Had a great day on Sunday, one of my best this year on the river. A friend of mine was out the day before and found some big schools of fish in one of our favorite creeks. We headed back there the next morning and fished around for a bit without much success. Instead of spending the day running around, we decided to park it in a grassbed and break out the radio and some ham sandwiches. After waiting it out for a couple hours, our patience paid off. Once the tide started going out, it was on. Literally thousands of bass and perch darting everywhere around us in inches of gin-clear water. We fished all the way to the back of the creek and all the way out catching one after another. We had doubles on 3 or 4 times and at one point I had 7 or 8 in a row. Senkos and texas-rigged worms all day, they wouldn't touch anything else. By the end of the day we had run out of everything and were throwing pieces of worms out, whatever we could find on the bottom of the boat. I lost count but must've caught at least 30, probably more. My partner had nearly as many and towards the end we were just shaking the little ones off. Headed home around dinner time with a couple of worn-out thumbs and a pair of ear-to-ear grins. The only bad part of the day came at the end when my friend's trailer broke as we were pulling the boat out. He ended up having to leave it at the launch area overnight, but we're glad we found out about it at the ramp and not out on the road. Broken trailers, sunburns and slack tides all stink, but when you get to experience one of those rare days like we had this weekend, it makes all seem worth it.

Sounds like a great day of fishing!

Looks like Mattawoman!? Awesome job!

If you caught a fishing pole its my friends he wants it back  ;D

Nice catches!

Looks like you had a great day, I have never fished the Potomac, but a planning a trip in the next two weeks or so. Does anyone have any generic advice to get me started? Where is a good place to launch out of, maybe an area with several options near by. Where have the fish been holding this time of year? I am coming from Richmond, VA. Just FYI I have very limited experience with tidal water. Thanks in advance.

Joe

We fish right by the military base. Throw down the weed lines with a spinnerbait and you will catch some. Around 7 o'clock we have what we have fondly nicknamed "Minnow rain". The first time we honestly thought it was raining until we realized it was all the little fish jumping out of the water like crazy. The fishing only gets better from there until about 9

Super!

well done!