Pacemaker Fishing Forum

After a restless night, I got up early and was the second boat to put in at about 5:30am.  The morning was cool after the storms we got yesterday afternoon and evening.

I threw a whopper plopper not far from the ramp and got one at the tip of an island.  My camera memory was full, so I just got one shot of the skinny fish that was maybe between 15 and 16 inches.

I ran up river and caught a couple on swimbaits on a jig head and underspin.  I lost one that hit a chug bug, but got off due to my drag being set too loose (I had it set for a crankbait I was using and the line was braid).  The biggest was 15.25".




I had caught 5 when Ernie first called me.  He was with Bob and had gotten out a little later.  He said they caught a few near the ramp and he was heading up river soon.  I fished and floated for a while and did not catch anything (lost one).  I could see Ernie down river, but he was staying below me.  I got a call from Ernie and he said he and Bob got into some fish and he had 6 up to 18.5" and Bob had 9 up to 17".  I decided to head down their way.  The river was clearer and running swift on the MD side where I dropped the drag chain.  I was a little ways above where Ernie and Bob were.  I was casting an underspin head with a pretty beat up swim bait that had the tail spiked.  I was pretty much blind casting in the swifter water when I hooked a good fish.  An epic battle ensued and I could see it was a big fish.  It pulled drag, took me around the boat, dogged me and made a run under the boat.  I grabbed the net and missed the fish twice before I finally got it.  I could see it was a hog and I gave out a loud woo hoo to let Ernie and Bob know I caught a big one.  I took a couple pictures and measured it and it was 20".  My third c-class this year!






I caught up to Ernie and Bob and fished the section of humps and holes until he left at 1:47pm.  I did not realize how late it was and ate my lunch and then started floating back.  I caught one more smallie and a small catfish on a Rebel humpback.  I lost what turned out to be a catfish that hit my underspin rig and then decided to head in.  I got to the ramp at 3:15pm.  I was beat, but very happy with my fish.

Last edited by drxfish (Jul-18-18 3:35PM)