Upper Severn 6/1

[dsiekman]

I fished the upper Severn yesterday morning from about 6-9. I got six schoolies ranging from 12-16". All but one hit a Lucky Craft SP in a ghost/silver/yellow color. The last hit a scatter rap in white/yellow. I was marking a lot of fish but couldn't get any takers on my usual trolling gear. All looked very healthy.

I saw a couple other kayak anglers and chatted briefly before they headed off. Not sure if they are members or not.

This was my first catch on the new boat. I need to plan better for fishing around structure. I almost lost the first fish while I dug out the paddle to find "reverse"!image.jpgimage.jpgimage.jpg

[J.A. Veil]

Nice going Doug. Did you find much floating grass in your section of the river? It is a pain in the butt in the section near the bridges. It is not really practical to troll there right now.

[dsiekman]

Nice going Doug. Did you find much floating grass in your section of the river? It is a pain in the butt in the section near the bridges. It is not really practical to troll there right now.

Thanks, John. There was a little grass but not as much as I expected after reading your report. I was only fouled a handful of times. I also noticed the surface temp was higher than I expected. It was reading 71 at 6 am.

There was some top water feeding early but I was set up to troll. I did see one good sized fish roll on the surface. Definitely keeper sized.

I may try just trolling one line and keep two other rods handy. One with top water and one with a kastmaster.

[dsiekman]

I'm not so sure I like the RAM rocket launchers next to the seat. They don't seem to be strong enough to stay upright.

[dsiekman]

One other note, based on the advertised running depth of the lure, the strike zone seemed to be at about 5'

[JP21403]

I fished the Severn 6-9 on sun 6/1 and didn't get a bite. Trolled 3/4oz chart bucktail with a few different plastics. Anyone have thoughts where I went wrong? Best day of the year though- gorgeous!

[dsiekman]

I fished the Severn 6-9 on sun 6/1 and didn't get a bite. Trolled 3/4oz chart bucktail with a few different plastics. Anyone have thoughts where I went wrong? Best day of the year though- gorgeous!

I was trolling three rods to get an idea of what was going to work and switched frequently. All fish were caught on hard baits 3-5" in length and tending towards yellow/white. Although I marked plenty of fish in the channel, they were hitting more up on the flats near shore and structure.