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Fished the Occoquan Res and only caught an over-ambitious bream. Got a good workout between peddling the yak and throwing everything in my tackle box over the course of the morning!
Today I went out on the Potomac. Caught some shad right away with the cast net and headed out with ugly skies coming in. I decided to try anyway since I had the bait and weather guy said no embedded t-storms.
It was my first time on the river with my kayak and it got interesting real quick when the wind and tide picked up at the same time in opposite directions. Some of the whitecaps were higher than my head. It was a solid 45 minute peddle to my first spot. I had to bypass some stripers that were hitting shad on the flat(the same one Mike S posted about near Belvoir). I didn't have anything to throw at them so I just watched a lot of 24" or so bass blast the shad while the birds hung out overhead.
It was really rough in the channel, so I would go out and set my bait, then come back to anchor near the shore. I got a few solid hits, but learned the hard way that an Ugly Stik, mono, and a kayak allow waaaayyyy to much flex to get a good hookset. Lesson learned on that one. Wind kept getting worse, so I headed in against the wind and rain. There was a lot of bait on the flats and in the creek. Sometimes I miss my boat...but lessons learned, next time I will be much better prepared.
Still beat a day of work.
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peddling? fellow hobie kayaker? I'm tempted to try and make it out to occoquan this weekend. was hoping the fishing had picked up but it doesn't sound like it..
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Dan,
Andrew and his crew are die hard yakers! You should join us on an UP float later this summer.
Great report!
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The water on the Occ. Res did not feel very warm. I didn't have a thermo, but I don't think it was over 60.
Just pulled it up on Google Earth and I peddled 2 miles each way this morning. That's not too bad, I guess. How far do you guys usually go on a yak trip?
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you never know unless you try
I used to love yakking on the big water. always had a very elemental, raw feeling to it. very enjoyable.
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Upper Potomac floats are easy....4-7 miles but not too much paddling or peddling. It really all depends on where you go. There are some longer floats and we have a few short courses as well.
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I am planning another early morning 4th of July float......
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Strong. What better way to start the holiday than with some time on the water for a few hours. I will get in touch with my bro-in-law again and see if he is interested. Might we comandeer your canoe again?
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CozUF2001 wrote:
Might we commandeer your canoe again?
Done! Reservation #013
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