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#1 Jun-03-11 1:43PM

CozUF2001
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Richmond, Virginia
Registered: Mar-26-08
Posts: 1419
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Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

Had the honor of fishing with Curly today on the Potomac. Despite our concern that the launch would be full of trailers with the FLW pros in town, we were pleasantly surprised to see it empty. We quickly unloaded and dropped our first line around 545am.

There was no topwater bite to speak of, but deep diving plugs, silver buddies, and jigs resulted in nearly a dozen bass, 30 stripers, a handful of blue cats, a channel cat, a walleye, and a smallmouth bass. We tried to find a snakehead or two, but came up empty handed. Actually, Curly's first five fish were five different species!

Curly was the LMB master. I contributed some stripers and served as the photographer. Anyhow, here are the pics!

First striper
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Curly_Striper_1_060311.jpg

Walleye
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Curly_Walleye_1_060311.jpg

Nice LMB
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Curly_LMB_1_060311.jpg

Bluecat
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Curly_Bluecat_1_060311.jpg

Smallie
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Curly_SMB_1_060311.jpg

My first striper
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Coz_Striper_1_060311.jpg

Another nice LMB
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Curly_LMB_2_060311.jpg

And another nice LMB
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Curly_LMB_3_060311.jpg

A lunker....NOT
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Coz_LMB_1_060311.jpg

A couple more stripers
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Curly_Striper_3_060311.jpg

http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Curly_Striper_2_060311.jpg

And a keeper striper to end the day
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k385/cozuf2001/Coz_Striper_2_060311.jpg


If it were easy, they'd call it catching!

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#2 Jun-03-11 1:59PM

Bass Hunter
Northern Snakehead
Registered: Oct-19-07
Posts: 727

Re: Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

Looks like you guys had a great day on the water. Some nice looking fish.

Were most of the catches from using deep diving plugs? Looks like Curly was having a lot of luck with the blue plug.

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#3 Jun-03-11 2:19PM

Curly
Patagonian Toothfish
Registered: Mar-15-10
Posts: 5413

Re: Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

I had a 5 fish limit at 9-7 that would have put me in the top 100 FLW, but not to make the top 20 cut.  The majority of stripers came on silver buddies.  If we had just targeted stripers, we would have caught a lot more smile .


Hell or High Water...........I'm Fishin!!   big_smile

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#4 Jun-03-11 2:35PM

Ernie
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From: Ashburn VA
Registered: Feb-03-06
Posts: 15561

Re: Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

Nice! That's some good fishin'!

Some of those pros should have topped in there. I saw one guy yesterday go right over the hump at McNair....never took a look!


Time to go fishin' again!

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#5 Jun-03-11 8:03PM

TyF
Northern Snakehead
From: Ashburn, VA
Registered: Mar-23-11
Posts: 216

Re: Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

Nice fish!!! where on the Potomac are you? I have yet to catch my first striper and the first time we went out my dad caught his first but i just caught blue cats. I would love to try again soon with lures not cut herring.

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#6 Jun-04-11 7:36AM

Curly
Patagonian Toothfish
Registered: Mar-15-10
Posts: 5413

Re: Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

TyF wrote:

Nice fish!!! where on the Potomac are you? ...............

All over in DC waters......4 mile run, Washington channel, tidal pool outflow, Anacostia, etc.


Hell or High Water...........I'm Fishin!!   big_smile

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#7 Jun-04-11 1:24PM

TyF
Northern Snakehead
From: Ashburn, VA
Registered: Mar-23-11
Posts: 216

Re: Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

Cool thanks!! is that easy to get to on a kayak?

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#8 Jun-04-11 2:18PM

Curly
Patagonian Toothfish
Registered: Mar-15-10
Posts: 5413

Re: Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

That's a lot of paddling!  50HP outboard is better big_smile .


Hell or High Water...........I'm Fishin!!   big_smile

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#9 Jun-04-11 8:54PM

redskinsfan360
Patagonian Toothfish
From: VA
Registered: Mar-10-08
Posts: 1389

Re: Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

My friend from the CNU team should have been in that FLW tourney, but got wait listed and no one dropped out.  Glad to see yall did good!

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#10 Jun-05-11 1:15PM

Bob B
Northern Snakehead
From: Vancouver, WA
Registered: Mar-21-08
Posts: 193

Re: Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

Nice report and pix.


Go Fish!

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#11 Jun-06-11 8:54PM

CrankbaitGuy
Member
Registered: Mar-08-11
Posts: 90

Re: Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

Well done.  I wouldn't have expected a walleye below Georgetown.  I caught a SMB in Dyke Marsh years ago and thought we were both hallucinating, but this shows otherwise.

Last edited by CrankbaitGuy (Jun-06-11 8:54PM)

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#12 Jun-07-11 3:48AM

Curly
Patagonian Toothfish
Registered: Mar-15-10
Posts: 5413

Re: Potomac River Report - 06/03/11

CrankbaitGuy wrote:

Well done.  I wouldn't have expected a walleye below Georgetown.  I caught a SMB in Dyke Marsh years ago and thought we were both hallucinating, but this shows otherwise.

Got this 5+ lb "Eye" a year ago down by the airport...........
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb119/cokeempire/FISH%20PICS%2010-08%20on/5-15-10c.jpg


Hell or High Water...........I'm Fishin!!   big_smile

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