Pacemaker Fishing Forum

After missing the last 2 Fridays due to wind, I was finally able to take my grandson, Emerson, out for the day.  I picked him up at 10am and we were on the water by around 11am.  It was a beautiful day with mostly bluebird skies and temps up to the mid-80's.  We ran upriver and started on thee MD side.  Got visited by DNR about 30 minutes into our fishing.  All good.

I let Emerson know the fishing had been slow, but he got the skunk out of the boat with a little guy who bit a finesse keitech on an underspin. 

He is 12 and as tall as me now.  We worked that shore and I got one little sunfish on a crappie jig and then a surprise 15.5" smallie on the same jig on an ultralight setup.  It put up a good fight on 4 pound test.  Emerson netted it after a little pullage.

That fish was in a shaded wood  area near shore.  The fishing really slowed after that.  We ate our lunch and saw Eagles (at least 5), deer, Blue Herons and an Osprey throughout the day.

I let him try different lures (buzzbait, teeny torpedo, crankbait) and let him drive with the gas motor.  He hooked another fish on the UL with a little Ika, but lost it at the boat.  I hooked at least one other fish and lost it at the boat.  All dinks.  Great afternoon and we were off the water a little after 5:30pm.