Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Massive schools of fish in 4MR

I'm almost certain that's it! I was downriver a bit, so I didn't see them out of water, but that looks right.

On Monday, September 24, 2012 10:50:07 AM UTC-4, Mike wrote:

Look like this?

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Jeff Silvan <jeffre...@gmail.com> wrote:

I went out to 4 Mile Run yesterday afternoon with my friend. We had mild success - a few largemouths and sunfish, but nothing of size. I did, however, see one giant largemouth (at least 5 lbs, conservatively) right next to the treatment plant discharge and three needlefish that kept chasing my fly. The most interesting thing I saw were massive schools of fish swimming around. These fish numbered in the hundreds, if not thousands, all in the area of the discharge. I'm not sure what they were, but they appeared to be silvery and looked like shad. They were all about 6 inches, but every once in a while I'd see a loner that was 10 or 12 inches. They completely ignored any fly (although I wasn't really trying for them except for three casts with a nymph), and seemed like they were simply displacing any fish that would normally be there. Any thoughts on what these could have been? Lane actually foul hooked one and got a picture, so hopefully he can post it for confirmation. He said it was very slimy if that gives any clues...

Jeff

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