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#1 Apr-08-10 8:42AM
- Curly
- Patagonian Toothfish
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DC Potomac for Rockfish 4-8-10
Had lines in the water by 6am. Was using frozen herring from last year while we tried to jig up some fresh herring. Two hrs later, we had caught nothing (bait or real fish) and saw 3 stripers (~6-20+ lbs) landed by 2 nearby boats (using fresh herring). Went up to Fletcher's and bought $10 worth of fresh herring. Continued fishing from 8:30-10 am and only managed 3 turd rollers up to about 6 lbs. The bite definately shut down by 8:30. We did manage 2 herring in the last hour. "Bait has to be fresh" was the word. Wind picked up at 10 am and we headed home. Will try again tomorrow morning.
Hell or High Water...........I'm Fishin!!
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#2 Apr-08-10 8:58AM
Re: DC Potomac for Rockfish 4-8-10
Looking forward to tomorrow - maybe the cold weather will keep the others off the water and we can have it all to ourselves! haha
If it were easy, they'd call it catching!
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#3 Apr-08-10 2:22PM
- Ernie
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Re: DC Potomac for Rockfish 4-8-10
Nice day to be out.....got a front moving in.....could stir things up for tomorrow!!
I heard the herring were thick but they were more towards the cove.
Time to go fishin' again!
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#4 Apr-08-10 2:40PM
- Curly
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Re: DC Potomac for Rockfish 4-8-10
Pacemaker wrote:
................I heard the herring were thick but they were more towards the cove.
Nope...............and nope..................we looked.
Hell or High Water...........I'm Fishin!!
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#5 Apr-08-10 2:48PM
- Ernie
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Re: DC Potomac for Rockfish 4-8-10
The fly guys were complaining that the herring were nipping at their shad flies....a nuisance! 
Just reporting what they were reporting....
Time to go fishin' again!
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