Sam's not a fan of fishing in the cold  ;D

Sam, no need for jealousy... ;D

Andrew,

Same old same old in Northern Virginia.

Traffic jams.

Corrupt politicians.

Too many people.

Traffic jams.

Too many tourists.

Traffic jams.

Cold water in the Potomac.

No parking places at the malls.

Traffic jams.

Everything is OK in NOVA land.

And did I say traffic jams??? ;D ;D ;D

soooo... you seem like a positive person...  :

Scratch that, I'm going to fish Mercer. Be there at 7am if anyone is interested in joinin me. Still no cell phone so PM me if interested

grats on the zillion =D and good luck!

mercer.........wha?.......... why not try something a bit different??  i'm gonna be at Burke with a buddy of mine, why not give the brush piles a try Andrew???  has mercer got some kind of spell of minimal success on you???? have you gotten onto any of the pickeral out there? a few years ago, I know someone caught a 10 from mercer.  the only problem with mercer is that the forage is sooooooooo plentiful that you have to be a magician to have a great day.  very good crappie in there as well.  good luck.

I wanted to try something new but wanted someone to go with me to give me some help   I figured since I know where the pockets are at mercer I might have a better chance there.  I also marked a few really nice schools of fish there the last time I was out and was hoping they'd be in the same area.  I don't plan on fishing long either. Good luck at Burke!

Hey Jon, you been catchin em' out there at burke lately? We are thinking about getting out there but we don't know where these brushpiles are!

Hey Jon, you been catchin em' out there at burke lately? We are thinking about getting out there but we don't know where these brushpiles are!

     The brush piles are killer during the summer nights with a C-rig!!!!!!

Scratch that, I'm going to fish Mercer. Be there at 7am if anyone is interested in joinin me. Still no cell phone so PM me if interested

  I'll be there around 8.......

     Now that was a tough outing.......Andrew, Steez is nice. I'm jealous.....If it was a righty, I would have stole it from you. ;D

         I'm gonna give it another shot this morning around 10, not sure where.....But if there is no ice, you know I'm game.

andrew you got a steez?!? what rod do you have it on?

6'6" zillion in the mail...first one came broke.  Hopefully they go well together. I wanted to get a st. croix xtreme but I hate recoil guides. Darn impulse buys!

Definitely tough outting: line freezing up on spool, icing on guides, and worst of all a skunk for me! Rob caught one though :-/

dude, those zillion rods are freakin' sweet. I'm so jealous. That reel on that rod is going to look killer.

I know what you mean about the recoil guides, though. I think they used them on the Extremes because they want them to be ultra lightweight.

Yeah the Zillions look like amazing rods. I asked for one for Christmas so we'll see if it comes through. How do you like it Andrew? I asked for the 7' xh for flipping/carolina rig.

Haven't had a chance to try it with my reel yet since the first one came with a broken tip. Once the rod gets here from Daiwa I'll let you know, but playing with the broken one, I think i'm going to really like it. I got a MHF and plan on using it as my do all shore fishing rod.

That's too bad it came broken. That is going to be a sick combo, steez/zillion. Can't wait to hear a review.

Pigsticker and I are heading out to fairview to see if anything will bite. We'll report back. Hope my dropshot doesn't freeze down there. :

I'm getting the zillion flipping stick for christmas.  I asked my dad for it and later that night i saw him on the computer, when I walked by, he covered the screen and swithched windows.  a week later there was a big rod tube on our door step.

About nova, i've been fishing southern Maryland with pretty much nothing.

well i didn't whak any hugh fish at Burke but i did manage 6 keepers in the 2-3 lb range.  only found 1 spot they woud bite.  5 on shakey 1 on a drop shot.  i probably missed as many as i caught!!  i too was daeling with a lot of freezing so i really concentrated on the spinng gear.  when they bit it was mostly a spongy deal with the only indication a increasing feeling of weight on the other end.  the spot i was fishing was a bit new to me.  i saw John and Jason Dillinger fishing it in the morning and as the moved on i decided to give it a shot.  i knew of the spot but had no idea of the magnatude of debris on the spot and the depth around it,  absoutly amazing, possibly my new favorite spot!!  some of the other brush piles are very quickly being silted in and rapidly breaking down, ashame, they really hold fish well in the winter.  might be going out again next week-end!!

sorrry to hear you got skunkd a Mercer Andrew.  Matt i'll be more than happy to show you the piles that i am aware of.  lemmie know

Sounds like you had a good day! That'd be sweet if you could show me these brush piles. You have someone fishing in the backseat of your boat next weekend? If not let me know. I can probably get out there in my boat otherwise. I really need to get working on getting to tow my boat!!!

Unfortunately I can only fish on Sunday because I work from 1:00-6:00 on Saturday and I can't take off because business should really be picking up soon at the UPS store ;D.

      I'll fish Burke on Sunday........ I would like to drag a jig around with my new LTX and 50MG combo.

Wow that sounds like an amazing combo Rob. Hope to see you out there on Sunday if I make it.

Hey Jon, when do you think the Fountainhead tournament schedule will be out?

I'm itchin' to buy a 51MG! or maybe a steez after Andrew says he was to toss his STX out

not sure about the Fountainhead schedule as Mikey has quite a bit on his plate with the baby due right around the time we hold the first tx.  about Burke next week-end, i'll let you know if im gonna get out there.  we also have to consider the weather for the week as it's gonna get cold by the end of the week.  hope it doesn't freeze!!!  if you can Matt, find a copy of a map of Burke and i will mark some of the piles that i know of.

Alright sounds great! Just let me know.

Sent you a PM about the map.