Big "Fish"

[Financeguru]

Thanks,is it warm water discharge?

[FRED driver]

yep

[Rockchaser]

Nice catch. I fished the bridge Monday and did well on the Blue cats. several over 24" I was thinking of heading over to the discharge but was running out of day light. I will have totry there this weekend.

[FRED driver]

Nice catch. I fished the bridge Monday and did well on the Blue cats. several over 24" I was thinking of heading over to the discharge but was running out of day light. I will have totry there this weekend.

Sweet what were you fishing with

[Rockchaser]

I have been having great luck using raw chicken breast lately. As long as I don't get somenila it works great. A small peice will stay on the hook for several fish without being damaged.

[frettr00]

Carp are hard fighters; they're good sport fish. I've only caught them up to the 10lb range, can't imagine a 30lb+.

[AmberjackYakin]

That's quite a variety of fish you caught, in the winter no less, congrats! I'm interested in locating where this wastewater discharge is on the Potomac (only one I know about is in Dickerson, MD.) I'm familiar with the general area but not familiar where the discharge is on the river. Is it a warm water discharge?

I tried locating the discharge on Google Maps but didn't get back anything. Thanks in advance for any help.

How's the fishing at Dickerson Warm Water Discharge these days? I work at the Dickerson Generating Station & have been told many stories from the 40 year plus guys at the plant of huge cats and other fish caught back in the day.

[Financeguru]

I have not been at the Dickerson Warm Water Discharge in about two years but was thinking about going out there again before Spring comes around. Last time I went in the winter, I caught one LMB and couple of small mouths on plastics and spinners. I prefer not to catch cats and carp but have seen people pull in some large fish in that variety using cut bait.

Question for you since you work at the plant...how often does the plant release warm water in to the Potomac? Is it an on going release or sporadic? Do you still see people out there fishing during the winter?

[wfauby]

AmberjackYakin - You state you work @ Dickerson...you would make a heck of a lot of friends if you could give us a link, phone number or general schedule of when the plant is generating warm water...its so hit/miss i stopped going there. And yes the place is well worth the trip if they are exhausting warm water.

[AmberjackYakin]

AmberjackYakin - You state you work @ Dickerson...you would make a heck of a lot of friends if you could give us a link, phone number or general schedule of when the plant is generating warm water...its so hit/miss i stopped going there. And yes the place is well worth the trip if they are exhausting warm water.

I wish as an operator I knew when plant would come online, due to costs we rarely run as much as we used to. I'll give you a tip, we're usually are online when its 40 below & above 85 degrees outside temps. There's times we might be online when it's 40 above but it's very rare now. I do know next week starting Monday we will be online & warm water will be running down the river, not sure for how long though. As soon as the rest of the old coal plants shut down throughout region we'll be back online more often.

[AmberjackYakin]

When we're online its constant warm water running into Potomac, best way to figure out from a distance is look at the stack if there's steam coming out there's warm water going into Potomac. Sometimes if you happen to go near end of the Olympic kayak course where warm water enters Potomac and you see water running but no steam from stack it's cold water just being recirculated. I haven't seen anybody fishing lately due to very high river levels last 2 weeks.

I have not been at the Dickerson Warm Water Discharge in about two years but was thinking about going out there again before Spring comes around. Last time I went in the winter, I caught one LMB and couple of small mouths on plastics and spinners. I prefer not to catch cats and carp but have seen people pull in some large fish in that variety using cut bait.

Question for you since you work at the plant...how often does the plant release warm water in to the Potomac? Is it an on going release or sporadic? Do you still see people out there fishing during the winter?

[Rockchaser]

Were is the actual discharge at Blue plains in relation to the big peir. I may head out Sunday for a while.

[FRED driver]

Draw a line to the northwest from the end of the big pier and the discharge is equidistant between the pier and where the line hits the shore. Water is quite clear there

[wfauby]

Hit Dickerson today...one stack was smoking...water was 42 in the a.m. by the time we left 50...2 decent smallies came from south of plant in 45 degree...several dinks -10" came from discharge, as well as a crappie, some sunnies and creek chubs. Fished from a jet drive jonboat today...dont think it would have been worth a paddle. Maybe later in the weekGOPR0059.jpgGOPR0057.jpg

[Rockchaser]

Draw a line to the northwest from the end of the big pier and the discharge is equidistant between the pier and where the line hits the shore. Water is quite clear there

Right on, I hope to get out there tomorrow.