid traffic and pressure as a general rule. Find spots others don’t use. Low boat traffic etc. that’s where the biggest ones will be. 

Yes. Yes it does. Lol

tournament or not the popular spots are always pretty crowded. Not 40 boats level usually but maybe 20

Doesn't really work on the Potomac. 40 is common in places like Chickamuxen or Belmont in the spring on a Saturday.

Yikes, well I guess I can scratch the Potomac off of my plans for this season, at least heading out there on the weekend sounds kind of nightmareish. 

14 minutes ago, fishwizzard said:

Yikes, well I guess I can scratch the Potomac off of my plans for this season, at least heading out there on the weekend sounds kind of nightmareish. 

It gets crowded but it's truly hard not to catch at least 10-20 one to three pounders in a day

The crowds are fine...Most guys out there know how to fish in a crowd and not be total d-bags about it.  There are handful of community holes that will have the big flotillas on them, but the rest of the river is fairly normal for a good/popular bass fishery.  

 

There's a reason those spots draw so many boats .

19 minutes ago, Logan S said:

The crowds are fine...Most guys out there know how to fish in a crowd and not be total d-bags about it.  There are handful of community holes that will have the big flotillas on them, but the rest of the river is fairly normal for a good/popular bass fishery.  

 

There's a reason those spots draw so many boats .

I think I saw you down in Nanjemoy the other day. That's a beautiful Skeeter you've got.

1 hour ago, fishwizzard said:

Yikes, well I guess I can scratch the Potomac off of my plans for this season, at least heading out there on the weekend sounds kind of nightmareish. 

As crowded as it may be sometimes it’s still very good fishing. 

9 hours ago, ptomacbass said:

I think I saw you down in Nanjemoy the other day. That's a beautiful Skeeter you've got.

How was it? One of my thoughts was to run south to fish nanjemoy, aquia, and Potomac creeks. 

Fortunately my wacky work schedule allows me to fish during weekdays almost every week, but the river still freaks me out a little.  All my current river experiences are in the more sedate tidal rivers around Annapolis.  

 

I’ve been to Mallows Bay a handful of times but I’ve never done terribly well there, that’s mostly though I’m always distracted staring at all the wrecks and such. 

7 hours ago, fishwizzard said:

Fortunately my wacky work schedule allows me to fish during weekdays almost every week, but the river still freaks me out a little.  All my current river experiences are in the more sedate tidal rivers around Annapolis.  

 

I’ve been to Mallows Bay a handful of times but I’ve never done terribly well there, that’s mostly though I’m always distracted staring at all the wrecks and such. 

It can be intimidating at first. I’d start off in tributaries, bays and harbors. Venture out as you feel more confident. 

I had mallows on my 31st trip agenda as I work back north. I am going south just to get a better scope of the river. Right now I only know from Swan Creek to Quantico. Both times I tried to run past Quantico I got stuck in some really nasty stuff coming back. The river can be really rude in a variety of conditions. 

1 hour ago, Joshua Vandamm said:

It can be intimidating at first. I’d start off in tributaries, bays and harbors. Venture out as you feel more confident. 

Not to pick on you or anything but have you ever actually fished the Potomac below the Wilson Bridge?

 

If he's in a kayak like he says he should stick to creeks like the back of Mattawoman and stay away from the main river. It gets deadly dangerous for kayaks and very small boats on windy days.

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Hot walleye bite. Caught 5 in a 30 minute period. 

1 hour ago, Fried Lemons said:

Hot walleye bite. Caught 5 in a 30 minute period. 

Looks like some nice eaters, sweet!

Numbers are very low but here's part of a 24 pound bag from the black hole and a pic of my new boat. Who else is fishing the April 7th BFL?