Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders

Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Report from Beaufort SC

Skinny, clear water makes it tough to be stealthy.

On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 8:31 AM Dalton Terrell <daltonbterrell@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the info, trying to put together pieces in my own fishing and scope out other areas for future trips.

I do most of my saltwater fishing in Southwest Florida, I see some reds occasionally but it's almost always singles and I spook most of them before I get a cast off. Hopefully 2021 is the year I start to figure out a few more tricks on the reds.

Dalton
On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 7:05:03 PM UTC-5 Nedak wrote:
Close up of the fly

On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 7:04:02 PM UTC-5 Nedak wrote:
Dalton-

The fly was some kinda bunny hackle, bunny tail purple thing the guide tied. Size 2 hook. The tide was PERFECT. We got out right before high and had the falling tide the entire time on the flat. I call it fake sight cast. You could see the schools moving and you had to either lead them or hope you did not line them. I did make a few casts to singles and doubles that we saw but got no takers. Better for me as my presentation was not great, it was good enough. Once the guide pointed out the difference between the wakes of baitfish vs reds, it became easy to see where they were. I probably whiffed on 4+ fish with trout hook sets.

On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 2:40:39 PM UTC-5 Dalton Terrell wrote:
Nedak,

Thanks for the report, looks like you had a great day.

Can you share the tides and flies fished? Were all of the fish sight cast?

I've fished a bit south of there (Isle of Hope, GA) on a flood tide with plenty of shots and plenty of bites, but fewer fish to hand than you. I'll blame it on excessive number of Wet Willie's slushies that I drank on the street the day before.

Dalton
On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:46:03 PM UTC-5 Nedak wrote:
Got a chance to fish with a Capt Nick Boyd in Beaufort, SC last week. Not only was Nick one of the better captains I have used, the fishing was spot on.
https://www.duesouthfishingexpeditions.com/about-1

Half day fishing brought about 10 redfish to hand. Ended up with a sorta grand slam, first landed species was a sting ray and a long line release sea trout.

All in all a beautiful day on the water. If you are ever in Hilton Head, highly recommend heading north a little ways. Nick said that there are great inshore species all year. Tarpon in the summer and resident reds always.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Report from Beaufort SC

Thanks for the info, trying to put together pieces in my own fishing and scope out other areas for future trips.

I do most of my saltwater fishing in Southwest Florida, I see some reds occasionally but it's almost always singles and I spook most of them before I get a cast off. Hopefully 2021 is the year I start to figure out a few more tricks on the reds.

Dalton

On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 7:05:03 PM UTC-5 Nedak wrote:

Close up of the fly

On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 7:04:02 PM UTC-5 Nedak wrote:
Dalton-

The fly was some kinda bunny hackle, bunny tail purple thing the guide tied. Size 2 hook. The tide was PERFECT. We got out right before high and had the falling tide the entire time on the flat. I call it fake sight cast. You could see the schools moving and you had to either lead them or hope you did not line them. I did make a few casts to singles and doubles that we saw but got no takers. Better for me as my presentation was not great, it was good enough. Once the guide pointed out the difference between the wakes of baitfish vs reds, it became easy to see where they were. I probably whiffed on 4+ fish with trout hook sets.

On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 2:40:39 PM UTC-5 Dalton Terrell wrote:
Nedak,

Thanks for the report, looks like you had a great day.

Can you share the tides and flies fished? Were all of the fish sight cast?

I've fished a bit south of there (Isle of Hope, GA) on a flood tide with plenty of shots and plenty of bites, but fewer fish to hand than you. I'll blame it on excessive number of Wet Willie's slushies that I drank on the street the day before.

Dalton
On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:46:03 PM UTC-5 Nedak wrote:
Got a chance to fish with a Capt Nick Boyd in Beaufort, SC last week. Not only was Nick one of the better captains I have used, the fishing was spot on.
https://www.duesouthfishingexpeditions.com/about-1

Half day fishing brought about 10 redfish to hand. Ended up with a sorta grand slam, first landed species was a sting ray and a long line release sea trout.

All in all a beautiful day on the water. If you are ever in Hilton Head, highly recommend heading north a little ways. Nick said that there are great inshore species all year. Tarpon in the summer and resident reds always.

