Furlough equals fishing

[charlieru]

I am tired of fishing on the Potomac to the point that I have thought about selling my ride. However since I am forced to miss work I'm looking at the possibility of doing a couple of saltwater fishing trips during my Mondays of furlough. I am interested in catching some redfish on marshy areas. Does anyone know of any "productive" or want to suggest any areas within reasonable driving time I can explore? Point Lookout is on my agenda for one of those Mondays (Yet to be determined) and I will do AI from the 28 to the 30. I'm looking at expanding my options. I'm all ears fellow yakers.

[ronaultmtd]

PLO is a productive Potomac River fishery- Lake Conoy has speckled trout and redfish in it- and most of the areas where the reds are is wade fishing- 2 feet and less of water- sorry if I am "burning" anyones spot here, folks- but the man is talking about giving up and selling his yak- most folks pass up the best fishing spots and head out into areas that are "boat magnets"- I see it time and time again...then they bitch about the sorry fishing- we have kayaks- that gives us an unfair advantage- no motor noise and the ability to get into places powerboats can't, yet 90% of the time we see Kayakers side by side with powerboats- not that we can't fish big waters, but that isn't the advantage we have- In my trips I am fishing all by myself - no powerboats any where to be seen- and I am catching fish- 2 feet of water, sometimes less- I have caught four keeper reds in my last three trips- three of those trips were in the Potomac River...yeah, I don't advertise...not smart to have a ton of folks bombard your favorite honey hole...Walleye Pete was sitting 200 yards from me last trip with three clients bailing speckled trout, wishing he could get where I was fishing...he would not appreciate me burning that spot. My 19 1/2 inch speck was caught in 18 inches of water-

You want to get an idea of where to fish- setup a charter with Wallyeye Pete and pay attention to where you are taken...

[jet]

where are you located and how far are you willing to drive?

also, are you just fishing the same area on the potomac? try a different launch!

[charlieru]

PLO is a productive Potomac River fishery- Lake Conoy has speckled trout and redfish in it- and most of the areas where the reds are is wade fishing- 2 feet and less of water- sorry if I am "burning" anyones spot here, folks- but the man is talking about giving up and selling his yak- most folks pass up the best fishing spots and head out into areas that are "boat magnets"- I see it time and time again...then they bitch about the sorry fishing- we have kayaks- that gives us an unfair advantage- no motor noise and the ability to get into places powerboats can't, yet 90% of the time we see Kayakers side by side with powerboats- not that we can't fish big waters, but that isn't the advantage we have- In my trips I am fishing all by myself - no powerboats any where to be seen- and I am catching fish- 2 feet of water, sometimes less- I have caught four keeper reds in my last three trips- three of those trips were in the Potomac River...yeah, I don't advertise...not smart to have a ton of folks bombard your favorite honey hole...Walleye Pete was sitting 200 yards from me last trip with three clients bailing speckled trout, wishing he could get where I was fishing...he would not appreciate me burning that spot. My 19 1/2 inch speck was caught in 18 inches of water-

You want to get an idea of where to fish- setup a charter with Wallyeye Pete and pay attention to where you are taken...

Thanks ronaultmtd

Lake Conoy @ PLO.....checked. I will try this on Monday weather permitting. Thanks for the advice, as always your input is always appreciated.

[charlieru]

where are you located and how far are you willing to drive?

also, are you just fishing the same area on the potomac? try a different launch!

I'll be coming from Woodbridge, VA. I'm looking at driving no more than 1 1/2 hours to 2 hrs with the exception of the long trips I have planned ahead of time. I have launched from Leesylvania, Pohick and Fort Belvoir and it has been great, cannot complaint about that. Is better to have a place to fish than no place at all, It just that after a while catching bass and snakeheads gets kind of boring. I need more excitement!

[elpescador]

A lot of good shallow water fishing in NoNeck. lots of creeks holding keeper pups. spex, etc.