Tuesday, March 4, 2014

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Average first bite near the Potomac River fall line

Getting a bit antsy and tired of feeding birds  I called and had a chat with Gordon Leisch.  He is a Potomac river Fletcher's Cove angler and former Navy pilot/shrimper/marine biologist who has kept consistent records on the first bite since 1975.  Before that he had partial info going back to 1948.

Here is what his records reflect. 

Striped Bass      February and early March in the Tidal Basin near the warm water outflows.

White Perch       Mid-March

Hickory Shad      Last week of March

American Shad  1 week to 10 days after the first H shad

Snakehead         April high water


All of it may be a little late this year.  We both agreed that it will probably happen all at once.

--
http://www.tpfr.org
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tidal-potomac-fly-rodders+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tidal-potomac-fly-rodders/c235dd1a-cb53-4bd5-9d71-2745f9633150%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

No comments:

Post a Comment