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Tuesday, 29 December 2020

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Report from Beaufort SC

Close up of the fly

On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 7:04:02 PM UTC-5 Nedak wrote:

Dalton-

The fly was some kinda bunny hackle, bunny tail purple thing the guide tied. Size 2 hook. The tide was PERFECT. We got out right before high and had the falling tide the entire time on the flat. I call it fake sight cast. You could see the schools moving and you had to either lead them or hope you did not line them. I did make a few casts to singles and doubles that we saw but got no takers. Better for me as my presentation was not great, it was good enough. Once the guide pointed out the difference between the wakes of baitfish vs reds, it became easy to see where they were. I probably whiffed on 4+ fish with trout hook sets.

On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 2:40:39 PM UTC-5 Dalton Terrell wrote:
Nedak,

Thanks for the report, looks like you had a great day.

Can you share the tides and flies fished? Were all of the fish sight cast?

I've fished a bit south of there (Isle of Hope, GA) on a flood tide with plenty of shots and plenty of bites, but fewer fish to hand than you. I'll blame it on excessive number of Wet Willie's slushies that I drank on the street the day before.

Dalton
On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:46:03 PM UTC-5 Nedak wrote:
Got a chance to fish with a Capt Nick Boyd in Beaufort, SC last week. Not only was Nick one of the better captains I have used, the fishing was spot on.
https://www.duesouthfishingexpeditions.com/about-1

Half day fishing brought about 10 redfish to hand. Ended up with a sorta grand slam, first landed species was a sting ray and a long line release sea trout.

All in all a beautiful day on the water. If you are ever in Hilton Head, highly recommend heading north a little ways. Nick said that there are great inshore species all year. Tarpon in the summer and resident reds always.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Report from Beaufort SC

Dalton-

The fly was some kinda bunny hackle, bunny tail purple thing the guide tied. Size 2 hook. The tide was PERFECT. We got out right before high and had the falling tide the entire time on the flat. I call it fake sight cast. You could see the schools moving and you had to either lead them or hope you did not line them. I did make a few casts to singles and doubles that we saw but got no takers. Better for me as my presentation was not great, it was good enough. Once the guide pointed out the difference between the wakes of baitfish vs reds, it became easy to see where they were. I probably whiffed on 4+ fish with trout hook sets.

On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 2:40:39 PM UTC-5 Dalton Terrell wrote:

Nedak,

Thanks for the report, looks like you had a great day.

Can you share the tides and flies fished? Were all of the fish sight cast?

I've fished a bit south of there (Isle of Hope, GA) on a flood tide with plenty of shots and plenty of bites, but fewer fish to hand than you. I'll blame it on excessive number of Wet Willie's slushies that I drank on the street the day before.

Dalton
On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:46:03 PM UTC-5 Nedak wrote:
Got a chance to fish with a Capt Nick Boyd in Beaufort, SC last week. Not only was Nick one of the better captains I have used, the fishing was spot on.
https://www.duesouthfishingexpeditions.com/about-1

Half day fishing brought about 10 redfish to hand. Ended up with a sorta grand slam, first landed species was a sting ray and a long line release sea trout.

All in all a beautiful day on the water. If you are ever in Hilton Head, highly recommend heading north a little ways. Nick said that there are great inshore species all year. Tarpon in the summer and resident reds always.

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{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Report from Beaufort SC

Nedak,

Thanks for the report, looks like you had a great day.

Can you share the tides and flies fished? Were all of the fish sight cast?

I've fished a bit south of there (Isle of Hope, GA) on a flood tide with plenty of shots and plenty of bites, but fewer fish to hand than you. I'll blame it on excessive number of Wet Willie's slushies that I drank on the street the day before.

Dalton

On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 1:46:03 PM UTC-5 Nedak wrote:

Got a chance to fish with a Capt Nick Boyd in Beaufort, SC last week. Not only was Nick one of the better captains I have used, the fishing was spot on.
https://www.duesouthfishingexpeditions.com/about-1

Half day fishing brought about 10 redfish to hand. Ended up with a sorta grand slam, first landed species was a sting ray and a long line release sea trout.

All in all a beautiful day on the water. If you are ever in Hilton Head, highly recommend heading north a little ways. Nick said that there are great inshore species all year. Tarpon in the summer and resident reds always.

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Sunday, 20 December 2020

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: pickerel

Hi Bill:

I'm no expert, but two things I've read about and observed seem to be true regarding conditions:

1. They like a moving tide. Slack tides seem to shut off the bite.

2. They don't like wind that ripples the surface. That seemed to shut them off as well. In coves where we had caught fish, if the wind was moving the water they wouldn't bite. So we'd move to coves out of the wind and we'd catch fish there.

