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On the fly, John Veil and I tried the Severn for several hours this morning.
In a word it was slow. And if John had radioed a warning about the snakes he saw it would have been a fast morning in addition to being a slow one. I would have been gone!
But ignorance is bliss and I continued to troll and pound all the areas with casts that should hold fish with little success.
I did catch this guy on a Rapala lipless crank bait:
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He was not the gilled creature I was seeking although he looked like one of those $85 a dozen crabs my wife ordered at Seaside Restaurant a few weeks ago. So in that light he was a good catch.
But I wanted a striper and the closest I came was a hit near one of the pilings of the Route 50 bridge. They were definitely present. I saw a couple break the surface near the bridge. But I could not hold the one I had on the hook.
The only scaly creatures I caught were a single white perch on the 1/2 oz. Rapala pictured above and a pickerel on a 3 inch yellow Mister Twister on a yellow 1/8 oz. jig.
The dearth of fish remains a mystery for me this spring. I was glad to hear that John found a pocket of white perch. Perhaps that's a sign that a normal Severn pattern is returning. That would be good.
The only other thing to report is that I tried ST fins today on my Revo. They definitely created more pedal resistance than standard fins. Not much but I noticed it. They also created more thrust. My jury is still out on them. I liked the acceleration they offer. But I got them to reduce my cadence on long runs. I'm not sure they did that. I'll continue to test them.
In a word it was slow. And if John had radioed a warning about the snakes he saw it would have been a fast morning in addition to being a slow one. I would have been gone!
But ignorance is bliss and I continued to troll and pound all the areas with casts that should hold fish with little success.
I did catch this guy on a Rapala lipless crank bait:
A.jpg
He was not the gilled creature I was seeking although he looked like one of those $85 a dozen crabs my wife ordered at Seaside Restaurant a few weeks ago. So in that light he was a good catch.
But I wanted a striper and the closest I came was a hit near one of the pilings of the Route 50 bridge. They were definitely present. I saw a couple break the surface near the bridge. But I could not hold the one I had on the hook.
The only scaly creatures I caught were a single white perch on the 1/2 oz. Rapala pictured above and a pickerel on a 3 inch yellow Mister Twister on a yellow 1/8 oz. jig.
The dearth of fish remains a mystery for me this spring. I was glad to hear that John found a pocket of white perch. Perhaps that's a sign that a normal Severn pattern is returning. That would be good.
The only other thing to report is that I tried ST fins today on my Revo. They definitely created more pedal resistance than standard fins. Not much but I noticed it. They also created more thrust. My jury is still out on them. I liked the acceleration they offer. But I got them to reduce my cadence on long runs. I'm not sure they did that. I'll continue to test them.
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