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Fishing Report
Today it was hard not to catch shad. Many happy anglers reported hickory shad on almost every cast. Even better news is the arrival of new schools of American shad which are scattered throughout the cove and have also started to stack up in certain places. Very...
Fishing Report
Water temperature, clarity and flow have just about returned to normal. Hickory shad bite has been fantastic with a few American shad mixed in. Some jumbo perch have finally shown up but seem to be scattered and in some unlikely places. Striper bite is spotty and...
Fishing Report
After a week of muddy and swift conditions the Potomac has finally cleared. Fresh schools of hickory shad are eager to bite while their larger cousins need the temperature to warm up a bit more before they become active again. Stripers are still around but the...
Fishing Report
A couple of rain events over the last few days have the river steadily rising into the 7ft range by mid-week. The shad and striped bass fishing will be put on hold until Sunday at the earliest. High, muddy water always seems to bring the snakeheads upriver, this...
Fishing Report
Last weeks rain finally caught up with us today. A day after what was arguably the best fishing day of the spring the Pot0mac jumped up over half a foot. The swift and murky water pushed large schools of hickory shad and herring into the slack water where anglers...
Fishing Report
Usually, one day in spring each year the stars align for an epic day of striper fishing, this year it happened to fall on my birthday. Early in the week we watched as the river gradually cleared and fell to the magic level of 4.4ft on the Little Falls USGS gauge. In...
Fishing Report
The hickory shad bite was as good as it gets on this mornings outgoing tide and carried on throughout the day. Shad were thick from Walkers Point up the the Sand Bar and hitting any color shad darts. Striper bite has improved with the falling and clearing river. A...
Fishing Report
Yesterday afternoon greeted us with a much needed slug of water that gave us murky but fishable river this morning. Hickory shad were spread out in all of the slack water areas. If you could aim a cast around the debris you could catch a fish. Slow, deep retrieves...
Fishing Report
The last couple days brought a much needed push of water into the river. Shad and striped bass were energized by the new water until the water temperature dropped 4º overnight. This morning saw a sluggish bite that improved as the day carried on. Larger stripers...
Fishing Report
Shad and striped bass are scattered from Fletcher’s to Chain Bridge. The flow is still below average for this time of year and clarity is excellent, this combination seems to be pushing concentrations of fish upstream of Fletcher’s into the faster, deeper...
Fishing Report
The hickory shad showed up in force during the outgoing tide this morning and hung around until sundown. Many anglers reported a great hickory bite with a few American shad mixed in. Any color darts seemed to work in the clear water. Water clarity will decrease in...
Fishing Report
Slow striper bite in the morning but shad bite became more consistent than it has been so far. Many anglers reported double-digit fish counts. The lower river level has scattered shad throughout the area.
Fishing Report
Sunrise this morning brought with it the most fish activity on the upper tidal Potomac so far this spring. What was intended to be an exploratory trip turned into three stripers and a walleye, all caught vertical jigging Quillback Jigs. The water temperature...
