After long deliberation, I decided to head down to Mattawoman Creek, since I had to be back home in time to go somewhere by 2:00pm. Don (Shield) and Keith (Wingman) wanted to go somewhere where there would be a high probability of catching some fish. The winds all over the area were predicted to be 9 to 15 mph, but at Mattawoman the winds were non existent and the water was like glass with the morning mist rising off of it. The temperature would reach 75 degrees with a sunny morning turning partly cloudy by midday. Armed with salted herring, raw shrimp, and a left over assortment of worms, along with spinners and plastics, I met Don and Keith at Mattingly (Slavins) Ramp at 6:20am. We launched and headed up river fishing artificial's along the way. My fish finder was registering allot of fish, but none of them wanted the artificial's. I saw an Crane standing in the water along the shoreline and witness him grabbing a large fish out of the water. It looked like a shad, silver in color about 10 to 12 inches. He ate it whole. We made it up to our usual spot near the islands and we anchored up. I landed the first three fish at that time. I am not sure of the species of catfish, but one was a blue cat, another was channel, and then the other may have been a flathead. Man, where is Bill when I need him. Don caught the next cat. Keith even caught several cats. I ended up with 9 catfish on a top and bottom rig. The hot bait was raw shrimp. Using a 1/8 ounce jig head and a chartreuse curly tail 2 inch bait, I landed a 14 inch largemouth bass near the sunken barge in 2 feet of water. The wildlife was amazing today. I saw several muskrats and at least 5 water snakes. I even saw some birds that looked a Red Winged Blackbird.
I went up into a creek and tossed a black frog into the weeds and lilly pads, but came up empty. I was hoping to see a snakehead but it alluded me. It was a great morning and no one was skunked.
I went up into a creek and tossed a black frog into the weeds and lilly pads, but came up empty. I was hoping to see a snakehead but it alluded me. It was a great morning and no one was skunked.
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