Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Nanjemoy Creek

I've been meaning to post a report for the last couple of days.

Short summary: it was a nice day out, but we got skunked.  We were on kayaks, and put in at Friendship landing at about 10 AM on an incoming tide.  Ended up fishing with spinning gear - between trying out a new inflatable kayak, and a new location, I did not feel good about adding to the difficulty factor by bringing out the fly rod.  We did see lots of activity on the surface - both fleeing baitfish and what appeared to be larger fish.  Threw spinners, senkos, tubes, frogs, and a few other things, and did not get a nibble.  We got about a mile and half in from Friendship Landing, and then turned around to take the outgoing tide out.  Had a bit of an adventure when we miscalculated and almost got stuck by the outgoing tide on a mud flat - barely made it to deeper water.  

I wonder if fishing at lower tides would be better - smaller water would concentrate the fish more.  When we were leaving we saw a few locals at Friendship Landing, who told it was not uncommon to see lots of fish but get no bites on lures, and that they do well for snakeheads with live minnows.

It was a beautiful spot, we only saw one other boat all morning, it was nice kayaking water and I was pleased with the new inflatable, and even with no fish, it was a nice day out - I am planning on going back again.

BC

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 7:56 AM Andrew Sarcinello <andysarce@gmail.com> wrote:

DNR removes a lot of snakeheads and blue cats from there each year.

Probably sound like a broken record with this question, but any pickerel in there?

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