Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Greetings all! My name is John Foley of Fairfax, VA. I was introduced to this site by Bob (Osprey). Looks like a good bunch here. And local to me as well. Thanks Bob!

Originally from NYC. Have lived in San Francisco and Richmond, VA. Got started fishing as a kid by an uncle in the lakes and streams near Scranton, PA. Most of my fishing now is in the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River. Striped bass have long been a favorite. When I lived in Richmond I discovered James River smallmouth. Since moving to Fairfax I've discovered Potomac River LM bass. And smallmouth and shad and stripers and big cats and snakeheads! Also into kayak fishing this year. My wife and I tried it while on vacation in Costa Rica last winter. I'm hooked!

I'll offer a small contribution here being a new guy on the forum. If you haven't already seen this it is very, very effective. It's for fluke (flounder) fishing. We're just back from a family trip and had a chance to fish our home waters off NY / NJ. I was stoked to try this technique by JSkinner of LI NY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oKzzpM0-qw

When I lived up that way I often used a bucktail as the weight on a 3-way with a traditional killie/squid sandwich. Why not? It often caught the biggest fluke or something else (bluefish, weakfish). Well, I can certainly vouch for Mr. Skinner's technique! (sorry, no pics. Left the camera on the counter.) Our hosts used the killie/squid combo as usual. Each caught a couple shorts. (18' in NJ) I used the Skinner method exclusively and outfished everyone (even those I observed on the head boats nearby). In 2 hours I caught 10 fish. 3 were keepers up to 22" !!

Hope to meet up with some in the group soon.
Tight lines!
John