Anyone havin luck on the potomac lately ?

[LHC - Bank Robber]

Will mine suffice? lol

Yesterday the water was glass and it didnt rain much down by riverside, there was a nice layer of fog rolling around and the fish were very active but out of reach. I was able to pull a 2lb out from under the bridge on a purple war eagle night time spinnerbait. Another guy was pulling out cookie cutter 12" stripers on live bluegills.

He told me a guy pulled out a 44"er out from under the bridge a few weeks back. He's an honest guy so I trust him. But the conditions were perfect out there that day.

That guys out there all the time, and he does catch alot of fish on them blue gills.  I got out yesterday morning and a quick trip before dark.  I fished off the front of riverside in the morning and got two large mouths both pretty small and both on a buzz jet jr.  When I went back to get some fishin in before dark,  I fished down by the bridge,  well actually i walked as far from the bridge as i could, there was tons of fish boilin out past the last buoy on the way into the creek.

Sadly i just couldnt cast far enough to get to them.

(hope i didnt give away the fish you couldnt reach thia)

[Bigs]

didnt get my 6 pounder today or even one half that. Was too windy to enjoy fishing today anyways. I wish spring would hurry up and get here. I need a vacation.

[Dan:]

didnt get my 6 pounder today or even one half that. Was too windy to enjoy fishing today anyways. I wish spring would hurry up and get here. I need a vacation.

you shoulda come down and fished with the rest of us! You would have been able to get over to Mattawoman, too!

[Thai]

didnt get my 6 pounder today or even one half that. Was too windy to enjoy fishing today anyways. I wish spring would hurry up and get here. I need a vacation.

you shoulda come down and fished with the rest of us! You would have been able to get over to Mattawoman, too!

With the luck we were having that day we prob would have hit a rogue wave and flipped!

And Steve here's what Titan looks like, he was prob 7 months in that picture

[Dan:]

so that was before he started taking steroids, right?

[Thai]

so that was before he started taking steroids, right?

Heres one month into the roids regime hes alot buffer now though!

[Bigs]

didnt get my 6 pounder today or even one half that. Was too windy to enjoy fishing today anyways. I wish spring would hurry up and get here. I need a vacation.

you shoulda come down and fished with the rest of us! You would have been able to get over to Mattawoman, too!

You're right, we rolled the dice fishing up north and it didnt pay off. We talked to a guy who caught 2 on crankbaits that were both close to 4 pounds. That could have been us tho ya know. I hate to second guess myself or Thai but I think we would have done better in Mattawoman especially at high tide early, the buzzbait and frog bite there is still decent. But we didnt expect the rough windy conditions up north, it wasnt mentioned on weather.com when I checked for wind. There were gusts that had to be close to 20 mph at blue plains so we couldnt really skip senkos under the dock as planned.

If I had been smart or better prepared and put more gas in the boat then we could have shot down south to where you guys were but I just didnt have enough fuel in my sherman tank of a boat. Mattawoman and the area surrounding is my neck of the woods and I can usually at least pull out a few 2 and a half pounders this time of year.

We will have to organize a fish off for spring, maybe in april ? We have enough time to get more people and boats. Would be wise to do it right before tourney season kicks off so we dont step on anyones toes. We can do it this time out of lessylvania and then maybe have a shindig/bbq at my house right after since I live less then 4 miles away. I wouldnt be surprised to see everyone catch at least a 3 pounder and a few 5's and 6 pounders too. I will start a thread in february if you guys think it's a good idea. People from richmond, fredericksburg, NOVA, MD, all would be welcome. I think Im done with the river till then, probably gone hit my lake house in another few weeks or so for some warm water bass action. That part of the lake is warm in the winter and people catch some hogs too. If a few of you guys are down for that then lemme know as well.

[Bigs]

Oh and gorgeous dog Thai, looks exactly like the guy's that lived on my street when I was in high school except his was smaller. Rare color too. He'd make a fine duck hunting dog haha. Im sure anyone on this forum can shoot better then those drunk hillbillies yesterday who couldnt hit a goose 20 years in front of them, too funny.

[Froggin]

20 years in front of them......you must have meant yards.....must be a drunk hillbilly thing right?

[NewAngler]

Hell, I couldn't gotten a goose 20 years in front of me either!

I'm down for a lake anna trip sometime in the next few weeks. After thanksgiving or something, fo sho!

[shimmy]

Lake Anna, yeh, i will be there. Game face on and ready to rip some lips

[Bigs]

I meant 20 yards, obviously a typo.

I'll only be able to take a certain number of people to lake anna. Maybe about 9-10 people besides me. So if youre intersted, those of you who fished the fish off on saturday then lemme know. We'll try and set something up where everyone can make it out. While Im there I wanna drop some brushpiles down around my boathouse and out in a few spots. So anyone with experience doing so please get at me. This will be my first time attemtping to do so 

[Thai]

I meant 20 yards, obviously a typo.

