Jonas Green 8/12

[Mark]

Must have been a perch. A jumping perch was a first for me!

[Shady]

Last summer I caught puppy drum on several trips in the Severn and tribs, they didn't jump much, just pull hard and make really long runs. I've caught quite a few large perch that jumped out of the water.

[whenican]

Last year I caught a small flounder from shore @ Jonas Green and earlier this spring while fishing overnight on the old 450bridge, I saw someone catch a 17" red. I know because I measured it. I was surprised too.

[dsiekman]

I'm positive it wasn't a smallmouth. It had a silver flash, not bronze.

Hmm...hard to say. I had a guy tell me the other day that he caught a spec in the Severn. He didn't have pictures, but who knows. All the more reason to get out there and try to catch him again!

[Mark]

I'm positive it wasn't a smallmouth. It had a silver flash, not bronze.

[dsiekman]

Do puppy drum jump?

I hooked and lost a sizable fish along rip rap yesterday that came out of the water like a smallmouth. I was in the midst of a perch feeding frenzy catching them on a jig head with a curly tail grub. The fish was not a striper, I'm certain because I saw no stripes. I assumed it was a perch but I have never had one jump like that.

I don't remember if they jumped or not. What I do remember is that it was a totally different kind of fight. I would describe the fish's movements as "smooth and determined". I was convinced it was a keeper rock simply based on the amount of pull. Turned out to be about a 14" red.

Are you sure it wasn't a smallmouth? I've personally seen large mouth come out of the Severn within a quarter mile of where I caught one of those reds. As John mentioned, I've also seen large carp a couple miles north.

[Mark]

Do puppy drum jump?

I hooked and lost a sizable fish along rip rap yesterday that came out of the water like a smallmouth. I was in the midst of a perch feeding frenzy catching them on a jig head with a curly tail grub. The fish was not a striper, I'm certain because I saw no stripes. I assumed it was a perch but I have never had one jump like that.

[dsiekman]

John - the two puppy drum I caught last summer in the Severn were caught off of points in less than 5' of water. Both were on small jig heads with white grubs.

[J.A. Veil]

Sorry guys -- flounder do not capture my imagination the way pickerel do. I don't overly enjoy eating flounder -- they are too bland unless they are prepared with a really good technique. I caught 1 or 2 flounder each of the last 4 days in Cape May -- all were undersized, but even if they had been larger, they would have gone back in the water.

Regarding redfish in the Severn, I had a strike and three-second fight on a fish that pulled differently than the perch I had been catching all afternoon. I got a quick flash of color near the surface before the barbless hook came free. The scale pattern seemed different than a perch and there were no stripes. It may have been a puppy drum, but I have no confirmation. Of course, it could have been wishful thinking. I will not tell you exactly where it was, but can say that it was inside a tributary very near the shoreline on a dropoff from 2 ft to 7 ft. I caught a redfish in the same spot last summer. It hit a Gulp swimming mullet on a small jighead. I intend to fish that spot again to see if I can catch the same fish again.

[Fishinfool]

That sounds like a perfect job for you John since you already figured out the pickerel

Right Dan, along with "Pickerel Whisperer", John can add "Flounder Daddy" to his list of aliases.

[Shady]

Wow, cool to see the flatties in the Severn, where are the drum this year?

[DanMarino]

That sounds like a perfect job for you John since you already figured out the pickerel

[J.A. Veil]

Flounder are not common in the Severn, but they are there some times. Last summer, I caught a small Flounder upstream by Maynadier Creek (Round Bay area). Later in the day I rode three miles upstream to the headwater shallows and caught carp. How often can you fish in the same river on the same day three miles apart and catch those two species?

I suspect that very few anglers are specifically targetting flounder in the Severn using optimal baits/rigs. It would be interesting if someone put in a serious effort to find flounder in the Severn to get a sense of how common they really are.

[mytmouse]

That is crazy about the Flounder. I doubt that a little bitty like that would migrate so far North... Mama and Papa gotta be around somewhere! LOL Great report, looked like a great day to be on the water.

[sparky1423]

Never knew flounders were present. Maybe we can slip them some Viagra and a little Marvin Gaye! I think Harry is the only person that could catch flounder on a fly rod.