Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Drxfish and I met up at the ramp at 3:30p and by 4 pm (we made a little bit of a long run), we were fishing.

We threw spinnerbaits, swinbaits and crankbaits and....nothing! Not 1 hit!

The water was high (just over 5' at POR) and swift but we managed to find some still water on the VA shoreline. While lamenting, John relayed a story about a guy that fishes high water events and throws up to an ounce jig. Well, my jigs were not big enough but I had a hefty tube with a rattle (very weird setup) so I tossed it and immediately got bit.



And then another....



And a channel cat....



And then some more....





And...well, a few more. And some big ones!











John quickly switched up and he started nailing them. They liked the clacking.





Strong hits and powerful runs in the current. Each fish felt like it was way bigger....what a  rush.

And a double!



And more...



Then it sprinkled...no big deal until we heard thunder. I put the marine radio on and they were saying some strong storms were moving in. I told John that we should think about going back since we had a good 20-25 minute run back to the ramp. But he kept fishing. I finally said, "let's go", just as he got slammed! This fish wanted no part of being brought to the boat. He fought hard and finally, we got him in the net. A healthy, strong 19 incher!



Now we had to high tail it back (it was 7 pm) but we got wet. At least the big storms stayed away from us.

This was as good a 3 hour period of fishing as I've ever experienced on the UP. I caught 13-15 fish, John caught at least a dozen.

What an afternoon!!