Hello to all, newbie to the site, seems like a lot of good people and good fishing. Great combination.

Been searching around for some different places to fish. Recently moved to Germantown MD, been fishing Little Seneca but not having much luck. I don't have a boat, and there gets to be so many people around makes it hard. Best so far is an 18 inch largemouth. Been doing okay when they hit top water but no luck whatsoever otherwise. Anyone got any hints for a poor bank fisherman

Also, any good places around to take a 9 year old, my daughter loves to fish with me?

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and I took up bass fishing.

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I'm sure some one knows your area sure just hang tight  8-)

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All I can say is keep trying new stuff, I like to fish crappie jigs off of the shores. Just experiment and see what works there...and Welcome!

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Falcon

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If you take Route 28 to Dickerson, there are several good places to fish from the bank. If you're coming from Germantown, take Route 118 to 28 and go north toward Frederick. You can take a left on Martinsbug Rd. before you get to Dickerson (go left at the flashing light at the 90 degree turn on 28) and there is a public fishing area a mile or so down there. Also, you can go through Dickerson and take a left on Mouth of Monocacy Road, about a half mile past Dickerson. Follow it to the end and you'll see the Monocacy Aqueduct. The Monocacy feeds into the Potomac here.

Both places have paths that lead to the bank, you should be able to find some quiet space for yourself and your daughter. Catfishing can be good, best at night, and there are plenty of bluegills to be caught. Smallmouths are the predominate bass here, for largemouths you can fish the tidal Potomac from DC southward. For the Dickerson area smallies, Roostertails fished on ultralight tackle works well. The fish aren't generally very large, but are a lot of fun to catch on ultralight. The catfish will take nightcrawlers or chicken liver. The water gets extremely low during the summer if you don't get much rain, but there are some deeper spots that will hold fish.

Farther upriver near Harpers Ferry, WV, you can find some larger smallies in the pools, wading is a good way to fish here.

Hope this helps, good luck!

Fishing from the shore or a dock for bluegill and crappie is great for kids because its fun and fast. Hell, when I get bored and im not hitting anything I switch to bluegill  :-[

For both I like to use powerbait Crappie Bites, on a small hook for bluegill and on the end of a small crappie jig for crappie.

Hey welcome to the forum.  I'm from Maryland too.  You should visit www.dnr.maryland.gov.  They have all kinds of places listed where you can fish.  I live in the Greenbelt area, so I fish the local stuff around here.  

 

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Thanks for all the responses and tips. I look forward to trying out the places Fendercaster suggested. Need to see what the weather does the next couple of days and figure out what night to go after working.

My daughter is definately looking forward to fishing these areas. She loves using soft plastics for smallmouth. She won't use live bait anymore.

Maybe if I get a few I can post some picks.

 Most of my fishing is done from the bank. The only baits I don't use often, that you would use from a boat, are diving crankbaits. They tend to get hung way too often ($$).

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I'm from Germantown, too!

...well,

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