Reelthing13
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| 12 Mar 2008 09:32 AM |
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i only added this cause i didn't know where to put an actual report.........anyway i fished burke lake yesterday and it took a while to finally find the fish but ended the day catching three bass in the last hour of fishing........the largest was 5lb 7oz.........they were all in around 5 ft of water relating to wood and i caught them on a black/blue/purple jig with a black/blue fleck chigger craw trailer....is anyone else fishing yet?? does anyone want to go fishing??
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Reelthing13
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| 18 Mar 2008 10:21 PM |
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ok monday went to burke again.....nada.......not even a strike.....oh well, after today i have completely shifted gears......i caught the first few hickory shad of the year.....nice sizes too.......shoudl only be about a week, maybe two before the stripers are on their tails....the shad are liking blue and pink/white
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| 03 Apr 2008 10:36 AM |
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been out a bunch in the last few weeks....no bass fishing though......mostly shad....done pretty well a lot of hickory shad and a few gizzards.......now i'm focusing more on locating some stripers......heading out to the occoquan river in a few minutes......i'll let ya know
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Reelthing13
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| 18 Apr 2008 01:22 PM |
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last few weeks......shad fishing is getting better and better.......they are hitting white, pink, chart, and green.........went out this morning and caught a bunch of cats......one blue cat weighed in at 40lbs 8 ozs.......good luck all
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| 28 Apr 2008 08:14 PM |
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Ok, my first post didn't work, actually, because I had to sign off, not realizing my post would even show up. Anyway, I'll be visiting my mom and dad in Faifax around the 3rd week of June until the 3rd week of July and would love to fish Burke Lake again. So keep those fishing reports coming because I'm reading them, trying to decide which hand poured soft plastic baits to bring, ha ha. Steve |
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Reelthing13
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| 28 Apr 2008 09:01 PM |
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right now you are catching me at a bad time for bass......during the spring nothing can get me away from the potomac during the shad and striper runs......i'll do my best to get out a few times on burke for ya
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| 29 Apr 2008 01:58 PM |
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No prob, I love Shad and Striper fishing too . I grew up fishing with my grandfather and uncle as they were both charter boat captains on the Chesapeake Bay and we make some dynamite soft plastic eels. Now let's see, what soft plastics for the shad? |
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Reelthing13
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| 29 Apr 2008 03:15 PM |
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2" curly tail grubs in white and chartruse, but i mainly use darts and i make my own flutterspoons
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| 29 Apr 2008 04:49 PM |
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Ok thanks. I remember using darts when catching the shad when I was a kid. Do you sell your flutter spoons? |
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| 29 Apr 2008 09:22 PM |
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sometimes.....if i am catching a lot on he spoons and not the darts i'll hand a few out and sell a few after they like them.....i'm running really low on supplies right now, so i'm keeping most of what i have for my self......the rocks and boulders in the potomac like eating them even more than the shad...lol
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| 04 May 2008 10:39 AM |
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I am definitely ready to do some fishing...LET'S GO!!! |
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Reelthing13
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| 04 May 2008 08:40 PM |
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Welcome to the boards bro......there is a wealth of knowledge and
knowledgeable people on here
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| 10 May 2008 12:37 PM |
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As much as I enjoy the cats we've been catching...I'm definitely ready to get some stripers!!! I'm going to talk with the Major this weekend and see about getting out on the boat. I'll let you know!! |
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| 11 May 2008 09:51 AM |
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sounds good.....although i am to the point that i am going to use the canoe in the potomac so i can fish that channel edge.....if i capsize its only about 125 yrds from shore.....and if i caught a few stripers it would be worth it....lol
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| 19 May 2008 08:45 PM |
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fished the occoquan river for a few hours bafore dark tonight.........was trying yo catch herring for stripers tomorrow.......instead of using a weight at the end of the sabiki use a swim shad........it helps attract the herring and can make things interesting when you catch some good size cats and stripers like we did tonight
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| 02 Jun 2008 07:55 PM |
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ok stripers are pretty much done around here....the herring are too few and far between to try and catch them....... schoolie stripers will be around all summer here and there........as for me? my sights are now set on Mr bucket mouth......and his little mouthed cousin........look out bass
