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#1 Sep-08-21 5:37AM

drxfish
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Sterling
Registered: Jan-04-14
Posts: 2975

Upper Potomac 9/7/21

I got out early with the level about 3.5 feet and dropping at POR after the flood.  Water was pretty stained, but not muddy.  Some debris in the water.

https://i.imgur.com/GhBenTx.jpg

It was cool enough I had to wear a jacket.  After a brief attempt at topwater nearby, I ran upriver.  I stopped at the tip of an island and got a swipe on the Whopper Plopper, but no fish.  Next stop was the cliff and I managed a decent 15.5" LM on a tube.  It was good to get the skunk out, but no more bites.

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https://i.imgur.com/YjZrVFQ.jpg

I ran up to below White's Ferry.  The eddies were not producing.  I decided to run up to where the Ferry crosses and work the shoreline.  Water was almost muddy and no bites.  I saw some fish activity in the middle behind a current break and decided to try that.

After anchoring, I made a few casts with the tube and landed this 13.5" smallie.

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No more fish there.  I saw some other fish surfacing and tried a couple spots and eddies, but nada.  I finally decided to float back on the inside of Harrison island.  It was pretty stained.  Lots of targets, but no bites.  I ate my lunch and just meandered back and forth to work targets while floating.  While passing an island, I saw some riffles from shallower water.  I tried a Bass Pro 1-minus bait an got a good hit.  It came off and then something hit again.  It was a decent 14.75" smallie.

https://i.imgur.com/hZxm2Wq.jpg

That was it for fish caught.  I tried swim bait, spinnerbait, in-lin spinners, shallow running crankbaits and a wacky rigged senko also, but no love.  Nice day to be out.  Saw deer in the shallow water a couple spots, a snapping turtle, some Green Herons and a cool duck I could not ID in addition to the usual wildlife.


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#2 Sep-08-21 6:03AM

Ernie
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From: Ashburn VA
Registered: Feb-03-06
Posts: 15564

Re: Upper Potomac 9/7/21

Nice!

POR is 2.7' as of 8a today. I am looking a bit more at the Monacacy and Edwards ferry gauges now because their levels can affect us more (like when the Monacacy spikes and turns the MD side to latte.


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#3 Sep-08-21 6:33AM

drxfish
Patagonian Toothfish
From: Sterling
Registered: Jan-04-14
Posts: 2975

Re: Upper Potomac 9/7/21

I was out all day due to how far I ran (until 3:15pm).  Had to float back part of the way because wasn't sure if I had enough gas.  Ran up Goose a little too, but water was not really clearer.


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#4 Sep-08-21 6:45AM

Ernie
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From: Ashburn VA
Registered: Feb-03-06
Posts: 15564

Re: Upper Potomac 9/7/21

drxfish wrote:

Had to float back part of the way because wasn't sure if I had enough gas.

Thankfully, I have a 17 gallon gas tank but that run up and back usually takes almost 1/2 the tank.


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