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#1 Dec-03-21 2:59PM

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

DC Potomac 12/3/21

I planned to take the canoe out and try my cold water spot.  I tried to hit a warmer day that was not too windy.  Stupid weather always does a switch up.  I got out early because the high tide was at 6:30am.  Wind was blowing pretty good and cold. 

I was able to get to the protected side and it was not bad.  Got the skunk out on about the third cast with a tube.

https://i.imgur.com/AQ1N34l.jpg

Then I cast my ned rig in a tree and broke off the tube rig.  It took me a while to re-tie.  I made a few more casts there, then decided to move.  I got around to the back of the cove and got into a school of fish that were happy to eat my little swim bait.  Mostly cookie cutter 10-13 inchers.  Here are 2 for reference.

https://i.imgur.com/CLPPg3I.jpg

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

I was up to 12 fish by 10:15am, including this 16 inch chunk.  I caught that one around the corner on the windy side. 

https://i.imgur.com/FvX6rxL.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RX4kLDG.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/FHver42.jpg

The windy side was too cold, so I moved back to the protected area.  The swim bait bite slowed and I got a few bites on a Damiki Stinger on a weedless ned jig.  The bait was good, as I was getting fish to bite it, but the hook up ratio was not good because of the diameter of the bait and the stiffness of the plastic.  I tried some other stuff, but the bite pretty much shut down when the tide went out,  I had landed 14 and lost probably 5 or so up to that point.

https://i.imgur.com/0LeUFMy.jpg

I ate my lunch and moved around trying different stuff.  I finally worked my way back casting the little 2.8 swimbait and caught one more before taking out a little before 3pm. 

https://i.imgur.com/gs8KSQB.jpg
Grand total was 15 LM landed and many bites. 

I was the the only boat out and enjoyed all the birds, ducks and raptors.  A big hawk was a cool sight.


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#2 Dec-03-21 3:38PM

hookup
Patagonian Toothfish
Registered: Jan-31-12
Posts: 2299

Re: DC Potomac 12/3/21

Nice

Caught them when there were hungry

No snakehead appearances?

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#3 Dec-03-21 4:27PM

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

Re: DC Potomac 12/3/21

No snakeheads.  Saw something jump and something surface from afar, but not sure what those were.  Water level was lower than the last few times I was there at high tide.


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#4 Dec-04-21 5:42AM

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

Re: DC Potomac 12/3/21

You started to lose me at "Wind was blowing pretty good and cold". lol But good action makes for a good day!

Me thinks snakies are buried deep nowadays.


Time to go fishin' again!

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