Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Shad from Shore Tips

Several eddies on the virginia side between key bridge and up past chain bridge. Best fishing is when the river is too high for boat rentals and you get some water backed up in the tributaries.  You can park at Roosevelt Island and walk up or access via several of the nature trails... be careful for trees and hikers with your backcast. 

Can't say it enough though - if you're fishing from shore on that section of the potomac - please do not wade. crazy currents, quick fluctuations in water level and you're pretty much done for if you slip. 

Brendan

On Thursday, May 1, 2014 4:24:11 PM UTC-4, Patrick Kearns wrote:

The tidal basin, eh?  I'd be sorely tempted to give that a try, especially if it's looking like a better bet than Fletcher's (much closer to home, not to mention the novelty of fishing the Mall).  It seems like people usually fish the Ohio Drive bridge and around the Jefferson ... ?  Any tips, tricks, and warnings would be much appreciated  (I noticed the past thread about having paper licenses & displaying them, I'll keep that in mind).

Davis, regarding Fletcher's this weekend, especially if you can wait until Sunday, forecast river levels are only a hair over the cutoff for boat rentals at Fletcher's (5' at Little Falls, the forecast is for a bit under 6' by Sunday afternoon - http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=lwx&gage=BRKM2).  I've fished from shore when the water is up around those levels, and it's both possible and safe (although the warnings not to wade go double!).  

Whether it'll be productive is another story.  I've pulled bass and catfish out of some pretty muddy water at Fletcher's, but I don't have any experience with cloudy water & the shad run.  

Anyone care to prognosticate on what the river'll look like this weekend, and whether it'll be worth fishing?  Heck, the forecast is 70+ and sunny all weekend, it'll at least be nice day to wash some lures and get a tan.

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