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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...
Fishing Report
The January-like weather on Saturday put the river temperature into a free fall from 49º down to 44º. Any progress we had made on Friday was quickly halted. By this afternoon water temps began to rebound and a handful of shad were caught over the course of the day....
Fishing Report
The first of many shad for the 2015 season has been caught at Fletcher’s by Bob Smith. Bob and I went out this afternoon despite the murky and cold water. Many early season shad are caught in slack water, well off the main edge of current. This hickory was no...
Fishing Report
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