I'm going to head out of Leesyvania tomorrow and will be fishing the tidal portion of the Potomac. I'll probably head over to either Mattawomen or Quantico creek. I have been told that with the fall weather, the bass will move up into the creeks following the bait fish to fatten up for the winter. But, its supposed to very cold tonight with tomorrow being sunny and cool, and I am wondering if the fish will stay in the deeper (warmer?) water in the morning and wait to move up into the shallows until the afternoon, after the sun has time to warm things up.

So the current idea is to fish the the offshore points at the heads of the creeks in the morning with crankbaits and spinner baits, and then move into the creek channels as the day warms up.

Looks like I am going to miss low tide (7:30AM) by about a half hour.

Looking for input on general patterns to employ on the Potomac this time of year.

Steve, check out the following.

Good luck.

http://www.dcbass.com/

http://www.penrodsgu...shingreport.htm

http://www.fishin.co.../potomacrvr.htm