Potomac River Fish Off!

[quanjig]

I was looking forward to catching fish at Burke on the brush piles, but the Occoquan sounds like a good alternative. This way we should be able to get some of the guys with bigger boats in the mix and I can feel safe in my slipper of a Jon boat. Not sure how shimmy is gonna feel in a raft tho!!  Shimmy can ride with me if he likes. But , yea, that works for me. Could we go until 3 maybe??  Hate to only fish for short time on a late fall beauty like they say it might be!  I will still have theBurke maps for those still interested, someones gotta believe me that place rocks hard this time of year!!!

[Dan:]

great! thanks for compromising, quanjig.

420Angler, are you in for the Occoquan?

[Dan:]

UPDATE:

quanjig (+boat)

RockvilleMDAngler(+boat)

soccplayer07(+boat)

soccplayer07's friend?

420Angler (+boat)???

NewAngler

Shimmy

cmatthews6485

Dan

JVM

Anyone else, please let me know if you would like to fish so we can get an idea of who will be on what boat and what type of format we will use.

[quanjig]

No problem, not really compromising, just sounds like a nice way to get more people involved.  just glad Rockville was thinking outside the "Burke Box!!"  looks like we should have a good group of people ready for the challenge.  I don't have much experience on that part of the river, but have heard of nice bags being caught down there.  Like Rockville said it is supposed to be a great late fall /early winter haven for the bass'.  Hope we don't have extreme tides tho, all in all, can't wait!

[NewAngler]

I'm pretty sure Rockville and I have it locked up. Not even a need for you guys to show up. Enjoy your tvs, fellas. 20+ lb bag from us!

[JVM]

I am def in but can only fish until noon this Sat so if there aren't enough boats which is liklely, I'll sit it out.    :'(

[RockvilleMDAngler]

I have not fished Occoquan in several weeks but I did fish it in early March with similar conditions and absolutely tore up the 12"-14" fish.  Unfortunately I was in a tournament with a 15" minimum so it was all for not, but it was still a great time.

Sorry to have hijacked the meet-up quanjig.  I have nothing against Burke and don't want everyone to cater to my preference but it seemed like more people had experience with the Potomac and Burke has a tough reputation (especially on this board).  With this being one of the last weekends where fishing won't involve frozen fingers I was going to fish the River no matter what.

Occoquan has a lot of deep structure, drop offs, pilings, wood, docks, pads, dying grass etc.  Even if there are no monsters brought in I think everyone will catch fish even if they just focus on the community holes.  If you are having trouble finding fish and you see me on the water I will be happy to tell you what is working for us.

[quanjig]

Believe me, not a problem one bit. Burke will kick out fish untill it freezes. Plenty time left to hook fish there. Nice to be able to place faces with all the names. Speaking of which, where is LHC? Is he planning on making an appearance? I thought this was originally planned to little vs. big bait with LHC being in the little bait camp?

[shimmy]

Good to see the trash talkin begin! Now here is the only problem, a 5 fish limit i just don't think is realistic since half the boats won't have livewells. I'm thinkin we do this and meet at 8, split off and meet back at the ramp at 3. If you have the fish to weigh, great. If you have the picture with the fish on a scale, just as good. And Sunday, let the posting begin!

Hey quanjig, we can double up if you want. I have to warn you i have never fished the river and if your lookin for a hot spot, i have no idea. However, i have a feeling that we could still put a pretty good fight in.

MAN AWARDS

1. Biggest fish

2. Heaviest 2 fish or 5 fish limit

Dan, good job for gettin the names goin.

[Thai]

Depending on how Steve (420Angler) feels we will also be out there but we wont be partaking in the tourney, we will be tearing it up elsewheres  8-)

[quanjig]

Sound good. My boat has a livewell. We should be able to figure something out, limited knowledge or not we'll smoke 'um!!

[LHC - Bank Robber]

Believe me, not a problem one bit. Burke will kick out fish untill it freezes. Plenty time left to hook fish there. Nice to be able to place faces with all the names. Speaking of which, where is LHC? Is he planning on making an appearance? I thought this was originally planned to little vs. big bait with LHC being in the little bait camp?

Im down but boatless, so im not sure ill make it down there. 

[Dan:]

UPDATE:

quanjig (+boat)

RockvilleMDAngler(+boat)

soccplayer07(+boat)

soccplayer07's friend?

littlehuntingcreek

NewAngler

Shimmy

cmatthews6485

Dan

JVM

So far we have 3 boats and 9 or 10 people. Looks like we're going to have to do 3 to a boat. Is everyone's boat capable of holding 3 people? If not, not everyone is going to be able to go.

[shimmy]

what ramp our we planning on meeting at? I googled regional park, and couldn't find the ramp. I did notice there was a fountainhead regional park launch ramp.

Advantage here is it looks like they rent out boats here as well.

[quanjig]

Dan,

my little jon boat will only fish 2 people. wish I could get 3 in but it's tippy as is with 2. Shimmy, look for Occoquan regional park. Fountainhead is still open but is not renting jon boats. You can still rent kayaks. the res is my home water so to speak and I know the rangers well. Smokey told me last week about the no more jon boat rentals. Occoquan Regional Park 9751 Ox Rd.  Lorton, Va.

[Dan:]

These are the GPS coordinates: 38.680462,-77.252246

Boat owners, could you please determine who your co-anglers will be and post it so we know who will be on what boat and who still needs a ride?

[quanjig]

I believe shimmy is in to fish with me

[Dan:]

Ok, so far we have:

Soccerplayer07, Matt, Dan

quanjig, Shimmy

RockvilleMDAngler, NewAngler, ?

which leaves:

littlehuntingcreek

cmatthews6485

420Angler, Thai (off doing their own thing?)

[soccplayer07]

can rock fit 3? where is 420? come on guys!!!!!!

[quanjig]

Ahhhhh......Aaron, you talked Matt into ditching work!!! nice pull, I'll be sure to take all of Matt's jigs from him, then what will you do??!!

[soccplayer07]

my boat is full...Dan, Matt and I... GAME OVER!!!

[Dan:]

we still have two more guys who need rides, Rockville, can your boat fit 3?

[quanjig]

You boys better bring your A game!!

[Dan:]

and, at quanjig's suggestion, let's fish until 3pm.

so everyone get your boats and riders squared away and meet at 8am on Saturday. It seems like we're going to have 3 livewells so we'll do a weigh in at 3pm and the heaviest bag will win, with pride going to big fish.

[soccplayer07]

You boys better bring your A game!!

good thing my name is AARON!!!