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On the way to White's Ferry (MD), I stopped in Leesburg to pick up Roney. Then we headed over to the ramp to meet up with Bruce. Of course, he was already there by 20 minutes and we were a few minutes early.

As we were getting stuff ready, Bruce tells me that the Grill is closed! Crap...I forgot that they were closed on Mondays. Now we have a crisis! We only have a couple of packs of crackers and some prunes! Yikes!

While we try to figure all of this out, a lady comes by and asks for the ramp fee. I told her that no one has been asking even when we ask at the grill where we can pay. Not sure of the reasons but Bruce gladly paid her and then asked about any close by restaurants. She suggested two of them in Poolsville, only 5-6 miles away.

Anyway, it was a nice day out. Temps started at 55dF and ended at 65dF. Some wind was predicted to start around 11a. The water temp was 62dF.

So...the plan was to fish fast and then go enjoy a good lunch somewhere.

We splashed the boat around 8:20a and up the river we went.

It did not take long for two of us to take the skunks off. Bruce threw below a rock and I threw just above it and BAM, we both got bit!



Ronnie could not believe that we caught those two fish in less than 2' of water.

But then, he gets bit and it's game on.



After a nice fight, we get it in the boat!



Most of the action was in the shallower, swift water.

We caught a few more!









This last fish that Ronnie caught came on a great cast to a rock's edge. It was cool to see.

All three of us had fish that we saw (or jumped) that we didn't land.

It got slow when the wind pick up and I had to use the TM to get down river. Wind is always a PIA!

We only fished for 3.5 hours so we were happy with the results. We did look for some biggies in deeper water but we only saw one and got no bites.

By 12:30a, we were packed and ready for lunch. And it was worth it!

I had a great shrimp Po' Boy with a spicy aioli mayo and the boys each had a steak and cheese. Plus fries. It was all good. The restaurant's name was Bassett's.



Good time out fishing today for sure!

Oh...the river is really low and really clear!