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| 10 Jun 2008 04:55 PM |
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got out to the occoquan reservoir on sun and a few days prior........the bass are loving wacky rigged senkos in green pumpkin, watermelon/ red flake, and junebug, black and blue jigs, and swimbaits........how is everyone else doing
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| 14 Jun 2008 09:13 PM |
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USAFfisherman and i went to burke lake this morning and had a decent day.........fish were caught on wacky rigged trick worms and senkos all day, buzzbaits in the morning, and a spinnerbait of my own design around 2pm.....bass are tight into the grass and cover with most fish hitting when the lure hits the surface
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| 28 Jun 2008 08:48 AM |
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USAF and i fished dogue creek for a few hours this morning.....got 5 bass between the two of us with the biggest one near 4 lbs.....all were caught on topwater....yum horny toads and a blk/blue buzzbait i made
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| 28 Jun 2008 08:52 AM |
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<div align="left">USAF and i fished dogue creek for a few hours this morning.....got 5 bass between the two of us with the biggest one near 4 lbs.....all were caught on topwater....yum horny toads and a blk/blue buzzbait i made<br></div>
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| 01 Jul 2008 06:08 PM |
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Did smallmouth fishing today in the Upper Potomac with OldGuardAngler. We caught more than our fair share. I'd guess somewhere around 20 - 25 combined. OldGuardAngler caught at least 3 in the 2 - 3 pound range. Almost all the fish were caught with a white/blue shad and a blue shad rattler. They were striking and striking hard. Some were also caught on senkos, tubes and gulp minnows...but they were all small. |
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Reelthing13
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| 13 Jun 2009 08:26 PM |
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put in @ pohick today..... caught a lot of bass, somwhere between 20 and 30, most in the 2 lb range....a few pushing 4 +......got them on an assortment of lures...... a lot came on topwater zoom horny toads and rage tail toads....... black senkos........black/ blue flake chigger craws...... white chatterbait w/ chart trailer...... and i had a musky follow a big swimbait i was throwing, but i wasn't expecting it and pulled it up and out as he appeared under it about a foot from the boat......the majority of the bass were caught around wood in 4 ft or less....some of the larger ones were caught in the hydrilla at the mouth of pohick on the chigger craw
how is everone else doing
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| 01 Jul 2009 06:46 PM |
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if you are fishing bass in the potomac.....find grass or wood.....throw spinner and chatterbaits.......pitch senkos and chigger craws..... and don't forget to throw a lot of topwaters, i have been getting fish on frogs, buzzbaits, poppers and walkers regardless of where the sun is if it is low tide and always during low light
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| 08 Jul 2009 07:15 PM |
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OGA went to Burk Lake today got nada.It used to be so much better.I guess they quit stocking it.
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| 10 Jul 2009 07:47 PM |
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Went back to Burk Lake this morning and fished all day.Soso did well with my fly pole.Nothing spectacular.
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Reelthing13
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| 11 Jul 2009 09:26 PM |
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been out in the potomac a bunch.... a lot of bass nothing over 4 lbs.... spinnerbaits, frogs, senkos, and chigger craws
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| 12 Jul 2009 08:31 PM |
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Hit Burk again butload of gills 4 bass 3 were 2lbs or less one about 730pm was 6lbs pulled my little boat around till I got him wore down.All bass were caught on top water lures;3 on hula popper the big one on a broken back jitterbug/frog type. Seen a 2`5``about muskee in the far shallows.Could`nt get to him.That would have been a great fight.
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| 28 Jul 2009 01:11 PM |
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What boat do you use at Burke? I've done the electric motor and the rowboat option, usually I take the rowboat because it's just as fast as that little trolling motor and it's only $16. |
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| 28 Jul 2009 07:07 PM |
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Jabu goto boats discution and pull up ``whats your boat`` theres a pitcher there.
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| 08 Sep 2009 08:43 AM |
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fished buggs island over the weekend. as can be expected a lot of boat traffic on labor day weekend. caught some blues and channel cats at night biggest 20 lbs. Mike |
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| 12 Nov 2009 12:07 AM |
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If their`s anyone into big cats this is for you; I talked to the park manager at Fountainhead park and he informed me that there are 50 lb+ flat head cats in the lake.He said sense they quit stocking it a couple years ago,that alot of people quit fishing their and hardly anybody catfishes at all anymore, so the cats are getting huge. The carp are huge in there too.
Just thought someone could use that little piece of info.
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