Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: C & O Carp

I frequently fish the canal from Fletchers up past Chain Bridge. It's a nice bike ride for me. I was out last weekend, in fact. Disclaimer: I'm still a newbie, so your results may vary. There are fish in there, but they tend to be on the small side... although I have seen some fairly large carp and I heard someone else snagged a catfish under one of the bridges. My guess is any bigger fish in the area are probably hanging out on the other side of the canal where all the structure is. 

A little further north up the canal, the lock is closed and the water levels beyond are super low. I suspect a lot of the fish in this area are swimming up from the river. I'm not sure if any are permanent residents considering how the water levels go down so much throughout the year. But I definitely could be wrong. 

On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 11:23:45 AM UTC-4, Jeff Silvan wrote:

Scott, I've never fished the Georgetown section, but I've heard it is very fishable - particularly around a few of the mulberry trees once that hatch starts (anyone know roughly when mulberry trees start dropping their fruit?). I'd love to hear other people's experiences in that area. What I do know about the other sections (I focus on mainly between lock 7 and 8 with some action between 6 and 7) is the depth (and water clarity) seems to vary fairly significantly. I don't know if there are any sections in Georgetown there that are deep enough to hold the carp, but shallow enough allow them to tail with their tail out of the water, but you will find a few of those areas for sure in the other sections. 

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Scott B. <scot...@vt.edu> wrote:

I am looking to hit the canal soon. Never fished it before. Is fishing near the Key Bridge worth it, in Georgetown? How deep is the canal there, is it shallow enough for carp to tail? Great pics, too! Glad to see fishing is beginning to pick up for folks. I look forward to being more active here.

On Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 8:46:54 AM UTC-4, namfos wrote:

Nice, good for you, Will. I fished for carp down there a few times last summer and just couldn't "get" the take and hook-up. I'll keep trying. 

"McTage's foam trouser worm" - good thing this is a flyfishing site, elsewhere in polite society such a phrase might draw looks of opprobrium. ;-)

Mark 

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