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#1 Oct-23-18 4:17PM

drxfish
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From: Sterling
Registered: Jan-04-14
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Upper Potomac 10/23/18

I passed several deer and 3 were young bucks going to the ramp.  Good sign I figured.  I said hi to Bob who was waiting on Ernie.  I checked out the point, but no fish.  I ran up to a little chute way up river (eventually) and the Cormorants beat me to it.  I started floating an island and found fish in wood near shore with deeper water.  First one was about 11inches, then I hooked this nice 18.5" on a finesse swim bait on a SWM jig.
https://i.imgur.com/veM1y1Z.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/sWSkinT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CKYAWmU.jpg
I thought I was on to something, but I was catching smaller fish on the swim bait and tubes.  I lost a few fish, but nothing felt really big. 
https://i.imgur.com/xn6Enbe.jpg
I tried a small crappie jig spinner in a tree limb and hooked a healthy 17" LM.
https://i.imgur.com/Et7uVyE.jpg
I kept catching fish sporadically, but smaller fish.  I ended up catching one 15" and one 16" smallie on tubes before the bite died off.
https://i.imgur.com/PDKyB2B.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/a0gl29x.jpg
No fish caught (I did get bites) after 3:05pm.  I just floated and fished until 6pm.  Wind kicked up in the afternoon.  Very nice day!  Finished with 17 total.  I had quantity, Ernie got the consistent quality.

Last edited by drxfish (Oct-23-18 4:51PM)


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#2 Oct-23-18 4:33PM

Ernie
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Re: Upper Potomac 10/23/18

6pm? Holy smokes! That's a long day of fishing...I used to be able to do that but that was a long time ago.

Nice catching though....


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#3 Oct-23-18 4:47PM

drxfish
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Re: Upper Potomac 10/23/18

Yeah, it was all for naught...


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#4 Oct-24-18 5:33AM

firemunkee
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Re: Upper Potomac 10/23/18

drxfish wrote:

Yeah, it was all for naught...

A day fishing for naught? Impossible! I think fishing every day has made you jaded tongue


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#5 Oct-24-18 6:13AM

drxfish
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Re: Upper Potomac 10/23/18

I meant the extra 3 hours I stayed without catching fish.  I did have something happen that really bothered me.  I have had some guys cut in front of me while floating before, but yesterday's was the worst.  I was floating an island very slowly using a drag chain.  This guy motors up right toward me from the middle river.  At first, I thought it was Ernie, as we sometimes give progress reports and say hello.  It was a black Express boat with 2guys in it.  After getting close, they move on behind me a ways to float.  A little while later I see they are drifting pretty close behind me.  I keep looking back to see what they are going to do.  They finally troll around me and go immediately in front of me.  I just looked at them.  They did not say anything.  I think they thought I was anchored, as I was drifting closer to them.  Finally, they started floating further away.  Blatant.

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#6 Oct-24-18 6:41AM

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Re: Upper Potomac 10/23/18

I think they moved in behind us at one point but they moved on in a few minutes. Had another one get in front of us while we drifted but he was 150 yards downstream and also moved out quickly.

We saw at least 6 boats yesterday which is unusual for a Tuesday....

Lots of running and gunning. No patience.

Last week, while Jimmy was backing down the ramp to retrieve me, a guy in an expensive jet came right behind him and backed down the ramp. He knew what he was doing. I mentioned that he came a bit close to my trailer while it was coming down the ramp and he just shrugged. No patience. They own the river.


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#7 Oct-24-18 6:49AM

drxfish
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Re: Upper Potomac 10/23/18

If that was the guy with the black inboard jet, he is the guy I got into it with a couple years ago.  HE waits for no one.  The guys wo cut me off were about 20 feet away on either side.  There were a lot of boats out for a Tuesday.  Hopefully, we did better than them! smile

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#8 Oct-24-18 7:00AM

Houli
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Re: Upper Potomac 10/23/18

Nice work out there. I hit goose from 4:30-6:00 last night with 2 hookups and neither landed ...... one was a nice fish .... tis fishing i guess.

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#9 Oct-24-18 7:15AM

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Re: Upper Potomac 10/23/18

drxfish wrote:

If that was the guy with the black inboard jet, he is the guy I got into it with a couple years ago.  HE waits for no one.

THAT'S the guy!


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