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I decided today was the best day to hit the river (less wind and rain coming), but the morning was cold, so I hit the river at 9:00am. I decided to start where Ernie and I caught our piggies last week. While I was running up river I saw this deer crossing the river.
After losing a few lures and no fish, I decided to run further up river. Level was about 4.5 feet at POR and water temps ranged from mid to high 40's. I worked some shoreline eddies with finesse jigs, a tube and a swim bait in on George's SWM jig. I finally got one on a jig that was just about 14.5"
I dropped back and got one more at another on a jig current break. It was fatter and 14.75"
The weather man lied again as the 55 with light winds felt much colder and windy. I ate my lunch and headed back down river. I ducked into Goose Creek really quick, but the water was colder and nothing bit, so I moved again. I worked an island shoreline and about halfway back I got bit on a chatterbait. This one was a little over 15.5".
I was a little surprised by that bite, but the chatterbait was easier to work with the boat drifting. Not too much further down, I caught a bigger fish, at 17.5" on the chatterbait behind a log.
That turned out to be my biggest fish of the day. I ended up catching one more dink on a crankbait.
I did not catch any more and the High School crew team was coming up river, so I went around them and tried one more spot for a few casts before leaving. I was off the water about 5:45pm. Decent day, but not as good as I had hoped. Water was very clear in most spots.
Last edited by drxfish (Mar-20-19 4:49PM)
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Glad you got some...wish I could have gone today. Cancelled for tomorrow with close to 2" of rain predicted. Friday and Saturday are gonna be windy! Same ole story with the weather.
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Nice job! I picked up a jackhammer in that same color, I feel like it will be a killer on the tidal Potomac too.
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Nice fish....you can keep your VA deer though!
Deer story: spent about $800 on deer resistant plants last year. They're all gone.
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Nice work! I got out for an hour on Goose and got skunked. Water looked great but no action. Tried chatterbait, tubes and swim baits. Are you fishing low and slow in slower/slack water?
Hope to get back out when the level drops.
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Houli wrote:
Nice work! I got out for an hour on Goose and got skunked. Water looked great but no action. Tried chatterbait, tubes and swim baits. Are you fishing low and slow in slower/slack water?
Hope to get back out when the level drops.
I cast behind any current break and let the current take the lure. Fish seem to be on the seams and will hit when the lure gets within range. From shore, I would cast to where the bait can sweep into the current break or eddie.
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Thanks!
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The current break could be right at the trail by now. I just crossed the Goose at Sycolin and it was raging! Way over its banks.
Gonna be a while....
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