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#1 Sep-20-16 6:28PM

Ernie
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From: Ashburn VA
Registered: Feb-03-06
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9-19-16, Susky

Along with John and John (my cousin), we met Dave Shindler at the City Island ramp and were on the water by 7:45a.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/Kiko13PB/New%20Kiko/New%20Kiko001/IMGP2693_zpshdvi78q5.jpg

The water was low....really low.

Harrisburg pales in comparison to Tysons, Crystal City, Alexandria, Rosslyn etc.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/Kiko13PB/New%20Kiko/New%20Kiko001/IMGP2694_zpsuvlykwtm.jpg

John Nguyen stuck with the fly rod most of the time and caught a few but they were small.

My cousin John, mostly used spinning....

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/Kiko13PB/New%20Kiko/New%20Kiko001/IMGP2695_zpsn3hdy2jk.jpg

....mostly focusing on the Whopper Plopper and had decent success.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/Kiko13PB/New%20Kiko/New%20Kiko001/IMGP2697_zpsfk87lby2.jpg

I stayed mostly with my new favorite lures....slash baits (single hooks) and did fine. I also threw top water but only had a few nips.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/Kiko13PB/New%20Kiko/New%20Kiko001/IMGP2696_zps5tkggvks.jpg

Dave would throw  an unweighted fluke once in a while to see if he could get a reaction. This one was a HUGE 18.5"! Way bigger, stronger and fatter than the 18.5" fish we catch in our area.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/Kiko13PB/New%20Kiko/New%20Kiko001/IMGP2698_zpsspblreft.jpg

While you can't tell by this pic....

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/Kiko13PB/New%20Kiko/New%20Kiko001/IMGP2699_zpsk0wlhzly.jpg

...this fish was 13" and was close to 2 pounds. FAT! And a great fight as well.

It sprinkled on us for the better part of the day but we never got wet.

We caught fish...plenty of them. I went 0-3 on the soft plastic jerk bait. Three nice fish that took some line but I guess I didn't set the hook hard enough and they all got away. I was tormented by my mates as they kept insisting that i lost 20 inchers!

We had a great day and it was great to fish with my cousin as well as with john and dave.


Time to go fishin' again!

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#2 Sep-21-16 9:24AM

Bryan
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From: Bealeton, VA
Registered: Mar-18-11
Posts: 1194

Re: 9-19-16, Susky

Great report. Every time I see a pic of a Susky smallmouth, it's a fatty. Nothing like those brown torpedoes we get in the rivers down here.


tight lines

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#3 Sep-21-16 10:45AM

hookup
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Registered: Jan-31-12
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Re: 9-19-16, Susky

Did you do any bottom dragging?

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#4 Sep-21-16 11:10AM

Ernie
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From: Ashburn VA
Registered: Feb-03-06
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Re: 9-19-16, Susky

hookup wrote:

Did you do any bottom dragging?

Nope...we were on the flats, specifically looking for top water action.


Time to go fishin' again!

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#5 Sep-21-16 2:28PM

drxfish
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From: Sterling
Registered: Jan-04-14
Posts: 2973

Re: 9-19-16, Susky

Congrats on a successful fishing trip!  Better than working...


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