{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Little Seneca Lake report

Don't forget the about the fawn you almost stepped on...

On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 8:27:40 AM UTC-4, Scott S wrote:

Greetings - I hope everyone had a wonderful (fishy) weekend! 

Thomas and I tested out my new canoe on a outing to Little Seneca Lake Saturday morning. I'd fished there twice previously with very little to show for it. I think he'd been there once before with similar results. So despite knowing that there are some big fish in that lake, I think we both went in hopeful but with reasonable expectations. 

We got an early start and arrived at the put-in a few minutes before official sunrise, to find there were already a few boats on the water. Unsure where to go and feeling a little overwhelmed at the size of the lake, we decided to explore the section north of the bridge. We paddled into the rising mist until we found some standing timber that looked both eerie and fishy. 

 We fished popper/droppers all around the stumps with good success. After catching a small perch, and handful of small bluegills and a juvenile largemouth, Thomas cast right against one of the bigger stumps and had a big blowup as soon as his rig hit the water. After a short fight, he brought to the net a personal record largemouth bass!

We each got one more largemouth (smaller than that beast), and a few descent bluegills (that Gene would have no doubt eaten. Probably right there in the canoe.).

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Oh yeah, and on one of our shore breaks, Thomas came eye-to-eye with (what I'm guessing is) a Rat snake chilling in a tree.

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Overall a very successful trip! I learned a few things about the canoe, too - mainly that I need to do something about storage as we had stuff rolling around all over the bottom of the boat. I'm thinking I'll start with a milk crate just for containment of the bulky stuff. And I need something to keep water bottles out of the way but still handy.  ​

--Scott

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