Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Pickerel - Seeking spots/tips

Yeah I guess based on a lot of what I had read, I was under the impression that fishing for them actually improves in winter compared to other seasons.  But from what you're saying it might be more like they slow down, but just less so than other fish.

In the fall I certainly was able to luck into a few and found it pretty easy to move a couple every time.  Then it got cold and I couldn't even find one, when I was expecting to find more in those conditions, not less.  Then we had warm spells in February and I still couldn't find them.  Just feel like there's a lot of misleading info out there (not from you or anyone else here - just in general) and after getting my butt handed to me repeatedly, I'll have different expectations going forward.  Soon it will be time for shad, and pickerel will be an afterthought for a while anyway.

On Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 3:04:52 PM UTC-5, Tom Moran wrote:

"There's a lot of hype out there about them being aggressive, easy to catch, and a great winter fish to target.  So far I haven't found that to be true at all.  If the water can in fact get too cold for them, how in the world does that make them a better winter target than any other fish?? "

They are damned aggressive, thrilling when they strike near the surface!  They are more active than many other fish in the winter, so it's reasonable to target them, but they become MORE active as the weather warms, and there aren't all that many of them so expecting to be successful any given trip might be overly optimistic, unless you go to Eastern Shore haunts.  They are loners so you're rarely going to find a concentration of them, you're just going to luck into the odd one here or there.  One can target bass and catch 5, 10 or more in a day if you figure out the pattern.  You'll never do that with pickerel.   

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 10:51 AM, Andrew Sarcinello <andy...@gmail.com> wrote:

Appreciate it.

There's a lot of hype out there about them being aggressive, easy to catch, and a great winter fish to target.  So far I haven't found that to be true at all.  If the water can in fact get too cold for them, how in the world does that make them a better winter target than any other fish??

On Monday, March 5, 2018 at 6:28:22 PM UTC-5, Richard Farino wrote:

It's the beginning of March.  Water is still cold.  Let it warm a little and don't get discouraged.

 

R

 

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Date: Monday, March 5, 2018 at 5:46 PM
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Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Pickerel - Seeking spots/tips

 

Discouraging because not only am I not catching any pickerel, I'm not seeing them either.  I saw absolutely not one pickerel on any of the trips mentioned below. I don't feel like I'm learning anything when I'm not getting any response whatsoever from my target........

On Monday, March 5, 2018 at 5:42:36 PM UTC-5, Andrew Sarcinello wrote:

Dropping an update while I'm thinking about it - summary of my attempts the past few weeks.

 

Went back to the ponds at Myrtle Grove where I tangled with two pickerel in an hour one day last fall. Got skunked.

 

Fished both canals in the back, away from the lakes.  Got skunked.

 

Fished a pond in the Piscataway drainage that looked good.  Got skunked.

 

Fished several locations in Mattaponi WMA, which is located south of Fredericksburg.  Found a really awesome looking oxbow pond, which VDGIF webpage claims has pickerel, bass, and bowfin.  Got skunked yet again.

 

Very discouraging thus far.

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