Tight lines and let us know how you do if you get out again,

Jamie

On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 11:07:54 PM UTC-5 williamf...@gmail.com wrote:

That's a good looking fish. Congrats! Have you found that tides , times of day or other conditions make a difference? I've caught fish on incoming tides late in the afternoon. I'm looking forward to a few more trips this winter.

Bill

On Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 11:56:07 AM UTC-5 jkg...@gmail.com wrote:
I've had a lot of fun chasing them this fall in one of the tributaries of the Bay. We've found them in shallow water over weed beds and around downed wood. Most effective tactic for me has been using a 7wt rod with an intermediate line and a Murdich minnow. With this set up I can get the fly below the surface, but keep it above the weeds. For tippet I like the Rio Wire Bite - 20lbs. A bit heavy for these fish, but the fly still moves well and I don't have to check my tippet.

Here's a 23" pickerel I caught Nov 29. He had what looked like old scars on his side, like something tried to grab or bite him when he was younger.

On Monday, November 23, 2020 at 9:10:41 AM UTC-5 Lane Thurgood wrote:
They can definitely be caught in Piscataway Creek. That dumps into the Potomac at Ft Washington.

On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 6:16:02 PM UTC-5 williamf...@gmail.com wrote:
Lane

Thanks for that tip. That's what I will do next time . I'm definitely sold as good cold weather fishing! Do you, or anyone else, know if they can be caught in tidal potomac creeks?

Bill

On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 4:04:43 PM UTC-5 Lane Thurgood wrote:
Well done Bill. I'm a pickerel fan in the cold weather months. I generally use a 20-lb saltwater mono bite tippet to prevent biteoffs. (Then check after every fish.)

Bravo.

On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 11:11:34 AM UTC-5 williamf...@gmail.com wrote:
I have read here in this forum and a couple other online articles about pickerel in the tidal creeks of the bay. So after getting skunked on Stripers at Thomas Point Saturday I put kayak in at Jonas Green Park on Severn and went up to closest creek. And it worked! Got a hand full of 15 - 18 inchers by blow downs on the bank. Caught them on a clouser on 7 wt in the last hour of light. I did confirm that they can bite through 2x tippet.

I also learned that Thomas Point does not require permit after Nov 1. A week ago the spin fishing buy next to me got a 25" at the end of the outgoing tide. Definitely will try the Point next year.

Bill

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Friday, 18 December 2020

{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: pickerel

That's a good looking fish. Congrats! Have you found that tides , times of day or other conditions make a difference? I've caught fish on incoming tides late in the afternoon. I'm looking forward to a few more trips this winter.

Bill

On Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 11:56:07 AM UTC-5 jkg...@gmail.com wrote:

I've had a lot of fun chasing them this fall in one of the tributaries of the Bay. We've found them in shallow water over weed beds and around downed wood. Most effective tactic for me has been using a 7wt rod with an intermediate line and a Murdich minnow. With this set up I can get the fly below the surface, but keep it above the weeds. For tippet I like the Rio Wire Bite - 20lbs. A bit heavy for these fish, but the fly still moves well and I don't have to check my tippet.

Here's a 23" pickerel I caught Nov 29. He had what looked like old scars on his side, like something tried to grab or bite him when he was younger.

On Monday, November 23, 2020 at 9:10:41 AM UTC-5 Lane Thurgood wrote:
They can definitely be caught in Piscataway Creek. That dumps into the Potomac at Ft Washington.

On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 6:16:02 PM UTC-5 williamf...@gmail.com wrote:
Lane

Thanks for that tip. That's what I will do next time . I'm definitely sold as good cold weather fishing! Do you, or anyone else, know if they can be caught in tidal potomac creeks?

Bill

On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 4:04:43 PM UTC-5 Lane Thurgood wrote:
Well done Bill. I'm a pickerel fan in the cold weather months. I generally use a 20-lb saltwater mono bite tippet to prevent biteoffs. (Then check after every fish.)

Bravo.

On Sunday, November 22, 2020 at 11:11:34 AM UTC-5 williamf...@gmail.com wrote:
I have read here in this forum and a couple other online articles about pickerel in the tidal creeks of the bay. So after getting skunked on Stripers at Thomas Point Saturday I put kayak in at Jonas Green Park on Severn and went up to closest creek. And it worked! Got a hand full of 15 - 18 inchers by blow downs on the bank. Caught them on a clouser on 7 wt in the last hour of light. I did confirm that they can bite through 2x tippet.

I also learned that Thomas Point does not require permit after Nov 1. A week ago the spin fishing buy next to me got a 25" at the end of the outgoing tide. Definitely will try the Point next year.

Bill

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