{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Drum In the Potomac

Gwynn Island... about 2 hours southeast of Stafford... well worth the trip, particularly if you have a yak to get you around






On Sunday, October 14, 2012 2:47:10 PM UTC-4, HeaveToo wrote:

I received information that they are catching puppy drum in the Potomac River.  They are catching them off of the last red marker out of Colonial Beach.  The area inside of the marker is a sand bar with an oyster bed near the marker.  The drum are being caught drifting in the area of the oyster bed.  You can probably mark this on a fish finder pretty easily. 

A local waterman who keeps his boat at the dock where I dock my sailboat told me of this.  There are been a few fish in the 22" range that he has personally caught.  They have also caught a few drum in their crab pots (which they were in the process of pulling out for the season).

The water in the area outside of the sandbar should be around 10 feet.  On the sandbar side is is much shallower and, if I remember correctly, you may find the oyster bed in 7 feet of water (between 7 and 10 feet). 

This area should be accessible by boat or kayak (you could launch a kayak directly off of the beach and paddle out there on a calm day).  There is a boat ramp inside of Monroe Bay that is free to use if you have a boat.

I was told by the waterman that they are not catching fish in Monroe Bay or Mattox Creek, just in the main part of the river near structure.

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