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Hung up Paul and I decided to try out Pohick Bay in Paul's Jon boat. We met up at 5:30AM and ran into some complications (stupid road signs) and got onto the water around 7. The water traffic was picking up and it was getting crowded fast. By the time we were on the water there were atleast a dozen other boats out there already fishing.

Paul started it off with a nice sized yellow perch on a senko!


Sorry for the funky pix, we both forgot our cameras!

Paul continued to kick my butt throughout the day with a few more fish including this nice one
which I think hit a spinnerbait but I'm not sure.

I finally caught one off of spinner bait throwing it between two trees. It wasn't big enough for pictures but it sure felt good to put a fish in the boat!

My buddy Jeremy met up with us later with his kayak and he was able to quickly put fish in the yak. no word on any pictures from him.

A few fish later, I finally caught a keeper


Paul followed up with a nice senko bass that got hung up on a stump (hung up paul got hung up, figures)



turned out to be the biggest fish of the day.

We noticed a lot of nets and traps in the bay and actually had to help a trapped carp get loose of a net. We then rolled up on a trap with crazy action inside and found...



....that I had horrible picture taking skills and this HUGE gar inside. That sucker was a good 3 ft long. There was a second gar in there that was about 1.5-2 ft long and a massive carp that topped them both. We must have spooked the carp enough to get out of the trap but the gar weren't so lucky.

We ended the day with a few more fish but nothing of size. It was a great day to be on the water and we felt me faired pretty well for it being our first time on this body of water.