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Fishing Report
Smallmouth bass and walleye have become very active in the upper tidal Potomac. Outgoing tides in the mornings and evenings have proven to be the best time but with adjustments of location and technique these fish can be caught under many conditions. As the river...
Fishing Report
Another afternoon thunderstorm rolled in yesterday and turned a recovering river muddy once more. In the one day of fishable water there were still schoolie stripers biting but still no sign of smallmouth. For now we wait until it clears up.
Fishing Report
The much needed rain earlier this week put some color and a slight rise to the river. Fishing has been tough for the last couple days and will remain difficult until Friday at the earliest. However, this is exactly what we needed to energize the bass bite and the...
Fishing Report
One of the things I love most about this fishery is the way things seem to transition almost flawlessly. Throughout the spring, shad and stripers work in harmony to keep even the most experienced anglers entertained. Now its time for the carp to do their part. As...
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The shad may be long gone but there are still plenty of fishing opportunities in the DC area. Schoolie stripers can still be found concentrated around Chain Bridge and are still willing to bite a jig or a trolled crankbait. The heat over the last week has brought...
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Schoolie stripers have been hitting almost anything over the last couple of days. Fly fisherman and bait fisherman alike have managed to catch one after another once they find the fish. These fish tend to move with the tide so they do not stay in one spot too long....
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Although there will be a few American shad hanging around in the deeper channels for another week or so it is safe to say that for 99% of fisherman the shad run is over. The river level has dropped and the soaring water temperature has the river entering its summer...
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Despite the heat over the last couple days the American shad bite has still been red hot. Hickories have thinned out and stripers are too full on herring to bother eating an artificial.
Fishing Report
Impressive numbers of American shad have moved in over the last couple days. Most shad fisherman are happily reporting their catches of American shad mixed in with hickory shad. Those that specifically target American’s have had no trouble achieving double...
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...
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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...
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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...
