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    I took the day off Friday and had the morning free. I hit the Upper Potomac. This summer on this river for me has been good for catching fish, but not for size. It has ben one dink after another.

    It was a pretty morning. The air was very cool and the water was warmer than the air when I started. I got a nice blow up on the first cast with a black a gold buzzer. A few minutes later I caught this fish. DSCF7225.jpg

    The buzz bait action slowed after a while. I beached the yak, waded some and picked up a bunch of small bass and sunnies on a black and gold Rapala. Then I got back in the yak and worked my was upstream to a nice pool area with some islands. I cast a Case magic stick and caught a couple including this one. DSCF7228.jpg

    A couple more small ones and them up to the next pool. I was fishing a grub and in one area of nice deep water had two big smallies follow in the grub. They wouldn't bite. I changed to a big white fluke. and anchored so I could fish that large hole. A long cast with the fluke and he hit it on the drop. A nice 17".DSCF7229.jpg

    I caught another in the fluke in the same pool.

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    Then I started back to the put in, I was fishing a large eddy behind an island working the fluke like a walk the dog topwater. This one blew up on it. DSCF7231.jpg

    It was a pretty day and really nice to get into some nice fish on one of my favorite close to home waters.
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  • #2
    Great Job! Those are some very Nice Smallies!
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    • #3
      Those are some quality smallmouth bass! Nice job!

      It has been the "summer of dinks" (which probably bodes well for the future of the fishery) but those photos show the better fish are still out there to be caught.
      Dave

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      • #4
        Great day for you.

        The dinks have been common for years. My friends and I used to call them clones. So I don't know if this if this is an extraordinary year for them or not. But their presence makes your larger catches all the more notable.

        Congrats.
        Last edited by Mark; 09-08-2013, 11:46 AM.
        Mark
        Pasadena, MD


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        • #5
          Nice batch of fish. Runnin - How do you rig the fluke you were using?
          Howard

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Mark View Post
            The dinks have been common for years. My friends and I used to call them clones. So I don't know if this if this is an extraordinary year for them or not.
            This particular year class of dinks seems to be really strong. Must have been a banner year for that spring's spawn. We had a year class like this 6-7 years ago and when that particular year class got up to the 16" - 17" range I had some really great outings on the upper Potomac.
            Dave

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            • #7
              Dave,

              You may be right. The Maryland DNR reported larger than normal Smallmouth hatches in the Monocacy for 2011 and 2012. Conditions may have been favorable also in the Potomac for those years.
              Mark
              Pasadena, MD


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              • #8
                Nice job Runnin, I have to get back out there soon. Thanks for the report!

                Mike
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