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#1 Apr-11-18 4:06PM

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

Upper Potomac 4/11/18

Well. the water level and weather finally cooperated, so I hit the UP river for the first time this year.  Beautiful afternoon (a little chilly) and the water color was a nice clearish green.  It is still up a little over 3 feet at POR.  I did my usual float and after trying several lures, I put on a craw colored Fat A 4F and was bouncing the top of the rocks.  After I anchored to get my bearings straight, I hooked my first smallie of 2018.  It measured 18.5" and pulled pretty good for a cold fish.  Water is still just below 50 degrees.  I could not get the fish to stay straight for a picture. but took 2.
https://i.imgur.com/YqhQMcb.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/vNfpcRo.jpg
I floated the rest of the island and hooked a 15"er a 14" and later a 14.5".  I only took a picture of the 15".
https://i.imgur.com/MsMYLaG.jpg
I tried the middle of the river and got nothing on a tube and the crank kept getting fouled in old dead grass.  I decided to go back and float part of the island and ended up hooking one more at 15.5" in a Rebel craw.
https://i.imgur.com/MonVa0V.jpg
All fish were cold, but bit a moving bait.  There was the billion bug hatch going on and they got all over everything in the boat.  There were lots of migratory ducks (grey, white and black).  Lots of wildlife active and saw the resident bald eagles in and around their nests.  I fished from about 2:00pm until about 5:45pm.  It is pre-spawn fishing time!

No bites on a hair jig, tube, spinner jig or chatterbait.

Last edited by drxfish (Apr-11-18 4:08PM)


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#2 Apr-11-18 4:08PM

Ernie
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From: Ashburn VA
Registered: Feb-03-06
Posts: 15560

Re: Upper Potomac 4/11/18

So nice.....


Time to go fishin' again!

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#3 Apr-12-18 5:43AM

firemunkee
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Ashburn, VA
Registered: May-23-13
Posts: 1766

Re: Upper Potomac 4/11/18

Nice report! That's a good first smallie for 2018


Together we'll fight the long defeat.

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#4 Apr-12-18 8:34AM

Houli
Northern Snakehead
From: Leesburg, VA
Registered: Dec-09-10
Posts: 252

Re: Upper Potomac 4/11/18

I know what I'll be doing soon .... thanks for the report - great first of the year.

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