Where to go tomorrow for a lazy day?

[bunnielab]

I have been out of twon for the past 6-7 weeks and tomorrow is my first chance to get out and fish.
I am looking for somewhere in the Annapolious area where I jcan spend a lazy morning paddeling around docks and maybe catch a perch or three. I have no idea what conditions are like these days and would love any suggestions about what river to hit and where to launch from. I was going to head to the Rhode via Carr's warf but I allways go there and it is a bit full of power boats on the weekend in any case.


Thanks.

[dsiekman]

Never done it myself but I've heard you can launch at any of the public parks in Eastport. That'd be easy access to Spa Creek.

[Mbae]

ill be launching from jonas green park tomorrow morning around 10.

[J.A. Veil]

You can launch from: a) the Tucker St ramp into Weems Creek; b) Truxton Park into Spa Creek; c) Ellen Moyer Water Park into Back Creek; or d) Jonas Green into mainstem Severn.

[bunnielab]

What exactly is the deal with the Tucker St ramp? Is it a public ramp or a neighborhood-only thing like Mayo Beach?

[dsiekman]

You can launch from: a) the Tucker St ramp into Weems Creek; b) Truxton Park into Spa Creek; c) Ellen Moyer Water Park into Back Creek; or d) Jonas Green into mainstem Severn.

John, I had been told that you can launch from any of the small "end of street" parks (Severn Ave, 4th St, etc). Is that not accurate?

[J.A. Veil]

What exactly is the deal with the Tucker St ramp? Is it a public ramp or a neighborhood-only thing like Mayo Beach?

Public ramp. You cannot park a trailer on the street there unless you have a City of Annapolis sticker. Parking is limited -- obey the signs and curb markings.

John, I had been told that you can launch from any of the small "end of street" parks (Severn Ave, 4th St, etc). Is that not accurate?

Doug - You are correct about launching. The biggest challenge is finding a parking spot either a) at all, or b) that allows you more than a two-hour stay. If you find such a parking space, you are welcome to use the street end launch.

I rarely see anyone mention launching from the Ellen Moyer water park. It is on the south side of Back Creek near Bert Jabin's yacht yard. I have launched from there before then headed over to Greenbury Pt (slightly closer than launching from Jonas Green).

[bunnielab]

So I ended up heading to Church Creek by way of Homeport Park. Spent a lovely 5ish hours paddeling around.

Only caught two fish, both 6-8" WP, but I did give my new anchor a test run and now I am much more confident that I can improve my dock/pier fishing by virtue of being able to remain stationary. I explored all of Church creek and went a little way into the South River but I am still a bit leery of heading out into warer that big.

All in all a great morning.

[BeyondTheBounds]

Good info about the launches. Thanks!