Pacemaker Fishing Forum

(Late Report) A couple weeks ago my Wife (Julie) decided to come along with Tyler and I to go kayaking at Mattawoman.  Decided to fish the outgoing tide in the afternoon, so it wasn't an early morning.  Put in around 1pm (high tide) and made our way down the creek.  My wife asked for a fishing pole just to try bass fishing for the first time.  So, we gave her a rod with a wacky worm figuring it would keep her busy while the real fisherman fished.  We were wrong!  First cast she catches a nice 5 lber.  She was hooting and hollering not sure what to do.  But she reeled it in all by herself.  She was deservedly pretty proud, but Tyler and I were now in a panic to make sure we caught some fish as well.  She did catch the biggest fish of the trip.  My wife is a bit shy.  So you can picture my beautiful wife behind the grey boxes.



Soon after both Tyler and I caught fish too.







Then Tyler went off on a mission to catch Snakehead.  Julie and I caught a few more small bass and then Tyler came paddling over with a nice 25 inch Snakehead barely fitting in his net.  Unfortunately, I waited too long to take the pic.  He got off as Tyler was trying to take the hook out of his mouth.  We need to get some good solid fish grips because that is the 2nd snakehead that we lost before being able to kill it.  So, Tyler went back on his mission to catch a Snakehead AND get a picture of it.  I think he was getting desperate because this was the best he could do.





I think the thing got his fangs caught in the lure because he wouldn't let go.  Eventually the lure was broken in half and he swam away with a big chunk of plastic in his mouth.

Had a great time and my wife really enjoyed the trip as well.