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I ended up not going racing in NJ this weekend so I took the new yak to Pohick.  It wasn't long before getting the first of many fat but short bass. 




Then a baby striper near the same spatterdock area I caught a larger one last summer.



Then working up the creek the water was getting clearer and I was catching at least one fish on every lay down or submerged log.  None were really worth taking a picture. Because the wind was blowing from the east all day, low tide wasn't that low.  Fortunately back in the creek the wind was nothing like out in the bay.  I headed to an area off the creek and came across this huge invasive crawfish.  A Red Swamp Crawfish aka Louisiana Crawfish, Procambarus clarkii.  These are what make all the holes in the mud along the creek.


On the way back down the creek I finally caught some fish big enough to count for KayakWars.  First this 2lb 12oz.


And then nearby this 3lb 10oz.


In all I caught about 30 bass, plus that striper, one white perch and several sunfish.  I didn't do so well the next day during the NHBA tournament.  I caught 4 or 5, but only one 15"+.  The others were only .25-.5" short.

The paddle back to the launch sucked because of the 15-20mph headwind.  Though I did find that if I sat at the rear of my cockpit I could still actually maintain about 3mph through the chop fairly easily.