Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Was really a beautiful day on the water, but I think the fish went to the beach for the holiday weekend!  We were all fishing the far side and then all of a sudden Ernie and T were gone.  Instead of chasing them down to Great Falls, we decided to head back up Goose Creek around 10am and get some food in our bellies.  I got 2 LMB, 1 on Goose Creek and 1 on the river. The biggest of the two was about 1.5 lbs.  Tyler caught 3 SMB, the Channel Cat (thanks for taking the pic Ernie), and a Sunny (gotta count the Sunny when you only have 3 bass for the day).  Tyler can tell you about the fish.  I didn't see them up close. This was our first time out with you guys and we really enjoyed it.  Thanks for allowing us to tag along.  We look forward to the next opportunity.  Sorry I don't have pics.  Hopefully I am getting a good waterproof camera (Pentax Optio WG-1) for my birthday in August.  Then I can contribute a bit more.

A side note.  I talked to the 2 guys that were camping with the 2 Kayaks on shore and they said they nearly died last night when the storm came through.  I guess a lot of those downed trees happened last night.  They hid under the picnic table hoping no trees landed on them (a lot of good the picnic table would have done them).  I wonder if the storm had anything to do with the tough fishing in that area?

Fishing seemed fine to me.  Most fish I've ever caught in the Goose and river in a day.  Had three smallies at 12-13" and a few baby ones, one LMB about 12" and some baby ones, four channel cats in the 16-18" 2-2.5lb range, a hand-sized bluegill, and probably a dozen of the redbreast sunfish of every size.  All but one were on that single type of lure in four different color patterns.   The last cat was caught on a fire tiger Bomber A.  I thought I had a snag, it might have been, only for the cat to nail it once it got freed up. 

T. wrote:

Fishing seemed fine to me.

Like I said, T. had the hot hand. It was cool to watch him get dragged around by that cat! Nice job out there!

T. wrote:

Just saw on the news that a guy riding a bike on the tow path near Whites Ferry yesterday was killed when a tree fell on him during the storms.

I like to ride my road bike but I rarely ride in the afternoons for this very reason.....sad.

Who needs a camera when you got a T?! haha - Thanks for the action shots T.

We had a decent day on the Goose. We didn't venture into the Potomac. We each caught fish including smallmouth, largemouth, sunfish, bluegill, and crappie. Everything was caught on a fly with mostly a dead presentation. A slight jerk and then letting it fall was the trick. After about 930, the bite died off.

Good times and Happy 4th!