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I was set to go solo shad fishing today. Checked the forecast last night and everything looked ok. I got up and it looked cloudy. Checked forecast and it said 80% chance of rain from 8am -Noon. About a quarter inch. I did not have my cover on and I did not want to drive all that way to get road spray all over by boat. I checked the local forecast and it was for less rain and only for an hour or two. I switched gears and got ready to smallie fish.
I got on the water a little after 8am. It was cloudy and around 50 degrees or so. I decided to run upriver. My first stop was heartbreak hotel. I fished for about and hour and got one dink on a weedless ned head with a Sukoshi bug. After a little while longer I ran up to Harrison Island. I tried the shoreline eddies and nada. Heard Turkeys and and Owl. Saw an Osprey, Eagle and Pileated woodpecker. Birds were out in force. I ate my lunch and eventually went back down to heartbreak hotel. On approach, I cast a tube and felt it bumping a long and a bite. That was a chunky 13"er, but no pic.
Water was pretty fast and had a green stain. The only temp I checked said 54.7, but that was in the morning. The sun was peeking out and the wind picked up. I ran down and lost a couple tubes at another spot, but no bites. I decided to just float an island heading back. I got to where the wind was not too bad and tried a tube, the bug, and a crank. I was not getting any bites and kept floating. Finally, I was getting to a fishy looking spot and saw a carp jump. On the river side, I saw a fish surface and I grabbed a wacky rigged stick bait I had ready. I cast it to that area and got bit. I set the hook and could tell it was a good fish. After a nice fight, I was able to net this fat 17"er.
It had a little sore or lesion on it. Anyway, that made my day. I headed back after that and was off the water about 4pm. The crew time was just arriving.
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Nice tub!
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I had 9 Terns go upriver pacing my boat and scooping something off the surface. Later saw an Osprey, a Pileated Woodpecker and Bald Eagles. Heard Turkeys and an Owl. Also saw a pair of Red Headed ducks (first for me on the Potomac). Good day for birds. Never got pics, though.
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There was a major caddis hatch going on where we were. Same thing plus purple martins.
Saw the same type birds but no osprey. Quite a few eagles. And snakes!
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Fish caught. Mission accomplished.
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