Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Getting Annoyed with Poor Access

How far are you from Harpers Ferry (Shenandoah) buddy caught 27, missed a ton more smallmouth bass today. Wet wading. Ave size 13-15" fish. 

Eric Packard

Artist (I fish sometimes, too) 

On Jun 16, 2024, at 3:47 PM, brad dreisbach <bsdreisbach@gmail.com> wrote:



its not just wading. i was not allowed to launch my boat at fountainhead the other week. it has a 90hp outboard, but they dont care if you only plan to use the trolling motor anymore apparently. sad.

On Jun 15, 2024, at 16:24, Andrew D <adieckha@gmail.com> wrote:



Starting to get annoyed with this state (VA) and the poor access we have to what should be public water. I spent like 3 hours walking around the C.F. Phelps WMA this morning/afternoon looking for any point of access to the Rappahannock River only to find that despite the trail map looking like it dipped down to the river, it does not.

For anything walk/wade, I pretty much always have to drive out to Shenandoah NP for brookies or the Shenandoah NF/SF for smallmouth. Closer in, it's really tough and almost not worth it for a wading angler with the limited public access. I don't have room to store/transport a kayak, so I'm pretty well locked into walk/wade.

I've gone to a ton of places, esp for smallmouth. Anything closer in to NOVA than a 1.5h drive is either zero public access or environmentally dead. Am I just missing something? Or should I just be ok with driving 3-4h round trip just to get my weekly fix?

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