Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Potomac reports?

Generally less people fishing there during the week.  If you go there from mid march through mid may you will see a lot of people catching shad from shore.  You can sometimes catch schoolies from shore around chain bridge.  Other than that I have never had any notable days fishing from shore.  An occasional smallmouth here and there but it is generally a waste of time outside the spring window.

Most of the people you see are probably fishing for catfish.  They catch them from shore all the time.

On Monday, July 6, 2020 at 8:37:38 PM UTC-4, Nathaniel Buckner wrote:

Hi all, I'm new to fishing the Potomac. This is sort of on topic: I saw several dead fish floating just south of chain bridge on the fourth. One was a cat. Didn't get close enough to see what the others were. I was in a kayak. The river was pretty slow and there were bait anglers everywhere from the shore. The river seems to get a tremendous amount of pressure in the georgetown/fletchers cove/chainbridge areas. There was a person every 10 feet or so at one point. But I've never seen anyone land a fish from the shore as of this writing but I've only fished it a couple days so far. 

Is it better during the week rather than the weekend?

Best,

Nathaniel

On Monday, July 6, 2020, Barracuda <omar...@gmail.com> wrote:

I put my kayak on the river inside the Beltway today, (spin) fished hard for about 5 hours. One small smallmouth.

I've been fishing the Potomac since the late 1980s. The last three years have been by far the worst three years for smallmouth I've seen in that entire time.

On Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 9:33:34 PM UTC-4, Bill Wittig wrote:

Anyone fishing the Potomac this weekend? Taking my girls out on canoe out of Fletcher's tomorrow and wondering what to expect. Unfortunately, haven't gotten much fishing in lately.

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