Pacemaker Fishing Forum

I got out before 8am and was planning on about a half day.  The air temps were in the 50's and the water was 48 degrees.  Water clarity was about the same as Wednesday.  I ran upriver to an island and was planning to just float and anchor going back.  The weather was great and it was cloudy.  Lots of birds, ducks and I saw a deer on the shore near me.  I fished about two hours with no bites when the wind picked up a lot.  It was forecasted at 6mph, but got easily over 15 mph from the North East, which is the worst for that float.  I was anchored and finally decided to move to the MD side, which looked less windy.

That worked out for the wind, but not the fishing.  I saw the wind was dying down some, so I eventually moved back.  I was a little more than halfway down the island when I got the skunk out with a 14" smallie.



It took the same red tube my fish from Wednesday bit.  I fished and floated for a while.  I did not have a lunch, so I stayed until about 1:30pm before heading back.  I threw tubes, neds, small cranks, jigs and an underspin.  Lots of wildlife and no boats until around noon.  I was off the water before 2:30pm.