Freshwater today
Warm temperature, got some bait, caught some fish. Oh, oh; I thought I was on Tidalfish.
Picked up some large shiners (3 inches) from Clydes and headed east to some fishing holes. First stop was Wye Mills where I fished the spillway for about 45 minutes. Nothing happening; so farther east I went. Next stop, Tuckaho State Park. I drove over the small bridge and parked. Lou and I set out four rods with small bobbers and sat down on our folding chairs to BS as we waited. The water was so cold; "How cold was it?"; that the shiners didn't want to swim under the bobbers. I would occassionally get up and shake the line to "wake up" the shiners. Nothing happened for a while so I got out my "secret weapon". Those of you who fish with me know I always try to carry at least one secret weapon with me. I cracked the top to my Mountain Dew; and waited for the upcoming bite.
Sure enough, within five minutes, one bobber starts to show some action. The shiner was getting "nervous". We watched the bobber SLOWLY sink below the water and I set the hook on a small (12 inch) largmouth. Lou and I caught five within the hour. The largest bass was about 16 inches.
We hit another slow period and called it quits about a half hour before sunset (usually the best time to catch them). But; we were happy with the pullage and wanted to get home in time for a hot dinner.
All bass were released unharmed and are waiting for you to catch them again later this year. Evidently; they are a more hardy species than their cousins the "striped bass" which I understand all die after C/R tactics are used.
No chain pickeral or crappie were caught today. Go get em. 5th (Marty)
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