Pacemaker Fishing Forum

With the rain tomorrow, and holiday weekend I figured today would be the best day to get out for the next few days. HT was at 9AM, so I planned to fish way back in the Pond if the water temp had come up. Got to the ramp at 7:30A and saw 3 MLF rigs, there's an event next weekend and they're here pre-fishing. Their rigs are pretty darn cool to see...4 to 5 big 12" screens, power poles, 250 4 stroke mercs, the whole 9 yards.

Water was still stained, but temps were up to 78, a big jump from 71 two weeks ago. I started with a Keitech Noisy Flapper but there wasn't much topwater action going on, so I switched to a plastic swimbait, rigged with a weedless underspin. That was the ticket, they wanted it just waking under the surface, and the water was way cleaned back here. I got a nice 2lber and then a 3.9lber along the grass edge and spatterdock. I also missed about 4 other hits, possibly snakeheads.



The water rolled out quick by 11AM and I was back in the channel throwing the swimmy against the stumps on the other side to no avail. Off the water by Noon....and saw this guy....crab traps at Mattawoman?