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Today, I had the pleasure of fishing with Bruce Robertson and we hired Andy Andrrzejewski for a day of Potomac River fishing. Andy has been guiding for many years and fishing with him was on my bucket list.

He picked us up at Leesylvania and on to the fishing grounds we went.

The 1st place was a very fishy place but the tide was very high and we only got a few taps. But we kept at it and finally Bruce took the stink off the boat!



And he caught the 2nd one as well....



....while I was just spectating.

We had a beautiful day with little wind, flat calm river, many eagles to be seen...it does not get much better than this!]\

Here was Andy trying to get Bruce to believe that this was a 3 pounder!



Bruce has fished with Andy many times including for smallies on Lake Erie. Theses guys are friends and have a good rapport. The banter was great and I was quick to jump in.

The Marines!



Bruce kept catching.....



...but I started to creep up including a very nice one that got off the boat as I was just going to haul him in. Our fish were caught on spinnerbaits, Baby 1 minus and senkos (wacky and T-rigged).

Then we spooked a very large snakehead and I started to get exited. I wanted him. Andy's crew had caught a nice 6.5 pounder the day before.

I was throwing the Baby 1 minus and I oot hit...not a slam but a solid take. I told the guys that I either had a record bass or a nice snakehead. I said that because the fish wasn't thrashing like a snakehead normally does. But as I got him closer, we saw a huge head and then we knew it was game on!. the fish was not happy and was doing everything it could to get off the lure (which he had inhaled)! Andy did a great net job and I was exited!



The NSH measure out at 32" and 13 pounds 9 ounces which is now my personal best! Caught on 14lb Trilene XLT and a St. Croix Premier spinning rod! Thanks Andy!



After we settled down, we caught a few more bass....



This was a fun day. We caught about a dozen bass and the big snakie.....

While the fishing was not red hot, the company was great and I learned a lot from Andy. He is a class act!

When I got home, a couple of neighbors came over to watch the fileting.



I tried to ice down the fish.....



.....they got a trill as the fish was still active with is sides missing.

And here is a good shot at his mouth with the ingested lure.



Great day out on the water....can't wait to do it again!