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The plan was to get out early and do a half day before the holiday weekend crowd. We had some pretty heavy thunderstorms last evening, but the gauge at Point of Rocks showed no rise. The level was about 4 feet. I was on the water by 5:45am and there was nice green water color and a beautiful sunrise.
I tried topwater for a bit, but got no fish. I tried a couple other baits and had a fish bite off the tail of a swim bait, but no hookups. The forecast was for a cold front to blow in with NW winds of 10-15mph. The wind started picking up and I knew the water would get muddy from the storm runoff. I worked an island shoreline with a spinnerbait and caught a 17" catfish with a full belly after about 10 casts.
At least I got bit. I worked the shoreline with the spinnerbait, swimbait and cranks mostly. I got no other bites. The wind was blowing hard and the water was getting muddier. After I worked most of the island, I decided to move up river to see if I could get out of the wind or find clearer water. The MD shoreline was a little shielded from the wind, but was muddy. I ran over to the VA side and it was getting muddy from the waves. I stayed off the shore a little and cast a Limber-Blade spinnerbait with a large hammered gold willow and Colorado blades. I had a keitech swim bait on for a trailer. I started throwing it toward the middle of the river and about 5 casts in, I hooked a feisty 15" smallie. That was a pleasant surprise.
I floated and cast the spinnerbait for maybe an hour, but no more bites. The water was pretty muddy at this point, so I decided to get off the water at 11:00am. I only caught the 2 fish, but it was not a bust.
Happy Memorial Day weekend to all!
Last edited by drxfish (May-24-19 1:53PM)
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You're an animal!
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Nice sunrise pic...and smallie eye!!
The place was busy when I dropped the boat off this afternoon. Would definitely test our patience!
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