I'll only be able to take a certain number of people to lake anna. Maybe about 9-10 people besides me. So if youre intersted, those of you who fished the fish off on saturday then lemme know. We'll try and set something up where everyone can make it out. While Im there I wanna drop some brushpiles down around my boathouse and out in a few spots. So anyone with experience doing so please get at me. This will be my first time attemtping to do so

10 people!?!?! Jeez its gonna be a full house! I got dibs on an actual bed then!

And it aint hard Steve just take said brush pile and attach some weight to it like a cinderblock and drop her in

[RockvilleMDAngler]

I would love to fish the hotside of Anna, I will sleep in my car if I have to!  When can we do this?

[Thai]

I would love to fish the hotside of Anna, I will sleep in my car if I have to! When can we do this?

Seriously we need to start a serious thread on this like asap

[hokiefisherman93]

if this acutally happens at anna, and i may end up making a trip up.  i have yet to do any serious fishing at this lake.

[VABasser]

I meant 20 yards, obviously a typo.

I'll only be able to take a certain number of people to lake anna. Maybe about 9-10 people besides me. So if youre intersted, those of you who fished the fish off on saturday then lemme know. We'll try and set something up where everyone can make it out. While Im there I wanna drop some brushpiles down around my boathouse and out in a few spots. So anyone with experience doing so please get at me. This will be my first time attemtping to do so

I wasn't at the Occ with you all but I'd definitely be interested in fishing the hotside in the winter sometime if you would have me. I go to VT so I'm down in Blacksburg alot of the winter but I'll be home for Christmas mid December- mid Jan. I'd be happy to bring my boat. If need be we could fish 3 out of it

[Dan:]

As long as someone has an open seat, I'm definitely up for fishing Anna.

[Thai]

YEAH! Who's ready to run a train on Anna! ;D

[LHC - Bank Robber]

Im game if someones got an open seat

[soccplayer07]

count me in...two open seats

[Thai]

count me in...two open seats

Me+ Dan=filled!

[RockvilleMDAngler]

So when can we go?  :-)

[Bigs]

ok so far I have at least myself, soccplayer,rockvillemdangler and vabasser for possible boaters. Do you guys all have GPS in your boats ? Im assuming none of you know your way around the hotside, specifically the Elk Creek area. The good thing is that there is a small island about 100 feet offshore from my house with a lighthouse on it that my neighbor built. So it serves as a good landmark for boaters tryin to find their way back.Then Thai and Dan get preference for non boaters right now. So that will leave space for 3-4 more people maybe 5. Also EGolfer might wanna come down with his boat, I have yet to talk to him. I know Shimmy wants to go, and I know a few other people have posted sayin they wanna go as well.

So what I will do is propose a date for this, most likely a day trip. Might involve an overnight stay, cant say for sure. I know not everyones schedule will work out. So its a majority rules kinda deal. Im not gonna schedule around one person or anything like that. Im shooting for sometime in the next 3 weeks or so, it will be before xmas, that I know for sure. I will post more later. I do not wanna start a thread about it tho since Im probably already close to capacity as it is. This time I will remember to put the drain plug in before the boat goes in the water Thai and I almost watched my stratos sink the other day in front of belle haven lmao. Actually wasnt so funny at the time. Anywho, more details later. PM me to discuss so we can keep this thread on track. And for those of you who dont already know, the private/warm side of lake anna has so so fishing when its warm outside but during the winter it really springs to life. Should be a good time.

[VABasser]

ok so far I have at least myself, soccplayer,rockvillemdangler and vabasser for possible boaters. Do you guys all have GPS in your boats ? Im assuming none of you know your way around the hotside, specifically the Elk Creek area. The good thing is that there is a small island about 100 feet offshore from my house with a lighthouse on it that my neighbor built. So it serves as a good landmark for boaters tryin to find their way back.Then Thai and Dan get preference for non boaters right now. So that will leave space for 3-4 more people maybe 5. Also EGolfer might wanna come down with his boat, I have yet to talk to him. I know Shimmy wants to go, and I know a few other people have posted sayin they wanna go as well.

So what I will do is propose a date for this, most likely a day trip. Might involve an overnight stay, cant say for sure. I know not everyones schedule will work out. So its a majority rules kinda deal. Im not gonna schedule around one person or anything like that. Im shooting for sometime in the next 3 weeks or so, it will be before xmas, that I know for sure. I will post more later. I do not wanna start a thread about it tho since Im probably already close to capacity as it is. This time I will remember to put the drain plug in before the boat goes in the water Thai and I almost watched my stratos sink the other day in front of belle haven lmao. Actually wasnt so funny at the time. Anywho, more details later. PM me to discuss so we can keep this thread on track. And for those of you who dont already know, the private/warm side of lake anna has so so fishing when its warm outside but during the winter it really springs to life. Should be a good time.

Yep got gps in my boat. Sounds good, I've always wanted to try fishing the hotside in the winter but have never had the opportunity. Just a heads up I won't be back in Fredericksburg til Dec 17th I believe. They push exams back later and later it seems every year, ticks me off. So I know you can't schedule it around one person but if its before that then I won't be able to make it, so minus one boat from the boater category...