Lower potomac fishing report

[Daplumma]

Art and I went down to the boat to repair the exhaust line on the port motor.The repair went well and was done in time to take a run out to the river for a little catfishing.The lower Potomac is famed for its huge cats.Art had his buddy at the seafood market save all of the shad guts and heads for bait and I brought a few tubs of chicken liver.Got this little blue cat on some chicken liver,never caught a blue cat on the upper Potomac where we usually fish.

We set up off of this point in a creek bed for cats or Stripers with shad cut bait and a line out with a liver.

No stripers,they seem to have vacated the Potomac and are well on their way to the Bay by now but the season just opened this weekend.This Channell cat did co-operate and got us a few catfish inches..Go team 6!

Lots of little cats around 16 to 20 inches but no real monsters.Tons of floating wood and trees in the water from high tides and rain last week.There will be many more inches of cats as soon as we learn the ways of the lower Potomac but it wasn't all bad 75+ degrees and I got a sunburn!!All fish were returned,I cant quite bring myself to eat catfish from water that has flowed past the city!

Joe

Edited April 23, 2007 by Daplumma

[bassmaster4]

decent fish theyll get bigger i havent caught a channel cat yet

[irishfield]

Good to see 2 brothers out havin FUN. Good on yah's and some fish to boot.

[GbayGiant]

Glad the boats workin for ya, nice fish.

[Carp]

The big boys will soon be tugging on your lines I'm sure.

 

A nice way to spend the day and you caught some fish too.

[Roy]

Good stuff! So, when's supper?

[Bernie]

Looks like you had a beautiful day on the water Joe. Glad to see you caught a fish or two.

[camillj]

How to go Joe,

 

I waded around a trib today and got nothin but suckers .. but we were almost 75 degrees here today to so I got a little suntan at least

Edited April 23, 2007 by camillj

[Joey]

Wow, great weather and great company. And Fish to boot. Sounds like a great way to spend the day. Nice cats

 

Although I must say I'm a little disappointed in the pictures. I was expecting some nekked pics since the weather has been so warm, and all I get are a couple of arm shots - what a tease

 

Joey

[Greencoachdog]

Great report and pics Joe!!! I know exactly how you feel with the sunburn, got one myself Friday.

 

Do you really need that big of a boat to catch that size Catfish???

[motv8tr]

Good stuff guys, you'll have plenty more goes for those big cats I'm sure, and in even warmer weather I bet . Glad the repairs went quick enough to get out for a good test run

 

Maureen

Edited April 23, 2007 by motv8tr

[aplumma]

Well Team 8 I would post my picture of the Cats I caught but ahhhh welllll yea the camera was broken!!!! yea that it.... it was broken by a really big cat that ummmmm jumped in the boat and then it ummm punched me in the stomach and then left.

All in all a great day in the boat and a few places checked out and 1000's more to go to on the river. Sorry Joey I'll try to get more than an arm in the picture after we get rid of the winter whiteness ...a Cajun without a tan just ain't right.

 

Art

[Terry]

looks like fun

[BryceBurzynski]

Great stuff guys!

[Chuck Best]

Glad to hear that the repair went well and you's even got time to wet a line,Way to go guys.......TC and tight lines ......Chuck.....