Who's getting in some fishing?

[gtodave]

Nice job Ed. Filet knife got a workout for sure.

 

[Mr H]

Well, I renewed my license today.

Guy asked me what I was looking to catch. "Probably grief."

Not really, but it sounded good. Thing is, I renew it every year, then hardly ever find myself getting out to drown so much as a single worm.

 

[TI-tick]

Well, I renewed my license today.

Guy asked me what I was looking to catch. "Probably grief."

Not really, but it sounded good. Thing is, I renew it every year, then hardly ever find myself getting out to drown so much as a single worm.

Thanks for the reminder.
I'll jump back into the CA mountain trout fishing action in about a month.
One of the reasons I'm still in CA.

 

[E.Shell]

Nice haul Ed!

Thanks.

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.

Might still be a little cool out there to turn on the crappies. Might find them against the north shore. It just got good for us over on the shore in the last week or so.

Nice job Ed.

Thank you.

Filet knife got a workout for sure.

Yes it did. It's an old Rapala and is still sharp.

We're going to hit the ponds for a little more meat fishing, then gear up for the Red Drum/F'N Skate run for a catch & release workout.

 

[Dantheman]

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.

IMO the best bank fishing at Loch Raven is when we're in a drought and the water is low. It just opens up so much more access. It's an excellent Bass fishery but I think it's an even better fishery for White Perch and Pickerel. If anyone wants to target Pickerel, go to Loch Raven and target Crappie, you'll get sick of catching Pickerel.

 

[Baldheaded]

IMO the best bank fishing at Loch Raven is when we're in a drought and the water is low. It just opens up so much more access. It's an excellent Bass fishery but I think it's an even better fishery for White Perch and Pickerel. If anyone wants to target Pickerel, go to Loch Raven and target Crappie, you'll get sick of catching Pickerel.

Yes there is no shortage of Pickerel there. The only time I will catch a white perch there is in the spring and that is pretty rare. By mid-April things will heat up there.

 

[Baldheaded]

I am guessing this thread is quiet now because of all the rain and wind lately. Somebody must be catching them. Is it you? Lets get this thread going again.....

 

[steves1911]

I was suppose to be fishing raystown this weekend but they closed all the ramps untill further notice due to high water. Upper potomac looks to be too high for my liking until around Monday at the best. Might try greenbrier just to wet a line and get out on the boat for a bit this weekend.

 

[E.Shell]

I am guessing this thread is quiet now because of all the rain and wind lately. Somebody must be catching them. Is it you? Lets get this thread going again.....

The temperature dropped, so we're taking a break, but we wait for warm windy & rainy days. Looks like it's going to be cool and sunny for a while and we won't get another promising day until next week.

We fished on some private irrigation ponds near Federalsburg last Wednesday - warm overcast day. Walked the shorelines. I caught 10 bass and a pickerel, all small, on a small RattleTrap. My buddy caught 6-7 bass, same 12-14" size, using a jig & pig.

Fished Monday morning in the driving rain, which was much more comfy than spending Monday morning in my office. Put the boat on a DE millpond for about 4 hours. Caught 7 keeper crappies and 3 keeper yellow perch between us, although I think my buddy caught most. Let a bunch of small bass, crappie & yellow perch go and my partner caught a bass that was about 3# that was also released. I lost a 2-3# pickerel at the boat. We drifted minnows on little shad darts under a bobber and casted RattleTraps. Crappie are still carrying eggs.

 

[pleasant1911]

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.

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Can you eat those fish. Only fresh water fish I ever eaten was a catfish. Do want to try some snake fishing

 

[E.Shell]

Can you eat those fish. Only fresh water fish I ever eaten was a catfish. Do want to try some snake fishing

Yes, both Crappie and Yellow Perch are excellent eating. I filet them, skin the filets and lightly fry. Snakeheads are very good, with mild-flavored, firm chunky white meat.

 

[Baldheaded]

I am hoping to get back out soon. Thinking my next trip is going to be the Potomac River out of Fort Washington. That way if the bass aren't biting we can probably catch some big catfish or maybe a snakehead. Can't fish there on a windy day. That part of the main river is killer in the wind.

 

[E.Shell]

I used to fish out of Ft. Washington quite a bit. I'd put in and putt out to the mouth of the creek by the lighthouse, drop some nightcrawlers on the bottom and catch some eels. We'd cut the eels into 2" pieces and take them up the river to a spot just above the mouth of Swan Creek. There is a spot on the north shore just above the creek that is fouled with old broken down pier timbers. We use slip sinkers/fish-finder rigs with the eels and let the tide carry the bait into that mess. Was nothing to catch 15 or more 10# cats on a spring/early summer evening.

 

[gtodave]

I was suppose to be fishing raystown this weekend but they closed all the ramps untill further notice due to high water. Upper potomac looks to be too high for my liking until around Monday at the best. Might try greenbrier just to wet a line and get out on the boat for a bit this weekend.

Monday they're calling for the river to still be around 7 feet...still pretty high to fish IMO. It crested at 15.5' yesterday. Expect some new logs scattered around.

 

[hooligan82]

Today was opening day for the loch raven fishing center. I saw three boats on the water when I crossed the Dulaney Valley road bridge at 7:30 this morning. Around noon, I crossed it again, and there was no one on the water.

I think with all of the rain along with cooler weather fishing is going to be slow there. I brought my rod to work, and I might try my luck on my way home depending on how bad the wind is.

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[steves1911]

Monday they're calling for the river to still be around 7 feet...still pretty high to fish IMO. It crested at 15.5' yesterday. Expect some new logs scattered around.

Yeah we ventured out on the four locks stretch a few weeks ago when the Hancock gauge was a little over 10 feet that's as high as I'll go and still launch the boat. 7 feet sounds like good conditions for catfishing to me this time of year especially around the dams. The flatheads that are growing in numbers on the potomac love flooded timber!

 

[Baldheaded]

Today was opening day for the loch raven fishing center. I saw three boats on the water when I crossed the Dulaney Valley road bridge at 7:30 this morning. Around noon, I crossed it again, and there was no one on the water.

I think with all of the rain along with cooler weather fishing is going to be slow there. I brought my rod to work, and I might try my luck on my way home depending on how bad the wind is.

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Loch Raven is one of my favorite spring spots. The wind is not your friend there. To hard controlling the boat and getting around.

 

[Baldheaded]

I used to fish out of Ft. Washington quite a bit. I'd put in and putt out to the mouth of the creek by the lighthouse, drop some nightcrawlers on the bottom and catch some eels. We'd cut the eels into 2" pieces and take them up the river to a spot just above the mouth of Swan Creek. There is a spot on the north shore just above the creek that is fouled with old broken down pier timbers. We use slip sinkers/fish-finder rigs with the eels and let the tide carry the bait into that mess. Was nothing to catch 15 or more 10# cats on a spring/early summer evening.

There are giant catfish in that area of the river. Very deep water and strong currents. I caught a 50 pounder there last spring.

 

[steves1911]

Didn't have much luck today water temp has dropped back to 48 the upper potomac is muddy and cold with a lot of debris still floating around. We managed a little 12" walleye trolling a shad rap and that was it. Will try again this weekend hopefully the Warmer Temps this week will wake em up.

 

[John from MD]

Anyone been out on the Severn yet? It's a little too cold and windy to put my kayak in but sometime in the next two weeks I'm sure that will change.