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#1 Sep-07-18 2:31PM

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

Upper Potomac 9/7/18

The plan was to get out before the forecasted rain. 
https://i.imgur.com/UAlelau.jpg
I hooked and lost one smallie on a spinnerbait at the first spot, but no other bites.  I ran upriver and tried some shoreline near rocks and got one on the Whopper Plopper after losing one.
https://i.imgur.com/4OL48mu.jpg
After that I ran further up to fish the middle river.  I spent most of the morning there and had 5 smallies by the time I ate my lunch.  Nothing over 13 inches or so.  It was sunnier and hotter than I was hoping, but not terrible.
https://i.imgur.com/SbL5ZB5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/L3fNmuz.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/LKXXzjw.jpg
I decided to hit the island shade while drifting back and caught a flurry of fish on a ned rigged z-man TRD and when I broke that off, I pit another ribbed soft plastic with a pointy tail on a ned head.  That seemed to work well with smallies and sunfish.  It also fooled a nice 19"er that was in shallow water just beyond a blowdown.  Nice fight, but the fish had a small lesion behind it's gill plate.
https://i.imgur.com/HxBOyDS.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/AMsrsIu.jpg
I kept throwing that and ended up with 12 smallies and 4 sunfish for the day.  The crankbaits, spinnerbait and the plopper were not working in the afternoon.  I got off the water about 2:15pm.  I had to work for the fish I got.


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#2 Sep-07-18 3:21PM

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

Re: Upper Potomac 9/7/18

Good work....I've yet to throw the TRD this year. Must do so next time...oh wait, next time might be a ways away with more rain coming to us.


Time to go fishin' again!

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#3 Sep-07-18 8:24PM

Junger
Northern Snakehead
From: Potomac, MD
Registered: Aug-14-17
Posts: 720

Re: Upper Potomac 9/7/18

How do you fish the WP, straight retrieve, or rip and stop?

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#4 Sep-07-18 8:49PM

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

Re: Upper Potomac 9/7/18

Mostly straight retrieve, with some varying speed.  The key is to get the tail plopping properly.  I have caught fish ripping it after it lands, but I mostly use a straight retrieve.  The 75 size plops really well, but I found that sometimes the fish want something more subtle (90 size).  I now use a ball bearing swivel because they all will spin some, especially in a river.


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#5 Sep-11-18 6:02AM

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

Re: Upper Potomac 9/7/18

Nice fish! Love that sunrise picture too!


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