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This was a real expedition!

I knew this was going to be a special day 'cause I was fishing with Mo! I met him at Tyson's at 0500 so we could meet up with John Page Williams (JPW) at 0600 in Arnold MD, right on the Severn River. Out target.....White Perch....BIG ones! The goal....to learn more about that area so we can take Carl to some new perch holes.

A little about JPW. He is a Senior Naturalist at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. He knows a lot about the bay and he knows a lot of people that use the bay. All day long we ran into his friends who were boating, fishing or crabbing.

On the way to the fishing holes, we passed right by Weems Creek.



Mo stared at it disbelief as we rode by but he snapped out of it knowing we were looking for new places to fish. We went to our first spot which was right across the Naval Academy. Being Mo's senior, it was me who took the skunk off the boat with this guy!



But it didn't take Mo to get going and he started to catch BIG perch!







We fished a wood sea wall that was very productive and I finally was allowed to catch one....



....but Mo would not let up. He was relentless! I did manage to catch a few on the fly rod which is always a treat!



JPW took us to a few more fishy areas....





....and then into a nice salt pond that was being guarded by this beautiful family.



But these are MEAN swans and we did not want to tangle with them. Here is dad swan chasing us out of the pond...literally!



We went to several more spots and JPW told Mo to get off the boat to fish this pier. It was LOADED with WP! Mo caught 1/2 dozen perch in 15-20 minutes....



...he did not want to get back in the boat! So.....now it was close to noon and we were done. We had a great time, learned a lot and promised to stay in touch with JPW.

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But this day was not over. JPW made a call to the City Dock and then asked us if we had any pressing plans. He said that he would like some help in moving a replica of John Smith's shallop...the one that JS used to map out the bay way back in the early 1600's! Are you kidding? We were in without giving it a 2nd thought!

We motored up Spa Creek and passed by all the big boats. This one (Winning Drive)  is owned by the owner of the Baltimore Ravens.



But this is the real prize, the replica boat!



Very cool indeed!



Mo and I were the deck hands as we towed this thing across the harbor and into a very skinny area to tie it up. Needless to say, we got some stares. Here are JPW and Colleen maneuvering....



....and Mo directing!



What an adventure!!

Last edited by Pacemaker (Jun-18-10 3:09PM)