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I had been out of town for a while and had not fished in 10 days. I headed out to a Severn tributary this morning to see if the fish were still biting. The first lure I threw got no bites, but as soon as I switched to my trusty jighead and 12 Fathom Fat Sam mullet 3" paddletail combo, the fish were interested. In the first three casts, I caught a striper, a large white perch, and a pickerel to complete my Severn Slam on consecutive casts in the same spot.
20 minutes later, I caught an uncommon visitor to Severn waters -- a small speckled trout.
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I usually catch just one of these each year in the Severn -- usually during September. Although my 2020 speck was just a little guy (10”), it demonstrates the potential diversity of species found in my local waters. During the past two months in this same tributary, I have caught stripers, white perch, pickerel, speckled trout, puppy drum, and channel catfish. In other Severn tributaries, I also caught yellow perch, pumpkinseed sunfish, spot, croaker, and snakehead.
Most of my kayak fishing outings in the Severn give me 2 to 3 hours on the water. Given the higher-than-normal abundance of pickerel this summer, I have caught more Severn Slams (striper, perch, pickerel in the same trip) this summer than in all previous summers combined.
One reason the paddletail was successful this morning was that it "matched the hatch". I found a similar-sized young menhaden (peanut bunker) floating on the surface. The photo shows how the paddletail mimics the baitfish.
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20 minutes later, I caught an uncommon visitor to Severn waters -- a small speckled trout.
2020-09-07-001.jpg
I usually catch just one of these each year in the Severn -- usually during September. Although my 2020 speck was just a little guy (10”), it demonstrates the potential diversity of species found in my local waters. During the past two months in this same tributary, I have caught stripers, white perch, pickerel, speckled trout, puppy drum, and channel catfish. In other Severn tributaries, I also caught yellow perch, pumpkinseed sunfish, spot, croaker, and snakehead.
Most of my kayak fishing outings in the Severn give me 2 to 3 hours on the water. Given the higher-than-normal abundance of pickerel this summer, I have caught more Severn Slams (striper, perch, pickerel in the same trip) this summer than in all previous summers combined.
One reason the paddletail was successful this morning was that it "matched the hatch". I found a similar-sized young menhaden (peanut bunker) floating on the surface. The photo shows how the paddletail mimics the baitfish.
2020-09-07-004.jpg
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