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The plan was to get out early and fish before the storms hit this afternoon. I was on the water early and was going for a topwater bite with the Whopper Plopper. After I settled into my first spot to anchor, I was throwing the plopper, but action was slow. Then it happened, it got taken under and the fight was on! I could tell it was a good fish and took my time. When I finally got it in the net, I saw this.
She measured 20.25". My longest of the year and 4th at 20+. One last shot
That made my day, but I was just starting. I kept up with the plopper and finally got a fish that hit it on the jump and came completely out of the water before taking it under. It was 17.25"
I caught one more 14.25" on the plopper, then I switched up to a Storm sub wart and caught this 16.5" that fought super hard.
I tried a tube and got this 17.25" chunk.
The hot bite on the island died down and I drifted a little and caught one 14.5" on the sub wart before deciding to run up river. I replicated the previous pattern, but skipped the plopper and went straight to the sub wart. I let it drift down to an eddy before engaging the reel. I let the crank wobble there and got hit. The fish fought super hard in the current and I could see it was a good one. I got it to the net and it was 18" and thick!
I kept with the sub wart and I was reeling it in fast to start another cast and it got blasted right at the boat and the fish was peeling off drag. After I let the fish fight for a bit, I got control and netted it and it was huge. It was a stocky 20" with a jacked up tail.
I did not take pictures of all of my fish, but I caught 20.25,20,18,two at 17.25 a 16.5 14.5 and 14.25 for my best 8 out of 10. I tried on another island and hooked up once, but lost the fish and got one other bite. I caught fish on the plopper, the sub wart and a tube. I did not catch any on a spinnerbait, chatterbait, swim bait or swim bait on an underspin jig. I stopped when the wind picked up and I was off the water by 11:45am. I just cannot believe how good the day was for quality fish. I did see lots of deer and animal activity as well.
Last edited by drxfish (Jul-30-18 10:12AM)
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The title is all wrong...should say EPIC 1/2 day!
Way to go!
I am going to try tomorrow if the T-storms don't chase us off....
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Good luck! I went out yesterday and only caught one on a spinnerbait. The water was just getting to that better color/flow today. Was an early bite that was extended with cloud cover and nice temps.
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BTW, your best 5 totaling 92.75" would put you in a solid lead for Sec. 3 (Potomac) of the Potomac River Smallmouth Club tourney lead (currently at 91.5", Bill Pearl). The winner last year took it with 86"!
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I am completely jealous. Haven't fished the upper Potty in months..............
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Great day indeed. One bone to pick..... you have to stop naming the lures you have success with. I can't afford to keep running to bass pro everytime you go fishing.
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Osprey wrote:
Great day indeed. One bone to pick..... you have to stop naming the lures you have success with. I can't afford to keep running to bass pro everytime you go fishing.
That is a good one! It gets more expensive when you find out they are discontinued...
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Awesome day! Of course now we get another week of rain
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UNBELIEVABLE! I live off Goose in Lansdowne ..... let me know if you ever start up a guide business - I'll be your first customer.
Keep it up!
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drxfish wrote:
Osprey wrote:
Great day indeed. One bone to pick..... you have to stop naming the lures you have success with. I can't afford to keep running to bass pro everytime you go fishing.
That is a good one! It gets more expensive when you find out they are discontinued...
my brother and i have a long running joke about this. every week, when we find a new bait thats hot, we go buy out dick's inventory, only for it to be dead the next week. our baits in our bags are memories of a given week...
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John has every week covered...he brings 2 huge tackle bags in the boat!
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