Never been to mattawoman with water temps this low....where's the fish?

[WVKayakFisher]

Took a fast trip to Smallwood for the end of the week, got here yesterday. I've never been here with zero vegetation, it's a whole new place. We didn't get too far up yesterday (I can't do the Hawthorne drop with my car), but we threw keitechs and chatters and square bills with nary a bump. I couldn't even find a catfish.

Normally we find the cats in shallow water but are they still deep? Gonna drop the the mattawoman creek road drop or slavins today I think, any suggestions?

I have basically everything possible to throw, water is pretty stained around the park and around 70-72 degrees. We were also fishing an outgoing tide so there's that. Lots and lots of carp activity, lol.

I'm also here running the ProNav on my pursuit if anyone is around and wants a demo. We leave tomorrow afternoon.

[mchottie]

I always have success at Slavins. Best of luck. Good reports of current water temp and aquatic vegetation are appreciated, this weekend looks like overcast/light-rain so may be challenging in addition to tide/temps.

[WVKayakFisher]

Thanks! I've never dropped at slavins. Up the creek or down? I also just drone scouted the area and found stuff I had NO IDEA was here.

[mchottie]

We like Slavins, typically head up river to the shallows, do very well with raw shrimp for blue cats, and in the warm summer months I do very well with the SH, my personal favorite.

[WVKayakFisher]

Cool thanks. That's the one section I've never done. You think cats are already shallow?