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After hearing about the Bush River from Sparky, I figured that I'd give it a shot. I'd never been there before and so I was up for a new adventure and waters to fish. Both launches now have the gates closed for the season. I couldn't get near the bridge within a reasonable distance so I punted on the Bush. I fish the flat so often that I wasn't in the mood for it today. I hadn't fished Conowingo in a long time so I continued north and found that there weren't many gates running so I launched and fished without any luck.
I marked some fish at a hole I found but they wouldn't bite on anything. I have no way of knowing what they were, but I did see some fish at drop offs as well. I jigged, I casted, I threw top water...nada.
I wanted to explore and went around the other side of the island. Jeeze, don't do it with a hobie. It gets really shallow with big rocks just under the water. I busted up my fins pretty good. I stopped and started paddling and in the middle of what was 5' of water I hit a rock so big and it felt like I was in a car wreck. It stopped me dead in my tracks. Good thing there was no hull damage. I won't do that again.
After a lot of hours fishing, I packed it in and decided to fish at the dam itself from shore. I asked around and no one was catching, although I did see one rockfish on a stringer and a nice walleye. Other than that everyone seemed frustrated so I stuck around for only about a half hour. There's just too many people fishing one spot.
It was a great day though. The bald eagles are at the dam right now, hundreds of them. There were just as many people with cameras filming them. It was worth the trip just to watch them. They were soaring over the water, grabbing fish, and fighting with the other large birds. If you haven't been up this time of year, it's a must see. People brought food and had quite a spread as they set up for a day of viewing.
I marked some fish at a hole I found but they wouldn't bite on anything. I have no way of knowing what they were, but I did see some fish at drop offs as well. I jigged, I casted, I threw top water...nada.
I wanted to explore and went around the other side of the island. Jeeze, don't do it with a hobie. It gets really shallow with big rocks just under the water. I busted up my fins pretty good. I stopped and started paddling and in the middle of what was 5' of water I hit a rock so big and it felt like I was in a car wreck. It stopped me dead in my tracks. Good thing there was no hull damage. I won't do that again.
After a lot of hours fishing, I packed it in and decided to fish at the dam itself from shore. I asked around and no one was catching, although I did see one rockfish on a stringer and a nice walleye. Other than that everyone seemed frustrated so I stuck around for only about a half hour. There's just too many people fishing one spot.
It was a great day though. The bald eagles are at the dam right now, hundreds of them. There were just as many people with cameras filming them. It was worth the trip just to watch them. They were soaring over the water, grabbing fish, and fighting with the other large birds. If you haven't been up this time of year, it's a must see. People brought food and had quite a spread as they set up for a day of viewing.
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