Thursday 10/13 Jonas Green

Launching at Jonas Green Park at 7 am (approx). ALL WELCOME to join in

Harry

[Mark]

See you there and then.

[J. Rentch]

See you at 7:15, hope we get into them!

[Mark]

See you at 7:15, hope we get into them!

No, no...Only one 25 inch fish for you per week.

You can come but you must agree to shake the big ones off so that others can catch them.

[Crotalus]

I think I'll join you guys in the morning.

[On the fly]

I think I'll join you guys in the morning.

Great, see you then!
Harry

[Steve6902]

Wish I could get the day off to go with you guys. Could you please post any pics and fish reports. Thinking of going on Saturday. Thanks

[brianisoutside]

I am heading out tomorrow after work. If you don't mind posting what pattern seemed to work I'd appreciate it.


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[Mark]

I am heading out tomorrow after work. If you don't mind posting what pattern seemed to work I'd appreciate it.

I wish I could give you a good pattern but I cannot because I had a tough day.

I didn't troll. I tossed a flyrod and a spinning rod and picked up only one striper in 4 hours of fishing.

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I got it on a perch spinner in one of the Severn's tribs.

The other guys had more success. However, we fished opposite ends and opposite sides of the river. I was a lone wolf today and I chose poorly. I should have stayed with them.

I can tell you this:

Uprooted grass was prevalent in the big river.

Also, there was a significant oil spill between the Number 2 Channel Marker and the Route 50 Bridge. I could smell it and see it. It covered a lot of water.

It's days like this that remind me that I catch fish only when the fish allow me to catch them. I'm totally at their mercy.

I hope your fortunes tomorrow are better than mine were today.

[J.A. Veil]

As Mark noted, there was a large amount of filamentous plant debris floating in the water. I had to check my lines frequently and often found grass fouling the hooks. The bite between 7:30 and 9:30 was lousy. I covered a lot of ground from Jonas Green to the river mouth and had just two dinks to show for my effort (I did get a good upper-body workout from all the paddling, so it was not a total waste).

[Crotalus]

Yep, a slow morning here as well. I fished until 12:45 and caught only 9 rock and 2 perch. I went to the mouth of the Severn with most of the other folks, there was a heavy fog.

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It started ok with a 19" fish on just before I got to the David Taylor building.

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Not far beyond that I saw a small school on the FF and caught a 16" followed by a 13". A little further out there were lots of marks in 20' of water so I dropped down to jig and snagged a small perch.

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I ended up catching 3 more 13-14" fish before deciding to troll all the way back up to Weems. Not a single fish on the way there and the creek looked pretty dead compared to the last week or so when the bunker were everywhere. I trolled through and did mark a few small schools of bait. Eventually my rod went down and I pulled in a 20 incher. Caught an 18" fish not too long after but it was definitely slow in the creek. On the way back I threw a spinner to the docks between Manresa and Jonas and didn't catch a single perch (lots of fish there this summer). Perhaps all the marks out near the mouth were perch that have now left their shallow summer haunts. (I had one more ~13" rock in shallow near Manresa if anyone is checking my math)

[brianisoutside]

I was out tonight after work. Got into two schools, one teens sized fish and the other just a bunch of 10 inches. I did manage to get my first double with the small fish


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[Steve6902]

Question, what Lbs Test leader are you guys using?? I have 65 Lbs braid with a 50 Lbs mono leader. This is what I use when I go after cats. Thanks

[FishMoken]

Question, what Lbs Test leader are you guys using?? I have 65 Lbs braid with a 50 Lbs mono leader. This is what I use when I go after cats. Thanks

I use 40lb braid with a 30lb leader.


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[brianisoutside]

I have 15 flouro on my rods


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