Severn perch and a catfish

[J.A. Veil]

I had not fished in about a week. Given the light winds yesterday afternoon, I decided to launch at Jonas Green and fish in two nearby Severn tributaries. I hoped to find some pickerel, but was unsuccessful in that effort. In the two tributaries, I cast a Gulp swimming mullet on 3/16-oz jighead on one rod and a Bignose spinnerbait on the other. In the first tributary, I had two bites. One came undone before I could see it. The other was a 24" channel cat that hit the Gulp.

In the second tributary, I caught 7 white perch -- some on each of the two lures. These are among the last perch remaining in the shallow shoreline areas. Once they are gone, perch anglers will need to fish deeper waters or wait until next May for the shallow water bite to pick up again.

I trolled three lines as I moved between tributaries hoping for some striper bites. I had no bites on the troll.

[J. Rentch]

The Severn River is upholding its trend for 2018- not much!😥

[bignose]

Agreed.
Even my best days on the Severn this season, mostly Weems Creek, have not been all that good.

We have not done well on the Charter Boat either, disappointing.

What is surprising is how many Catfish have shown up. I don't believe that they are a result of the amount of water coming down the Susquehanna.

[Big Mike]

Not only catfish but a largemouth bass was caught at the Solomon’s Island bridge over the Patuxent in the past week. That’s only a couple of miles from confluence with the bay and is normally solid salt water territory. I’m feeling a whole bunch of new snakehead creeks got established this year.

[mchottie]

Agreed.
We have not done well on the Charter Boat either, disappointing.

Stacey and I took a Charter Boat out of OC on Thursday 10/4, boat left (late) dock at 7AM, rods in the water by 915AM, we had our cooler limit by 1030, the entire boat had its limit ( including for the captian / crew for those who remember that past thread ) by 11AM and we were back at the dock by 130. They said boat had its limited early this was the fourth consecutive day in a row.

Not only catfish but a largemouth bass was caught at the Solomon’s Island bridge over the Patuxent in the past week. That’s only a couple of miles from confluence with the bay and is normally solid salt water territory. I’m feeling a whole bunch of new snakehead creeks got established this year.

I know i'm the minority on this topic, but thats music to my ears!!!

[brianisoutside]

I know of a large mouth bass caught in the main stem of the magothy as well.


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