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My son Adam and I paddled and tossed flies in two Magothy Creeks this morning, Cockey and Cattail. The sky was overcast, the wind was low and the tide was falling fast -- my favorite fishing conditions.
We have each caught largemouth bass in the upper Magothy before but only sporadically. This morning our first four fish were largemouth bass. I caught three of the four, two this size and one smaller on an articulated crystal bugger with a red body and yellow tail:
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However, Adam topped me with this very nice catch:
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He used an all yellow articulated crystal bugger.
We also went through a pickerel phase. We caught 5. My largest was 21 inches and Adam’s was 18 inches. I have no photo of either of those but here’s a smaller one of mine also on the red and yellow articulated crystal bugger:
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Finally, I caught a 21-inch channel cat on the same red fly. I was using a new 7-weight rod with floating line. The channel cat put a big bend in it to the point that I was worried it would break. It didn’t but it took me what seemed forever to get that fish to rise to my net.
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Here’s the busy fly:
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We caught the bass and catfish in slightly deeper water 5 yards or so from shore casting near dock pilings and under the deck.
Each of the picks were tight to shore or seawalls.
So, an overall nice morning flying on the Magothy.
We have each caught largemouth bass in the upper Magothy before but only sporadically. This morning our first four fish were largemouth bass. I caught three of the four, two this size and one smaller on an articulated crystal bugger with a red body and yellow tail:
Oct2421A.jpg
However, Adam topped me with this very nice catch:
Adam Bass (2).jpg
He used an all yellow articulated crystal bugger.
We also went through a pickerel phase. We caught 5. My largest was 21 inches and Adam’s was 18 inches. I have no photo of either of those but here’s a smaller one of mine also on the red and yellow articulated crystal bugger:
Oct2421B.jpg
Finally, I caught a 21-inch channel cat on the same red fly. I was using a new 7-weight rod with floating line. The channel cat put a big bend in it to the point that I was worried it would break. It didn’t but it took me what seemed forever to get that fish to rise to my net.
P1050586 (4).jpg
Here’s the busy fly:
IMG_4800.jpg
We caught the bass and catfish in slightly deeper water 5 yards or so from shore casting near dock pilings and under the deck.
Each of the picks were tight to shore or seawalls.
So, an overall nice morning flying on the Magothy.
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