Went on an evening trip on the Potomac last night at Swainslock. It was a beautiful night. Water was clear. There was decent amount of people on the river. Saw a few wade fishers, a kayaker (looked like he had a Native Mariner), a Pontoon, and a couple guys in a canoe. Good night for wildlife. I saw the normal assortment of Great Blue Herons, Green Heron, and Kingfishers. There were deer and while portaging back to the truck I saw a very pretty Red Fox.
The sunfish and baby Bass were plentiful just as in the Brunswick trip last week. I ended up with 4 curly tail grubs sans tails by the end of the night.
All in all I did well. I picked up about a dozen smallies and a couple sunfish. The average size on the smallies was better than on the Brunswick trip. About half exceeded the 12" mark. Early on I caught my fish on curly tail grubs. They had to be swimming. No bites on the craw, or on the grub if it was on the bottom.
Had a nice surprise, caught a small largemouth on the fluke as well.
About an hour before sunset I encountered a very strong fluke bite. I was fishing a fluke like a surface bait. I wasn't using the "normal" fluke. I was using a white Zoom Baby fluke that has a paddle tail. It looks more like a cross between a small fluke and a money minnow. I love that bait. They liked it fished fairly slow so you had to keep the rod tip really high. I missed more than I hooked but I picked up most of my fish in that last hour. Same thing happened to me there last year when I had a fantastic outing and was fishing a Rapala like a topwater around the boulders.
Unfortunately I left my camera at home so no pics. Maybe next time.
The sunfish and baby Bass were plentiful just as in the Brunswick trip last week. I ended up with 4 curly tail grubs sans tails by the end of the night.
All in all I did well. I picked up about a dozen smallies and a couple sunfish. The average size on the smallies was better than on the Brunswick trip. About half exceeded the 12" mark. Early on I caught my fish on curly tail grubs. They had to be swimming. No bites on the craw, or on the grub if it was on the bottom.
Had a nice surprise, caught a small largemouth on the fluke as well.
About an hour before sunset I encountered a very strong fluke bite. I was fishing a fluke like a surface bait. I wasn't using the "normal" fluke. I was using a white Zoom Baby fluke that has a paddle tail. It looks more like a cross between a small fluke and a money minnow. I love that bait. They liked it fished fairly slow so you had to keep the rod tip really high. I missed more than I hooked but I picked up most of my fish in that last hour. Same thing happened to me there last year when I had a fantastic outing and was fishing a Rapala like a topwater around the boulders.
Unfortunately I left my camera at home so no pics. Maybe next time.
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