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#1 Aug-20-18 3:53PM

drxfish
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Sterling
Registered: Jan-04-14
Posts: 2974

Upper Potomac 8/20/18

I had a long day today, starting at 6:00am.  My first fish was my biggest and I caught it on a quad blade spinnerbait.  It hit hard and was a chunky 17.75" long.
https://i.imgur.com/QOZhWfE.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/P5kSxXt.jpg
I ran up river and it took a while to catch my next fish.  It hit a crankbait I threw when I saw something chasing bait.  It was a skinny 14.5".
https://i.imgur.com/2uzlG1b.jpg
The weather was perfect with mostly cloudy skies, breezy and a high of about 80 degrees.  I anchored some and used the drag chain to float.  Fishing was slow for a while.  I caught a couple small fish on crankbaits.  I finally tied on a tube and ended up catching about 6 just floating and dragging.  A couple rocks held several fish and I lost a few that I could not get a hook into.  One fish I fought all the way to the boat and the tube pulled out of it's mouth right when I was grabbing the net.  It came right back and grabbed the tube and I landed the fish.  Most of the fish I caught were small.  I had not caught that many small fish all year.  I did lose one nice fish (maybe 15 or 16 inches) that jumped and threw the tube right at the boat.

After that, the wind picked up and I caught 3 fish on a green spinnerbait.  Again, nothing big, but healthy 12 inchers or so.  I caught one on an AC Shiner.  I had 12 fish total when I decided to try an island shoreline with the Whopper Plopper.  A couple of casts in, I hooked a solid 17.5"er.
https://i.imgur.com/Ud7Xjzd.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/EMcvF5G.jpg
I caught 2 more smaller fish after that with the Plopper and I had one jump completely out of the water, but missed it.  I then followed up with a tube and caught the fish.
Ernie called me and said he was putting in with Paul Naj.  They ran up and said hi before heading up river. 

I did not catch any more and headed in,  I got off the water about 5:20pm with a total of 16 fish caught.  It was a long, but fun day with sporadic action.


Always wishin' I was fishin'

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#2 Aug-20-18 6:28PM

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

Re: Upper Potomac 8/20/18

Man...you are hard core...almost 12 hours on the water!


Time to go fishin' again!

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#3 Aug-21-18 6:43AM

hookup
Patagonian Toothfish
Registered: Jan-31-12
Posts: 2301

Re: Upper Potomac 8/20/18

Nice job DrX

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#4 Aug-21-18 6:51AM

Paul Naj
Northern Snakehead
Registered: May-20-08
Posts: 385

Re: Upper Potomac 8/20/18

Good to meet you yesterday John. Some nice quality fish there. Great job.

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#5 Aug-21-18 6:52AM

drxfish
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Sterling
Registered: Jan-04-14
Posts: 2974

Re: Upper Potomac 8/20/18

I am feeling it today.  Not too bad, but my shoulder is sore from casting.  The weather was comfortable and every time I thought about quitting, I would get a bite.


Always wishin' I was fishin'

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