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So I decided to check out Goose Creek downstream from Rt7. Passing over it on the way home from Beaverdam it looked like there was plenty of water. That wasn’t really the case so I had to some pushing with the paddle despite doing my best to stay in the deepest water. Closer to Riverside Pkwy I found some deeper spots. I could see plenty of small sunfish and occasionally some bass. There was a big log next to shore with about 4ft of water. Bass were schooling there but they weren’t hungry. One had to be at least 2lb. The bitsy minnow and beetlespin were ignored. They were curious of some plastic worms.
So I continued downstream and eventually swapped out the white bitsy minnow for a fire tiger one. I couple casts of that and it got nailed about 10ft from the yak. Setting the hook resulted in what looked to be a palm-size sunfish flying past my face and coming of the hook before it hit the water on the other side of the yak. I guess there’s fish there. A couple more casts and I got this 10” smallie. It put up more of a fight than any of the LMB I’ve caught this year.
Down by the bridge I caught these uhh…whatever they are sunfish. Are these Longear hybrids or something? I can't find any photos that match these exactly.
One little greenie too.
Also saw a ~15” channel cat swimming around under the bridge.
On the way back, still using the firetiger bitsy minnow, I got another smallie, 9”. Another tough fighter and it jumped for me.
And some more sunfish.
Then I hooked up with what had to be a 2lb+ LMB. It was sitting under some branches along the bank. It wasn’t fighting at all compared to the smallie, but a shake of it’s head got it off. : (
In this same area I saw some 10lb carp swimming around.
Got one final smallie, again 10”, on a cast I really wasn’t expecting anything since it was really shallow but happened to be under a large overhanging tree. This one jumped for me too. It's lower jaw looks like it got split in two at some time but has since healed.
Not bad for just a few hours. These are the first smallies I’ve caught in the creek.
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T, don't take this the wrong way but I think youre wasting your time with these baby baits man, I know if you starting throwing some real sized cranks and losing the swivels when fishing a worm you should be seeing more quality fish, you've got the yak and I know you have the know how so as a fellow fisherman I would love to see you out there pulling in some hawgs man, I know you're already having a blast just being out there but I really think you would enjoy it more if you're pulling in some big fish and not those pesky gills. And like I said before please don't take this the wrong way I just want to see ya get on good fish.
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Don't be afraid to throw the bigger baits. I catch a wide range of smallmouth on baits ranging from 4.5" finesse worms to 6" fluke-style baits. Sometimes the big ones will be in the mood for downsized baits, but many times the bigger baits will entice the bigger fish. Of course it all depends on what you are comfortable throwing but it never hurts to expand your repertoire. I'm still working on adding deep diving crankbaits to the list of techniques with which I am competent.
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Goose Creek is my favorite part on the upper..i could spend all day there! Glad to see you are having luck there! I need to start throwing bigger baits as well!!! Crankbaits (deep and medium/shallow) is what I have been been trying to get the hang of but it is tough. ..
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That's two trips in one day.....good work on that skinny water.
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that is a fine report.
the bluegill like fish you caught look like what i call warmouths.
i think goose creek smallmouth are a blast. those little guys are tough
as a small-bait man myself, i'll rise in favor of your approach. i think your offering was an ideal choice for that water yesterday. the ten inch bluegill from beaverdam was impressive as well.
i may head down there myself
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bigjeffie wrote:
as a small-bait man myself, i'll rise in favor of your approach. i think your offering was an ideal choice for that water yesterday.
i may head down there myself
There is not a lot of water to work with and there really aren't any large bass to be had. Average depth was two feet. I did throw a Bomber A in the largest deepest (4ft) area I found to try to get that one LMB I lost.
I'm planning to fish Kepheart to the river and the river after work this week as long as the likelihood for storms is low.
Last edited by T. (Jun-27-10 8:02AM)
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Try between Riverside Pkwy and Kepheart. There should be some deeper spots there and there are certainly more decent bass to be had.
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Just curious, I fish a lot at Kipheart and where Goose empties into the Potomac. It's all bank fishing though. I am about to pull the trigger on a canoe or a yak, and it looks like there are some deep spots the whole way down from Kipheart on down. Is this the case?
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It's not all that deep. Generally about 6ft and 8 closer to the river. There's a big hole right as it enters the river.
This is basically what it looks like at the mouth.
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There is also some decent wading just downstream from the Kepheart Rapids.
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Nice report! What camera are you using?
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AndrewDo124 wrote:
Nice report! What camera are you using?
Nikon D40
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