11/01/13 Still Skunk Free at Triadelphia

[DanMarino]

[sparky1423]

Nice going Tom! I really like that tandem roadrunner rig in the second pic. Is Triadelphia a good spot for winter crappie?

[Shady]

Is that last one a spotted bass? Didn't know we had them in MD?

[Turtle135]

Nice job Tom! That largemouth looks like she has been stuffing herself getting ready for the winter!

I think that last bass is a largemouth. The mouth looks like it makes it to the back of the eye (largemouth) but the coloration of the lateral line does make it look like some spotted bass I have seen.

[Berto]

Nice Job Tom!

[DanMarino]

The 16 inch largemouth was fat. I saw multiple bass attacking schools of shad at the surface. The crappie and 16 incher came from a branch arm of the lake in an area about 7 feet deep that still had green aquatic vegetation growing. Water temp was 60 degrees. The smaller fish looked like a largemouth to me. It came from a rocky point in an area where I had caught a few smallies in the past. It was also in about 7 feet of water. I like the tandem rig a lot. Good results for trolling a crappie rig.

[DanMarino]

Sparky,
I catch crappie and white perch pretty much every trip I make at Triadelphia. Often there are large schools of crappie in the branch arms of the reservoir. I enjoy catching them and I've had a few large crappies over the years attack spinner baits or x-raps. Most of the crappies that I run into are around 8 or 9 inches long with occasional fish over 10 inches. It is pretty fun finding a school of crappies and then trolling through them numerous times. It is pretty much guaranteed that you'll catch one or two every pass. I don't think Triadelphia is good for winter crappie fishing. The reservoir closes in the winter an opens back up in the spring.