Who's getting in some fishing?

[Applehd]

... then head over to Earl's Hide-Away for a cold one and a giant slice of pizza afterward...

Sebastian Inlet is directly across the ditch...

 

[One shot]

If going lifep04 all you need is a single 36v 55ah or 60ah battery. Same size as a group 31. I've run it all day on the river and still had 65% capacity at the end of the day.

That's the route I will be taking. Do you have a onboard charger?

 

[steves1911]

That's the route I will be taking. Do you have a onboard charger?

I have a minn kota digital to charge the starting batteries and I picked up a 36v golf cart charger for the lifepo4 but it doesn't stay onboard. Hard to find a true onboard charger for 36v

 

[One shot]

I have a minn kota digital to charge the starting batteries and I picked up a 36v golf cart charger for the lifepo4 but it doesn't stay onboard. Hard to find a true onboard charger for 36v

Thanks for the info.

 

[hooligan82]

I just got back from loch raven for the first time out this year. I got one largemouth after being there for about 3 minutes. Only fish of the day, but it was nice to get out.

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[davsco]

other than a small blue thurs and a small spanish sunday, skunked at sebastian inlet pier. very rocky bottom with lots of stuck and cutoff rigs. prob saw 4-5 snook both days combined. did an offshore today where we basically parked just off the pier and nothing, tried a few other places and mostly nothing. bummer but today at least was pretty nice weather, light winds.

 

[Baldheaded]

I just got back from loch raven for the first time out this year. I got one largemouth after being there for about 3 minutes. Only fish of the day, but it was nice to get out.

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Loch Raven is really good fishing in the spring time. One of my favorite places to fish. I always rent a boat and make a day of it. Nice fish.

 

[hooligan82]

Loch Raven is really good fishing in the spring time. One of my favorite places to fish. I always rent a boat and make a day of it. Nice fish.

Thanks. I rent boats sometimes, but mostly fish from the bank like today as it's on my way home from work. I don't think the fishing center opens until early April to rent boats.

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[Speed3]

Thanks. I rent boats sometimes, but mostly fish from the bank like today as it's on my way home from work. I don't think the fishing center opens until early April to rent boats.

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Can you launch a kayak anytime?

 

[hooligan82]

Can you launch a kayak anytime?

No.

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[Russ D]

You need a permit for Loch Raven and they limited the amount this year to a much smaller number. It’s already been sold out for a few weeks.

 

[mauser58]

Friday I fished my first time this year at Bush and Gunpowder. Just seeing if any yellow perch and also whites. The rain last week screwed the spawn run up. White perch are starting I heard. Didn't get a hit at all using spinners and jigs at a few spillways at work. It wont be long and a mess of perch and bass will be there hitting.

 

[steves1911]

We hit the four locks stretch of the upper potomac today. It's still up quite a bit and flowing strong. Lots of debris in the water. We didn't manage to boat a single fish ( I lost a dink smallmouth on a jerkbait at the boat) was very nice to be out though and dust some cobwebs off the gear.

 

[outrider58]

We hit the four locks stretch of the upper potomac today. It's still up quite a bit and flowing strong. Lots of debris in the water. We didn't manage to boat a single fish ( I lost a dink smallmouth on a jerkbait at the boat) was very nice to be out though and dust some cobwebs off the gear.

Did you stay in the 'lake' area or run up river? Try any hair jigs and pigs?

 

[steves1911]

Did you stay in the 'lake' area or run up river? Try any hair jigs and pigs?

Mostly upriver ..no hair jigs I didn't have any heavy enough even in the Eddie's behind the cliffs. Mostly threw a 1/2oz jig with rage craw and a pointer 100 all day. The area closer to dam had enough floating debris it looked like you could walk across. The river really needs another couple days to settle down and get all the debris cleared out after this weekends rain. Word of caution if anybody hits the upper potomac soon the ramps are caked in mud plan accordingly.

 

[gtodave]

Mostly upriver ..no hair jigs I didn't have any heavy enough even in the Eddie's behind the cliffs. Mostly threw a 1/2oz jig with rage craw and a pointer 100 all day. The area closer to dam had enough floating debris it looked like you could walk across. The river really needs another couple days to settle down and get all the debris cleared out after this weekends rain. Word of caution if anybody hits the upper potomac soon the ramps are caked in mud plan accordingly.

I hit PoR yesterday to try out some gear. That ramp was fine...just a few spots of mud. There is a local guy there that cleans it up sometimes, so that helps. Water is still high/muddy. I threw a chatterbait about 20 times and a grub about 10 times...nothing doing. Had the dogs with me so I couldn't really FISH fish. A guy at the ramp said he was out all day Wednesday and got nothing, so I didn't feel too bad about not fishing harder.

 

[hooligan82]

My brother and I went to the eastern shore today and fished the choptank. I was using a beetle spin and got a 10" white perch. We both had a few more strikes, but this was the only fish landed.

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[Slackdaddy]

You need a permit for Loch Raven and they limited the amount this year to a much smaller number. It’s already been sold out for a few weeks.

Rationing the natural resources, just like out west.
Too many people, to few resources.

 

[E.Shell]

Four of us took two little boats to Delaware and hit some ponds Friday. Warm + overcast + light breeze = early-season Crappie time.

Drift fishing minnows on 1/32nd and 1/64th ounce shad darts under a bobber, 6# mono. We let about a half-dozen bigger Pickerel go, but kept some small ones for crab bait. A couple of the biggest ones we released were between 4 & 5 pounds. Let quite a few smaller Crappies and smaller Yellow Perch go. A few of the Perch and Crappies were pretty good sized. The boards under the fish are rough-cut 5/4 x 12s.

The Yellow Perch were spawned out. The Crappie eggs are just starting to develop, so they won't spawn for another few weeks. The larger Pickerel on the left had a 5" bluegill in him - that's the shadow on his stomach.

 

[Speed3]

Nice haul Ed! We went out to rocky gap today looking for crappie with no luck. Did end up with 5 trout between the 2 of us.

That wind was wild in the kayak today.